Marking the first time works by Michelangelo have ever been exhibited in Nashville, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts proudly presents Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane, Masterpiece Drawings from the Casa Buonarroti, on view from October 30, 2015, through January 6, 2016. The Casa Buonarroti, the artist's family home in Florence, Italy, possesses...
READ MOREThe Times of London named the Uffizi Gallery, located in Florence, Italy, the "world's greatest gallery." In South Florida, the restoration of artworks found at the Uffizi Gallery is supported by the Palm Beach-based Friends of the Uffizi Gallery. Since their inception in 2006, the organization has fully funded, or contributed to the...
READ MOREby Alex Schechter There's a reason Italy ranks as one of the top-visited destinations in the world. Actually, there are a lot of reasons. Its exquisite beauty, its relaxed pace, its startling integration of the ancient and the modern—it all contributes to the magic. Whether you're flying down pistes in the Dolomites, or sunning yo...
READ MOREVive da anni a New York e in questi giorni è una delle protagoniste sulle passerelle della settimana della moda con il suo brand, Giulietta, marchio di abbigliamento femminile fondato nel 2011 dalla stilista fiorentina Sofia Sizzi. La sua è una storia di successo: in pochi anni ha conquistato un mercato vasto e articolato come quello americano, imp...
READ MOREFlorence's Palazzo Pitti hosts Impressionists at Palazzo Pitti until January 5th, with 12 Impressionist masterpieces on loan from the Musee d'Orsay in Paris. Two sections compose the exhibit (one outdoors), while both boast names like Degas and Pisarro, Monet and Cézanne, Guigou and Renoir. Verona, rather, is all about Monet, with the retr...
READ MOREby Mostafa Heddaya As part of sweeping culture ministry reforms, 20 major Italian museums, including world-renowned institutions like the Uffizi in Florence and the Borghese in Rome, have announced a search for new directors. A January 8 listing in The Economist describes the search as an "international call for applications," and...
READ MOREThe spices division of Florence-based company Drogheria & Alimentari, owned since 1987 by Francesco Carapelli (the former owner of the oil brand bearing his name) and two investment funds (Sici Sgr at 24% and Hat at 16%), was purchased by American giant McCormick. The division’s turnover stands at €50 million. Read more  ...
READ MOREThe Palazzo Strozzi High School Renaissance Award winners will be recognized by the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation USA . The mission of the foundation is to preserve the values of openness and creativity of the Renaissance, one of the foundations of the Enlightenment and of modern Western societies. The winners of the competition travel to Ita...
READ MOREdi Antonio Degl'Innocenti Viaggia a suon di clic la nuova mobilitazione cittadina per salvare lo storico castello di Sammezzano nel comune di Reggello. Il gruppo Facebook "Toscana Reggello Castello di Sammezzano" ha raccolto in poco tempo più di 8000 condivisioni per un appello che corre oltre i confini territoriali del comune dove ri...
READ MOREFormer American exchange student Amanda Knox spent four years in jail in Italy, from her arrest to her conviction in her first murder trial through her successful appeal. She's now facing a second appeals trial, along with her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. Here's a road map to help understand where the Italian court system is going n...
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