In the same vein as the great cultural event entitled Futurismolocanda 100 by Ester Coen and supported by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Cultural Activity, for the cenenary of the Futurist manifestation by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti , we propose the visiting of another 3 exhibitions with the same theme.  Today, we want to tell you about the one in Venice after the preceding article about the exhibition at the Mart in Trento and Roveretto.  100 years after its...

After “The Revolution continues:  New Art from China” which was a success with 400,000 visitors and “New Art from the Middle East” , the SAATCHI GALLERY of London is focusing its attention on new American artists.  The exhibition goes on until the 13th September, bringing to international attention the new works of 32 American artists, characterized by originality and ingenuity of technique, and which recalls retro styles and abstract expressionism in...

The centenary of the Futurist manifesto , on which Filippo Tommaso Marinetti founded the futurist movement in Paris on 20th February 1909, is the occasion for a great cultural event entitled Futurism100 organized by Ester Cohen and supported by the Ministero per I Beni e le Attività Culturali.  With three exhibitions in three important Italian cultural centres, it gives an unpublished review of Futurism. The three chosen cities, Rovereto, Venice and Milan, have all been...

Not since the famous Venice exhibition of 1992 has the wonderful art of Canova been collected together… to amaze and leave whoever sees it breath-taken.  And now, at Forlì 17 years later, the beautiful works of Canova return to the scene at the San Domenico Museums with a remarkable exhibition:  “Canova.  L’ideale classic tra scultura e pittura” (“Canova.  The classic ideal between sculpture and painting”). More than 200...

Babylon, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world with its hanging gardens, is the theme of an extraordinary exhibition at the British Museum in London until 15th March:  “Babylon, Myth and Reality”. In Sumerian language, Babylon means “Gateway to God” and was an ancient Mesopotamian city, situated on the Euphrates river, whose ruins are today around the city of Al Hillah in Iraq, about 80km south of Baghdad.  It was the sacred city of the rulers of...

The exhibition: “Hidden Museums.  Collections and archaeological artefacts from the 18th to 20th century at Syracuse” will be held from Saturday 13th December 2008 at Castello Maniace in Syracuse.  This cultural event allows you to visit not only some of the archaeological finds discovered by recent digs in Sicily but, above all, to admire the wonders of one of the symbols of Syracuse and of all Suebi architecture:  the Castello Svevo, improperly called Castel...

Syracuse, crossroads of peoples, travellers and artists, has been giving, for over a year, the opportunity to admire one of the most beautiful masterpieces by Michelangelo Merisi, called  Caravaggio:  the 'Seppellimento di Santa Lucia'. Exactly 400 years have passed since Caravaggio was in Syracuse, escaping from Malta and guest of his friend, Mario Minniti, and right here, in Syracuse, the Milan artist painted this wonderful altar piece, probably handed over on 13th December...

Syracuse never stops amazing the traveller because of its unrivalled beauty, both for those architectural jewels which form Ortigia and for its wonderful art which each individual building has inside it.  And, since a few weeks ago, one of the most extraordinary works of art: “ The Annunciazione ” (“The Annunciation”) by Antonello da Messina , has returned to the 18th century Convento del Ritiro. And now, for the first time, it is on show for the...

2009 in Treviso will be the year of Canaletto : The “Canaletto, Venice and its splendours” exhibition will be held until 5th April.  For this special occasion, works of art coming from 13 countries, from the most important museums in the world, will focus their attention on one of the most spectacular artistic phenomena of the 18th century , Vedutismo through the works of Canaletto , par excellence of the artistic movement.  Also procured for the exhibition...

From 30th December to 4th January at Orvieto there is the sixteenth edition of Umbria Jazz Winter .  6 days of good music, tourism and culture in the fantastic scenario offered by the architecture of one of the most fascinating and historical cities in Umbria.  Important names on the agenda: Martial Solal, Stefano Bollani, Enrico Rava, Danilo Rea, Enrico Pieranunzi, Renato Sellani, Joe Locke, Roberto Gatto and many others.  This edition is dedicated to Brazil and the...

Continuing until 6th January is the film industry review dedicated to Christmas, the Christmas Film Festival, at Govone in Piemonte.  16 films aimed at children have been chosen for the Festival, which is unique in its kind, and also another 16 films chosen for adults.  They are all feature, full-length films, chosen from among the most important and historical cult films which have Christmas and the Christmas festivities as their subject. This second edition of the film...

One extra reason this year for spending Christmas or New Year in the capital of art and beauty. From 26 September 2008 to 5 January 2009, there is a monographic exhibition, for the first time in France, dedicated to one of the most important Italian renaissance artists: the painter Andrea Mantegna. 190 of his precious works of art will be on exhibition in the illustrious temple of art in Paris :  the Louvre Museum .  It is a chronological exhibition which reveals how the...

At Christmas a leitmotif or theme links the towns of yesterday with today – the celebration of the birth of a Child in Bethlehem: in a grotto, two parents who cherished Him, with the warmth of an ox and a donkey, and then the star, the Magi or Wise Men, the shepherds.  A story which not only artists celebrated, and wanted to represent, but also craftsmen, the little creative artists of the district which, starting with the “Poverello of Assisi” , has given life to the...

With the Christmas celebrations, you can surround yourself by the magic atmosphere of Advent thanks to the numerous fairs and markets of the Infant Jesus, or Christkindlmarkt as they are called in Germany.  In this period, the small and large towns of Europe host the famous Christmas Fairs and Markets , which offer a cheerful alternative to the usual shopping and fashion of the great commercial centres or the most ‘In’ town shops. At Vienna in this period, as in...