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Celebrate Italian American Heritage Month this October

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 10/01/2014 - 03:00

[Image: Mulberry Street, New York, ca. 1900.] “In the five centuries since Christopher Columbus, a son of Genoa, Italy, first set sail across the Atlantic…

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Three Leonardo Masterpieces On Loan from Louvre for Milan Exhibition

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 09/26/2014 - 02:30

The Louvre Museum will lend Italy three Leonardo masterpieces for an important exhibition that will coincide in part with the Milan Expo 2015. Belle…

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Milan Expo 2015 Tickets Now Available to General Public

by Anonymous (not verified) | Wed, 09/24/2014 - 02:30

For anyone interested in visiting the Milan Expo 2015, taking place May 1-October 31, 2015, tickets for the general public are now on sale. Tickets can be…

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Art and Concert Series Kicks Off in Milan

by Anonymous (not verified) | Sun, 09/21/2014 - 02:30

More than 200 concerts, plays and exhibitions have been organized in Milan to mark Italy's semester in the European Union presidency, which began July 1. The…

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A Small Corner of Venice that Is Forever Japan?

by Myra Robinson | Wed, 09/17/2014 - 03:00

Venice in summer seems to be full of the “polluting multitudes”, as Shelley put it. However, it’s possible to find peace and quiet on the little island of San…

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Pompeii Hosts Opera Concerts

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 09/17/2014 - 02:30

Performances of Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme and Georges Bizet's Carmen are scheduled to take place at Pompeii's newly reopened open-air theater on September 18…

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Padua Hosts Important Corcos Exhibition

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 09/15/2014 - 05:45

Palazzo Zabarella in Padua is hosting the most complete retrospective ever dedicated to Vittorio Corcos, “Corcos – I sogni della Belle Epoque” (Corcos – Dreams…

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Perugino Retrospective On View at Paris Museum

by Silvia Donati | Sun, 09/14/2014 - 03:30

The Jacquemart-Andrè Museum in Paris is hosting a retrospective dedicated to Renaissance master and Raphael’s teacher Perugino. “Perugino – Master of Raphael”…

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San Gimignano Exhibit Highlights Pintoricchio's Tuscan Masterpieces

by Silvia Donati | Sun, 09/14/2014 - 03:00

[Image: Pintoricchio, ‘The Coronation of Pope Pius III’ (1509), Duomo of Siena.] San Gimignano is hosting an exhibition dedicated to the Umbria-born…

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Vogue Fashion's Night Out Rome 2014

by Nicola Ferlei-Brown | Fri, 09/12/2014 - 04:39

It's that time of year again, when the meeting of the best Italian brands come together for Fashion Week in the world's four most glamorous cities: New York,…