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Rome – the world’s sexiest city!

The world’s sexiest city – Rome. At least according to the Sunday Times Travel Magazine. Together with Rome you find Paris, London, St Petersburg, Havana and the city of Bath. So we can conclude that founded Bath an London, and turned Rome and Paris into metropolises, they did not only knew how to conquer, [...]

Egon Shiele and his times

At the Royal Palace in Milan, a much interesting exhibition on Egon Shiele (1890-1918) are opening at the moment. Schiele was regarded by many of his contemporaries as the predestined successor to Gustav Klimt, but died before he could fulfill his promise. His fascinating but not wholly admirable character is accounted for, at least in [...]

Neurotic jazz with Woody Allen

Maybe most know as a movie director, and actor Woody Allen is also a musician, playing with a impressive wibe the clarinet. At the moment he and his New Orleans Jazz Band, are touring Europe and will be in Italy at the end of the month.

The first concert will be on March [...]

L’Età della Conquista. Il fascino dell’arte greca a Roma

The Romans took a lot from the Greeks and developed into their own. Especially in art. A new exhibition at the Musei Capitolini offers you an unique collection of Greek art from early Roman days.
The works comes from one of the most significant eras for the development of all western art: the period following the [...]

Eva e il pennello proibito

Eva e il pennello proibito – l’arte di essera donna, or Eve and the prohibited brush – The art of being a woman in English is a exhibition that opened this past weekend in Pisa, at the Castle of the Vicars of Lari – an exhibition entirely dedicated to female creativity.
This is a [...]

Piano stairs in Milan

You have most likely seen the video of the piano shaped stair in Stockholm. The same can now be found in Milan. In one of the entrances to the mtero at Piazza del Duomo you can now run up and down to make your own tune.
Or watch this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nORso4Jnv4I

Last chance to see Steve McCurry in Milan

You do remember the picture of the young Afghan girl with eyes that burns through you, printed on the cover of National Geograpfic magazine in 1985? Most likely, it’s one of these pictures that never leaves you. The photographer, Steve McCurry has spent a lot of time in Asia and some of his pictures can [...]

Edward Hopper – on display in Rome

This week in Rome, opened for the first time ever an exhibition of the work by Amerian painter Edward Hopper (1882-1967). The exhibition pays tribute to the entire career this one of the 20th century’s most popular and best known American artist. The exhibition presents more than 160 works, including famous masterpieces
The exhibition will [...]

Caravaggio – Master of the light

This year it is 400 years since the great artist Michelangelo Merisi, better known as Caravaggio (29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), died. The city of Rome is now opening it’s second exhibition dedicated to Caravaggio. After the success of the exhibition “Caravaggio-Bacon” which ended this January, they are now opening the doors doors [...]

Carnevale is not only Venice

Of course, the carnival is closely connected to Venice but it’s celebrated all over Italy.
Here are some useful links if you are planning to join the feast before the fast.
Rome: www.carnevale.roma.it
Florence: www.papido.it/firenze/carnevale.htm
Milan: www.milanonotte.it/carnevale_milano.htm