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, Rustici exhibition at Bargello
Florence Bargello Gallery 10th September 2010 – 10th January 2011 ‘I grandi bronzi del Battistero. Rustici e Leonardo.’ An exhibtion at the Bargello Museum of the bronze work of Giovanfrancesco […]
Florence – special Monday openings
Usually closed on Mondays, the Uffizi Gallery, the Academy Gallery (home to Michelangelo’s David) and the Palatine Gallery/Modern Art Gallery (all in Florence) will be open on November 1st 2010. […]
Sistine Chapel – pollution and conservation
First it was: (ANSA) – Vatican City, September 3 – The level of atmospheric pollution in the Sistine Chapel is too high and the masses who walk through it each […]
The Colosseum, Rome – restoration and sponsorship
Italy’s Culture Ministry has stated that the long-needed restoration of the Colosseum in Rome will be complete by 2013: (ANSA) – Rome, September 13 – A long-awaited restoration of the […]
Borghese Gallery Rome, Cranach exhibition
Borghese Gallery, Rome ‘Lucas Cranach: L’altro Rinascimento’ 15th October 2010 – 11th February 2011 For the first time in Italy an exhibition of works by Lucas Cranach il Vecchio, a […]
‘Colosseum in flames’
[Photograph from Alessandro Musicorio on Flickr] For a few days in September 2010, Rome was burning again, as the video below shows. This was an art installation by artists Thyra […]
Tug of David
Well, it would certainly change the shape of your next Grand Tour. If lawyers acting for the Italian culture minister get their way then you’ll be heading to Rome, not […]