The Macchiaioli. The collections revealed

Saturday April 16th, 2016 , Events and Exhibitions

Federico Zandomeneghi, Il giubbetto rosso, 1895 circa, Antica collezione Camillo Giussani.

The Macchiaioli. The collections revealed

Macchiaioli in Rome. It is certainly interesting to know an artistic movement such as the movement of the Macchiaioli, but to discover the works within the context of the private collections that originally held them is fascinating.

The exhibition dedicated to the Macchiaioli arranged in Rome at the Chiostro del Bramante on view until September 4^th 2016, shows over 110 works of art that belonged to great collectors of the past, who were cultured and refined personalities, art patrons who shared a great passion for painting and love for beauty.

My visit to the exhibition dedicated to Boccioni in Milan

Tuesday April 12th, 2016 , Events and Exhibitions

Exhibition Boccioni in Milan. Self-portrait.

My visit to the exhibition dedicated to Boccioni in Milan

Exhibition Boccioni in Milan. On the centenary of Umberto Boccioni’s death, Milan hosts an exhibition which retraces, in a new and original way, the artistic path of one of the main artists of the 20^th century.

I took part in a reserved visit, just a few hours before the official inauguration of the exhibition. I visited the empty rooms of Palazzo Reale (the Royal Palace), where the works were ready to welcome all the visitors who were queuing up, waiting to enter.

Aldus Manutius and the Renaissance in Venice

Tuesday April 5th, 2016 , Events and Exhibitions

An exhibition dedicated to Aldus Manutius and the Renaissance in Venice

Aldus Manutius’s exhibition. In 2015 the 500th anniversary of the death of Aldus Manutius, the most important printer in the history, who transformed Venice into the international capital of printing, was celebrated.
The celebration of this anniversary will end this year with an exhibition at the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice, through an itinerary consisting of over 100 works of art and more than 30 very rare editions printed between the end of the 15th century and the early 16th century.

The exhibition will retrace a unique period in the history of Western Europe, during which the book was really capable of changing the world, and creating the basis for the development of the Renaissance.

Today we celebrate the Blog’s third birthday

Friday April 1st, 2016 , Events and Exhibitions

The Blog’s third birthday

Among an exhibition, a museum, an event and a preview, and almost without realizing it, today we celebrate the blog’s third birthday.
That’s right!

Three years ago I decided to start a blog in order to write what was happening to me and what I couldn’t find on the Web.
In the beginning, my blog was a kind of “messy notes of ideas about exhibitions to see, museums to discover, and cities to visit”; but since then many things have changed.

Exhibitions 2016: exhibitions you can’t miss in April

Thursday March 31st, 2016 , Events and Exhibitions

Exhibitions 2016: exhibitions you can’t miss in April

A list of exhibitions you can’t miss in April 2016.

As always, I invite you all to write your own comments about the exhibitions you recommend to visit.