Genoa, where to go: the best museums

Friday November 23rd, 2018 , Cities of Art, Museums

Museo del Risorgimento

GENOA WHERE TO GO: THE BEST MUSEUMS

Genoa is full of history, traditions as well as museums.
After telling you which museums you can’t miss in Genoa, in this post I want to give you some advice on the least known and unusual museums.

To make this 24-hour tour, I bought the Genoa Museum Card, that is to say to easiest way to enter the city’s most interesting museums and monuments.
At the end of the post you’ll find the video with all the stages of my journey, too.

Genoa, where to go

The Doni Tondo by Michelangelo: where it is housed and what represents

Monday November 12th, 2018 , Artists and Works

THE DONI TONDO BY MICHELANGELO: WHERE IT IS HOUSED AND WHAT IT REPRESENTS

Admiring for the first time The Doni Tondo by Michelangelo Buonarroti was thrilling. I was at the Uffizi Gallery for the traditional high school trip and when I came across it, I understood that art must be experienced at first hand. You must close the books and leave to admire art where you can admire it!

After a feeling of wonder,I wanted to know everything about this masterpiece, and after writing the post dedicated to Michelangelo’s David, it was time to talk about Buonarroti’s most amazing painting.

The Doni Tondo by Michelangelo: where it is housed and what it represents

Affordable Art Fair Italy in the time of social media: the interview

Saturday November 10th, 2018 , Contemporary Art, More than art

AFFORDABLE ART FAIR ITALY AND CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE TIME OF SOCIAL MEDIA: THE INTERVIEW

The philosophy of Affordable Art Fair is simple: making art affordable for all because anyone can become a collector.
After the interview to understand which kind of relationship exists between art and communication according to the Thyssen-Bornemizsa Museum of Madrid, the appointments dedicated to communication of art in the time of social media are going on.

In this post I’ll publish the interview with those who are behind the scenes of Affordable Art Fair Italy: Manuela Porcu, fair director and Laura Gabellotto, fair manager.
They told me how they use social media and communicate a global event on the national territory.

Affordable Art Fair Italy: the interview

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Jan van Eyck’s works: 5 things to know

Thursday November 8th, 2018 , 5 Things to know, Artists and Works

JAN VAN EYCK’S WORKS: 5 THINGS TO KNOW

Jan van Eyck’s works and some curiosities about the most influential and mysterious artist Western painting has ever had.
The perfection of Jan van Eyck’s works leaves you breathless and his technique is the forerunner of that used by many other great artists who will come after him.

In this post I’ll talk about van Eyck through 5 of his most beautiful works.
Which is your favourite painting among Jan van Eyck’s works?
Write it in your comments 🙂

Jan van Eyck’s works

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Michelangelo’s works. Which ones they are

Monday October 29th, 2018 , Artists and Works

MICHELANGELO’S WORKS. WHICH ONES THEY ARE AND WHERE HIS MOST BEAUTIFUL WORKS ARE HOUSED

There are many Michelangelo’s masterpieces, famous and very important works everyone should admire at least once in a lifetime.
Because Michelangelo is the Renaissance artist par excellence.

In the post Michelangelo Buonarroti: 5 things to know I’ve already described the main features of his art.
In this post, instead, I’ll share with you the list of the most beautiful works of the great Renaissance master and the place where to admire them.

Michelangelo’s works. which ones they are