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Culture

Major Exhibit about Michelangelo Opens in Rome

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 05/27/2014 - 06:40

An extraordinary exhibition to mark the 450th anniversary of Michelangelo’s death – 18 February 1564 – is opening today in Rome at the Musei Capitolini,…

Culture

Bronzino is the Guest of Honor at Palazzo Cini in Venice

by Katia Amore | Sat, 05/24/2014 - 01:08

Florentine master Bronzino's Portrait of a Young Man with a Lute from the Galleria degli Uffizi will be the guest of honor at the reopening of the Palazzo…

Culture

Botticelli's Venus on view in San Sebastian Cloister in Biella

by Katia Amore | Wed, 05/21/2014 - 09:53

Venus, a painting by Florentine Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli (1445–1510), will soon be on view in San Sebastian Cloister, in the city of Biella.…

Culture

Francesco di Giorgio Martini - Design for a Wall Monument

Italian Renaissance Drawing at the Met

by Katia Amore | Sat, 05/17/2014 - 05:15

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is staging an exhibition featuring forty-two masterpieces of Central and Southern Italian Renaissance…

Culture

Donatello's Prophets On View at Florence's Baptistery

by Silvia Donati | Sun, 05/04/2014 - 03:00

Three large marble sculptures by Donatello will be exceptionally on display at the Baptistery in Florence until November 30: il Profeta imberbe (the Beardless…

Culture

Augustus and the Art of Governing

by Silvia Donati | Sat, 05/03/2014 - 02:00

After the successful exhibition "Augustus" at the Scuderie del Quirinale (currently on view in Paris), Rome keeps celebrating its first emperor on the 2000th…

Lifestyle

One-Year Countdown to Expo 2015 with Andrea Bocelli

by Katia Amore | Fri, 05/02/2014 - 05:30

This week Italy kicked off the one-year countdown to the start of Milan Expo 2015 with a special event organized by the city of Milan administration and…

Food & Drink

1950-1970s Italy Through Vintage Food Ads

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 04/29/2014 - 05:12

An interesting exhibition displaying food-related images and ads dating to the 1950-1970s is currently open in Parma. The materials on display, often salvaged…

Lifestyle

"'Nuns' just wanna have fun!", Suor Cristina Wins Her Battle at The Voice

by Katia Amore | Thu, 04/17/2014 - 05:21

Last night at The Voice of Italy, Suor Cristina Scuccia, won her battle singing Cindy Lauper's 80s classic "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun". Coach J-Ax said he…

Culture

Exhibit at Hadrian's Villa Showcases Relationship between Roman Emperor and Greece

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 04/16/2014 - 20:00

“Hadrian and Greece. Hadrian's Villa between Classicism and Hellenism” is a new exhibition just launched at Tivoli’s Villa Adriana to showcase the important…