A masterpiece by Botticelli at the Uffizi Gallery: The Calumny of Apelles

Thursday March 1st, 2018 , Artists and Works

A MASTERPIECE BY BOTTICELLI AT THE UFFIZI GALLERY: THE CALUMNY OF APELLES

There’s a masterpiece by Botticelli at the Uffizi Gallery, next to his famous “Primavera” (“Spring”).
It’s a small painting which always runs the risk of passing unnoticed, but if you know it you can’t help but looking at it, because is full of meanings and is also the key to understanding Botticelli’s artistic journey.

In this post I’ll explain why this masterpiece by Botticelli is so important and what “The Calumny of Apelles” represents.

A masterpiece by Botticelli at the Uffizi Gallery

The exhibition States of mind at the Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara

Wednesday February 28th, 2018 , Events and Exhibitions

STATES OF MIND: POETICS OF THE SELF FROM PREVIATI TO BOCCIONI

The exhibition States of mind at the Palazzo dei Diamanti illustrates the Italian art of the late 19th century in a new way.

It’s an important moment for the advent of the modern age in which science and art explored the human mind like never before, and artists experimented new images in order to bring into their works feelings and emotions.

STATES OF MIND. The exhibition in Ferrara

Andy Warhol, life and works: 5 things to know

Monday February 26th, 2018 , 5 Things to know, Artists and Works

ANDY WARHOL: 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT HIS LIFE AND HIS WORKS

After Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol is the most famous and important artist of the 20^th century.
His works have become icons of the contemporary era, and he celebrated Western consumerist and pop lifestyle, using photography in a new way, by choosing acid colours and mixing and fusing advertising with art.

Warhol’s expression about 15 minutes of fame was prophetic, and today, in the era of social media is a reality.
However, Andy Warhol was not only a visionary artist, but also a source of inspiration for other artists, photographers, fashion designers, musicians and intellectuals from all over the world.

In this post I’ll tell you 5 things you have to know about the life and the works of Andy Warhol.

Helmut Newton: the bad boy of photography

Thursday February 22nd, 2018 , More than art

HELMUT NEWTON: THE BAD BOY OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Helmut Newton is one of the most controversial photographers in the world.
Around his photos and exhibitions devoted to him, the debate is always heated, because his shots are provocative.

According to some people he was a genius who transformed photography fashion on purpose; according to other people he was a man who hated women and used them to create unacceptable images.
He himself played with the image of the “bad boy” of photography the world ascribed to him.

Abatellis Palace: tickets, opening times and works on display

Wednesday February 21st, 2018 , Museum Tickets

ABATELLIS PALACE: TICKETS, OPENING TIMES AND WORKS ON DISPLAY

The Abatellis Palace is home to the Regional Gallery of Sicily (the art gallery of the Sicily region), that is the largest collection of Sicilian artworks from Romanesque to Baroque.

The museum is located in Palermo (in the Kalsa quarter) inside an ancient noble palace, the 14^th-century residence of Francesco Abatellis and later, from 1526, home to a convent of cloistered nuns.
It was only after XXII that the Abatellis Palace was transformed into a museum, where great masterpieces have found their suitable place, also thanks to the restoration carried out by architect Carlo Scarpa.

READ ALSO: What to see in Palermo.