Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague: tickets and must-sees

Sunday March 19th, 2023 , Museum Tickets

The Hague, overlooking the North Sea, is a Dutch city that houses in its museums some of the most important works of the so-called Dutch ‘Golden Age’, animated by artists such asVermeer, Rembrandt and Van Dyck. Among them, the Mauritshuis Museum is an unmissable stop for Flemish painting enthusiasts: inside you can see the most famous works of this fortunate historical and artistic period. And the city’s attractions do not stop there: the ticket for the Mauritshuis can be combined with a ticket for the permanent exhibition of Escher, the visionary engraver and graphic artist whose works depict constructions of impossible worlds.

Opéra Garnier in Paris: tickets to visit it

Saturday March 11th, 2023 , Museum Tickets, Cities of Art

L’Opéra Garnier di Parigi è ancora oggi sede del balletto dell’Opéra National ed è usata soprattutto per le rappresentazioni della compagnia. Anche per i non appassionati di teatro e balletto, però, l’Opéra resta una tappa cruciale per la storia della città.

Collecting art successfully: tricks and secrets for the collector

Monday March 6th, 2023 , More than art

Courtesy: The Strip Gallery

I am pleased to host on my blog an article written by Martina Manco, director of The Strip Gallery of Contemporary Art, whom I had already interviewed on the occasion of the gallery’s first birthday and who now reveals all the secrets of becoming a successful art collector.

In the interview with Martina Manco it was clear that the world of collecting has undergone great changes lately, especially with the possibility of shopping online.
What then should be the attentions and tricks that a collector of today have? Here is the gallery owner’s answer.

Tricks and secrets for successfully collecting art

Palazzo Vecchio in Florence: tickets and what to see

Sunday February 26th, 2023 , Museum Tickets, Cities of Art

PALAZZO VECCHIO IN FLORENCE: TICKETS AND WHAT TO SEE

Florence is the city that gave birth to some of Italy’s greatest artists and men of letters and is home to numerous masterpieces that are the expression of centuries of cultural and artistic hegemony. In particular, Piazza della Signoria is a concentration of works of art: from the Loggia dei Lanzi, a true open-air museum, to Palazzo Vecchio and the Uffizi Galleries. In this artistic context, Palazzo Vecchio is the symbol of 14th-century civil architecture and visiting its most famous rooms, as well as the more hidden ones, is a must for visitors to the Tuscan capital.

The revolution of Impressionism: experiments and successes

Thursday February 23rd, 2023 , Schools & Periods

CLAUDE MONET, Vue de Londres dans le brouillard "La Tamise". Tecnica mista su carta. 21x28 cm . 1903. Collezione privata

CLAUDE MONET, Vue de Londres dans le brouillard “La Tamise”. Tecnica mista su carta. 21×28 cm . 1903. Collezione privata

THE REVOLUTION OF IMPRESSIONISM: EXPERIMENTS AND SUCCESSES

When, in April 1874, a small group of artists organised an exhibition at the studio of the photographer Nadar in the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris, they did not think they were at the beginning of an artistic revolution. It was the debut of a group of young artists who were about to create an unprecedented artistic phenomenon.

The curator of the Impressionists between dream and colour exhibition, Vincenzo Sanfo, explained well what the Impressionist revolution consisted of and emphasised how from the dismay and horror with which the first works were greeted, we moved on to …

The Impressionism Revolution