The 19th edition of the Teatro del Silenzio, the exclusive artistic event that comes to life every year on the hills of Lajatico in the province of Pisa, Maestro Bocelli’s […]
Florence – part of the ‘New Uffizi’ about to reopen
Florence, Uffizi Gallery, 17th December 2011 A year late, and still only a partial opening, but an opening nonetheless. Tomorrow sees the official opening of eight rooms of the long-awaited […]
Guercino exhibition, Palazzo Barberini, Rome
‘Guercino 1591 – 1666. Capolavori da Cento e da Roma’ Rome, Palazzo Barberini 16th December 2011 – 29th April 2012 ‘Guercino 1591 – 1666. Masterpieces from Cento and Rome’, Cento […]
Florence, Boxing Day (December 26th) special openings
Some extra special openings in Florence on the 26th of December 2011; the 26th is a Monday and ordinarily the Uffizi Gallery and the Accademia Gallery (home to David) would […]
Rome, Colosseum tickets and tours 2012
The Roman Colosseum may stand in place as a solid, stable and immovable monument, but when it comes to openings, tours, ticketing and special events, things are as far removed […]
Lucca, Marc Chagall exhibition 2012
Lucca, Chiesa romanica di S.Cristoforo ‘Chagall’s Spiritual Universe’ 7th January – 18th March 2012 *** extended until 10th June Advance notice of an exhibition of 20 works by Chagall, on […]
Rome exhibition – masterpieces from the Louvre at the Borghese
Rome, Borghese Gallery – ‘I Borghese e l’antico’ 7th December 2011 – 9th April 2012 The dates have been moved a few times, but finally this exhibition is about to […]
Pompeii recovery plan confirmed with UNESCO
Pretty much a year to the day (‘Pompeii wall collapse damage inspected by Unesco team‘) it has been announced that ‘The United Nations cultural agency UNESCO and the Italian government […]
The missing Da Vinci – a few weeks to wait?
More than a year ago we wrote that finally, finally, explorative work was about to begin to solve the mystery of the missing Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece. Well, more than […]
Last Supper, exclusive after-hours visits, 2012
We first ran our exclusive after-hours tours and viewings of the Last Supper in 2011 … they proved a great success (as evidenced by the quote above from the UK’s […]
Eighteenth century art in Verona
‘Il Settecento a Verona. Tiepolo, Cignaroli, Rotari’ Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Verona 26th November 2011 – 9th April 2012 A major exhibition featuring over 150 works drawn from galleries around […]