What the Italians can teach us about living well
After visiting friends in Bologna, I came away with a sense that the Italians have embraced many things that we North Americans would do well to adopt. This past week, I had the tremendous fortune to spend three days in Bologna, Italy. I went to visit my friend Francesca, whom I met while on a year-long exchange to Sardinia when I was 16. We've kep...
The Italian inventor of the violin wanted to imitate human voices: study
Music historians have long suspected that the inventors of the violin wanted to imitate the human voice, and a study out on Monday shows how 16th to 18th century luthiers in Italy did it. Researchers at National Taiwan University asked a professional violinist to play 15 antique instruments, including one from 1570 by Andrea Amati, the early 16th-c...
Sibylla: Italian car design makes a comeback, with a little help from China
One of the stars of the recent Geneva Motor Show was the HK GT, penned by the legendary Turin-based styling house Pininfarina. Another was the Sibylla electric sedan. It was the work of GFG Style, with "GFG" standing for the famous father and son combo, Giorgetto and Fabrizio Giugiaro. Italdesign was also at Geneva, with the spectacular $US1.6 mill...
Made in Italy pasta under attack
Made in Italy is not just a geographical indication. According to latest KPMG research, it has the same value of a brand and if it were really a brand it would be the third best known in the world after Coca-Cola and Visa. For 82% of foreigners interviewed, it communicates the values of beauty, luxury (72%), passion (58%), and creativity (53%). Tha...
“L’Italia a Hollywood”: 5 buoni motivi per vedere la mostra al museo Ferragamo
Apre i battenti oggi 24 maggio “L’Italia a Hollywood”, la mostra al museo Ferragamo che sonda il rapporto dello shoe designer con i divi del cinema, intercorso negli anni dal 1915 al 1927 (e non solo). Ecco perché, se vi trovate a Firenze, vale una visita. 1 |“L’Italia a Hollywood”, ospitata fino al 10 marzo 2019 al museo Ferragamo all’interno di P...
Lusso: Deloitte, 24 aziende italiane nella top 100 mondiale
Le 100 più grandi aziende di beni di lusso al mondo hanno generato vendite per 217 miliardi di dollari nel 2016, con una media di 2,2 miliardi di dollari per società. Grazie ad una pattuglia di 24 aziende nella top 100, l'Italia è il primo Paese del settore a livello di presenza. Emerge dal Global Powers of Luxury Goods, lo studio annuale di Deloit...
Italian museum discovers painting by Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna in its collection
The Accademia Carrara in Bergamo, Italy, has discovered a “new” painting by Andrea Mantegna hidden in plain sight in its own collection. The curator Giovanni Valagussa re-attributes the tempera on panel work, Resurrection of Christ (around 1492-93), to the Renaissance master in the museum’s complete catalogue of 110 paintings from the 14th and 15th...
Fincantieri-built frigate ITS Alpino Arrives in Norfolk
FREMM frigates are the only ships in the competition that have been proven in combat, having helped to destroy a Syrian chemical weapons facility in April. "The ITS Alpino demonstrates the proven versatility and capability of the FREMM class frigate," said Vice Admiral Richard Hunt (Ret.), Fincantieri Marinette Marine's Chief Strategy Officer. "It...
Giancarlo Giannini Added to George Clooney's 'Catch-22'
Actor Giancarlo Giannini has been added to the cast of George Clooney's Catch-22, the limited series based on the seminal novel by Joseph Heller. The series will debut on Hulu in the U.S., on Sky Atlantic in Italy and Channel 4 in the U.K in 2019. One of Italy's top actors, Giannini was nominated for an Oscar for Lina Wertmuller's 1975 classic Seve...
The one pasta dish you have to try in each of Italy's regions
We don't know about you, but we can't imagine anything better than travelling Italy from top to toe, sampling the culinary delights of each of the places you stop at along the way. But menu panic is a common pitfall for the uninitiated. If you're searching for authentic Italian food, you'll often find there's no translated version of the menu (some...
Mille Miglia 2018, A Triumph For Alfa Romeo
From Brescia to Rome and back in just four days while covering over 1500 miles on a few hours rest. Collectors, enthusiasts, celebrities and racers, in custom-made outfits and matching helmet racing in a convoy of rare, collectable and completely priceless classic and vintage Alfa Romeos, Fiats, Maseratis, Ferraris, Mercedes-Benzes to the sound of...
Bought some Bertolli olive oil? You could be getting paid
If you’re a lover of olive oil, you may have put yourself in the slick position of receiving some money in the near future. That’s because Deoleo USA, the maker of the uber-popular Bertolli olive oil brand recently settled a class-action lawsuit. The company agreed to pay $7 million and change its packaging after complaints that its “Imported from...