Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable: Damien Hirst exhibition in Venice

Tuesday May 2nd, 2017 , Events and Exhibitions

TREASURES FROM THE WRECK OF THE UNBELIEVABLE: DAMIEN HIRST IN VENICE

Fake, myth, dream and illusion.
These could be the key words of Damien Hirst’s great exhibition in Venice.
Two exhibition spaces, Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana, for a great event which has taken 10 years in the making, in which Damien Hirst displays a plausible story, which is, however, totally invented.

The Damien Hirst exhibition in Venice anticipates a few weeks of the events of the Venice Biennale, but this is an independent event destined to remain among the great events of the British artist.
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Il Quarto Stato (Fourth estate)

Monday May 1st, 2017 , Artists and Works

Il quarto stato | Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo

Image source: Wikipedia.org

THE FOURTH STATE: WHERE IT IS AND WHAT IT REPRESENTS

The Fourth Estate is the result of a long journey by Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, who for the first time in the history of Italian art represents the rise of the labour movement in the social life of the country and does so as if it were inevitable.

The work is kept in Milan and I recommend you go and see it as soon as you can because Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, an exponent of the pointillist movement, presented The Fourth Estate at the Quadriennale in Turin in 1902 and it has since become a symbol of the workers’ struggle.

The work was actually originally entitled The Workers’ Way, but at the last moment the artist decided to change it to what we all know today.

Summit Fever by Miriam Wuttke

Sunday April 30th, 2017 , Contemporary Art, Events and Exhibitions

A new exhibition at Fusion Art Gallery.
SUMMIT FEVER, the new solo exhibition of Miriam Wuttke.

Miriam Wuttke is a very exciting artist . She expresses herself through different media, painting , installation and performance.

She studied at first abstract painting at the art sudents league, then art therapy in combination with fine arts.

Thus her work is exploring continuously human behaviour and feelings.

READ ALSO: the last exhibition at Fusion Art Gallery.

5 italian cities to see in 2017

Friday April 28th, 2017 , Cities of Art

5 ITALIAN CITIES TO SEE IN 2017

Italy is the country which has the highest number of art cities in the world, where ancient and modern stories intertwine in alleys and squares, in palaces and historic shops throughout the peninsula.
In Italy you may walk and savour sweets made like they did a century ago, as it happens in the historic shops in Genoa; or you may stumble on the marvels of Rovigo, the city which keeps some masterpieces by Giovanni Bellini and Tiepolo.

I made a selection of the 5 italian cities which hold the best of Italy (food, art, extraordinary landscapes) and which this year should be visited because they organize unmissable events.
Don’t you think that each city is worth visiting?

5 gardens to see in Italy

Thursday April 27th, 2017 , Cities of Art, More than art

Parco del Castello di Miramare. Image source: https://blog.sadesign.it

GARDENS TO SEE IN ITALY: 5 ITALIAN GARDENS TO VISIT IN SPRING

Gardens to see. In my blog I often write about Italy, museums, villas and castles surrounded by large parks.
If there’s one thing I do love doing when beautiful days arrive and the air becomes warmer, it’s discovering gardens, those gardens where you can sit on the grass or where you can be catapulted back in time and relive ancient stories.

If you have already visited at least one of these gardens, you know what I mean.
On the contrary, if you have never entered one of these gardens, you’d better look into your agenda and leave as soon as you have a weekend off.
I made a list of the 5 Italian gardens you must visit.