Silvia Donati

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Silvia is ITALY Magazine's Contributing Editor. She graduated from the University of Bologna in Literature and studied Print & Broadcast Journalism at the University of California in Los Angeles, where she has lived, on and off, for several years. She began her career in journalism working for a Southern California news agency before returning to Italy and going freelance. She has written both in English and Italian for a variety of publications; she has covered the entertainment industry in Los Angeles, where she had the chance to interview Leonardo DiCaprio and Al Pacino among others and reported live from the Golden Globes for ANSA. She now specializes in everything Italy-related.

Articles by Silvia Donati

Eataly may soon be found at Italy’s Autogrills, the restaurant chain found at every major service station off the Italian highway (autostrada). Eataly…
Paolo Virzì’s “The Human Capital” and Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Great Beauty” were the big winners at the David di Donatello Awards last night in Rome.…
30-year-old Francesca Liberatore from Rome is one of the four winners of the DHL Exported international fashion competition. Liberatore beat a compet…
The Portico of San Luca in Bologna, which, at 3,796 meters, is the world’s longest portico, is launching a crowd-funding initiative to help with the r…
The Roman statue of the Apollo Seduto (Seated Apollo) is back on display at the Uffizi Gallery after a difficult restoration process. The sculpture, d…
“A setting that brings the spirit of ancient Rome civilization to life.” The setting is the Getty Villa, a faithful reproduction of what a Roman villa…
(In the photo: Apulia governor Nichi Vendola with his partner Ed Testa, posing for the Rome Gay Pride's poster.) Rome is getting ready for the annual…
Contemporary Italian cinema is the subject of the annual Open Roads Film Festival, currently under way at the Lincoln Center in New York City.  …
The Quirinale Palace in Rome is the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic (currently Giorgio Napolitano). Located on the Quirina…
Visitors to the California Science Center in Los Angeles can now get a glimpse of the lifestyle and tragic end of the ancient Roman society living in…
Restoration work on the Trevi Fountain is set to begin Thursday, June 5. Entirely financed by luxury fashion house Fendi, the €2 million project to re…
Marco Belinelli will be the first Italian basketball player to compete in the NBA finals. The guard of the San Antonio Spurs will play against the Mia…
Clumsy on the screen, deft in real life. Rowan Atkinson, better known to the public for his interpretation of Mr. Bean, helped save a life last week d…
Fresh from victory at the Oscars 2014 for “The Great Beauty,” Italian director Paolo Sorrentino is already back at work. Last month, he began shooting…
Here at ITALY Magazine we really like taking to the road to explore Italy – there is always something new to discover! So this week we teach you the w…
The Palace of Venaria near Turin has made The Art Newspaper’s annual list of the 100 most visited cultural institutions in the world. Italy features…
A very special exhibition that blends sculpture with archeology is now open at Ostia Antica, 30 km from Rome. “Francesco Messina: In Praise of Beauty”…
Three Michelin-starred chef Massimo Bottura, whose Osteria Francescana restaurant in Modena is considered one of the best in the world, has just opene…
Italy is a treasure trove of precious works of art and it’s not uncommon to find them in unthinkable places where they lie hidden and forgotten. In Br…
Arriving in front of Valentino restaurant, one could not imagine that this unassuming locale in a modest area of Santa Monica, California, is actually…

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