European Heritage Days 2009. A Fully Cultural Weekend !

No plans for the weekend?

Well, if your answer is “no”, then we’ll suggest you something unique to do.

This weekend in fact, on Saturday 26^th and Sunday 27^th September 2009, there will be a fully cultural event: as usual, also this year all the European countries will celebrate the European Heritage Days, which were conceived in 1991 by the European Council in order to encourage and promote the cultural dialogue and exchange between European countries.

As every year, MiBAC participates in the event with the slogan “Italy, the treasure of Europe” and organizes throughout Italy several initiatives intended to increase the value of Italian culture and heritage, with the aim to share all this great richness with other European countries.

In fact, throughout the country, many events and activities will take place in order to increase the national heritage value: over 1000 sites will be open to the public with free entrance, extraordinary openings, art exhibitions, concerts, shows and (more…)

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Drawings from the Louvre Museum: “The Italian Renaissance”

For the first time, an exhibition entirely organized by the Louvre Museum and made up of several artworks coming from its own collections will take place in Florence.

The exhibition, supported by the Ministry of Cultural Activities and Heritage and by the City of Florence will take place at the Museum of Casa Buonarroti until September 14^th.

Tourists will have the opportunity to marvel at an extraordinary exhibition of the highest level, with more than 90 pieces never shown before which were donated by the rich Edmond de Rothschild to the Louvre Museum in the thirties, among which the Département des Arts Graphiques selected many works belonging to the Italian Renaissance.

But what makes this event even more significant is the original collocation of the works in the halls. In the opening hall in fact, visitors will find International Gothic drawings of stunning elegance which will enchant spectators because they will all be visible from both sides.

The most important area in the Museum is with no doubt the one dedicated to the drawings which date back to the 15^th and 16^th centuries, works created by such masters as Pisanello, Leonardo and Raphael.

Don’t miss the chance to marvel at the works belonging to one of the most famous museums in the world, now in the wonderful city of Florence.

Visit the Buonarroti Museum, you won’t regret it!

For further information about the city of Florence, please visit our website www.aboutflorence.com

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“Spinola Contemporanea”: a Contemporary Art Exhibition in Genoa

Don’t miss the chance to go to Genoa and visit the historical dwelling of the Spinola family from another point of view!

Until September 13^th in fact, the picturesque palace will host an event entitled “Spinola Contemporanea” (“Contemporary Spinola”) which is not just a simple exhibition, but it represents a real itinerary inside the building located in Genoa old town, on which 35 Italian and foreign contemporary artists have been working for a year, working hard in order to search a subjective and personal way for interpreting its characteristics.

This itinerary (in a class by itself) was conceived just on the occasion of the 50^th anniversary of the palace opening as a National Gallery, after the last two descendants of the Spinola family, Franco and Paolo, gave as (more…)

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Nippon Kōbō: from a Japanese Point of View

Forma, the International Center for Photography in Milan, will host until 6^th September a very original exhibition entitled “Nippon Kōbō”, which means “Japanese Laboratory”.

In other words, we are dealing with a homage to the Japanese world and to its particular photographic art.

The exhibition’s aim is to show the evolution of the Japanese photography by highlighting the variety of themes, the wide range of languages and most of all one of the most characteristic features of the Japanese culture: the relationship with the surrounding environment poised between ecstatic contemplation and irretrievable pain.

On this occasion, the notable Milan’s center for photography has selected 130 (more…)

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Matrix Natura: the Fiber Art on display in Venice

A new expression is rising in the art world, especially among young artists from all over the world, and every year Venice pays homage to its artworks.

We are talking about Fiber Art, in other words, artworks created with textile fibers and materials of animal or vegetable origins. The exhibition is held once again at Palazzo Mocenigo in Venice, this year with a really particular title: “Matrix Natura” and it will be open to the public until August, 31^st.

54 mini textiles (this is the name of Fiber Art works) will be put on view on the first floor of the museum, created by the genius of artists coming from 51 different countries of the world.

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From Egypt to Rome. Abu Simbel Temples

In the world there are a lot of exhibitions dedicated to the ancient Egypt and just last week we told you about an expected exhibition presented in Milan but which will take place in Trento.

But among the several events organized to pay homage to the ancient and mysterious Egyptian world, there’s a really special one: “Abu Simbel – Il salvataggio dei templi” (“Abu Simbel – The rescue of Temples”) is the great photography exhibition dedicated to (more…)

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A different Egypt presented at Sforza’s Castle in Milan

From today 15^th May, the Trivulziana Library - Hall Weil Weiis of Sforza’s Castle in Milan - will present the exclusive exhibition dedicated to Egypt: “Egitto mai visto” (“Egypt as it’s never been seen before”).

The title itself reminds the exclusive peculiarity of this exhibition. In fact, at the expo, which will take place from May 30th to November 8th at Buonconsiglio Museum of Trento, there will be 800 archaeological findings coming from the Egyptian land, about 100 years after their discovery.

All the finds belong to two extraordinary and inedited collections which are preserved by the Egyptian Museum of Turin and by the Buonconsiglio Castle of Trento.

A stunning and spectacular exhibition will be presented in these days in Milan, a really interesting world preview dedicated to a far dimension, full of mystery and stories to tell and to discover.

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“Museums at Night” on Saturday 16th May

“Museums at Night” is a really interesting initiative funded by the Ministry of Cultural Activities and Heritage, which will take place on Saturday 16^th May and will allow a late night opening of all national museums.

Museums at Night is an event expressly created for anyone who doesn’t have the chance to dedicate time to cultural interests and to visit the amazing exhibitions in the Italian museums during the ordinary opening hours. So, as culture belongs to everyone, the Ministry of Cultural Activities and Heritage decided to support this initiative to allow all the people who for reasons relating to work or economy, don’t have the chance to visit the extraordinary heritage hosted by our museums.

In fact, the night of Saturday 16^th May, all the national museums which will support the initiative, will stay open until 2.00 AM for free (entry allowed until 1.00 AM).

Together with the museums’ visits, there will be also a long series of other events, to encourage citizens to take part to this event.

Actually, this original initiative has its roots in 2005, in (more…)

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Monet and Japan on view at Royal Palace of Milan

In Milan, a really special exhibition will be set and will show everyone the perfect fusion between Japan and Monet’s skillful art.

The exhibition, entitled “Monet e il Giappone, il Tempo delle Ninfee” (“Monet and Japan, the Time of Water Lilies”) will enchant the Royal Palace rooms of Milan from April 29^th to September 27^th.

In fact Monet, one of the most esteemed French painters in the history of art, has always showed a particular tendency for Japan, its history, its spirituality and its artistic expressions.

Monet was particularly attracted by the Japanese naturalism, which was born from a philosophical conception of nature that subsequently appeared also in the arts and most of all in painting; he dedicated most of his artistic life to this kind of painting. The Japanese naturalism conceived the nature as a real condition of men.

The nature, introduced in a time which doesn’t go by and doesn’t move is for the man, who has to pay respect to it and to enjoy its precious benefits and treasures.

Therefore, this extraordinary exhibition at Royal Palace of Milan consists of a twenty works, which were born from the connection between French impressionism and Japanese naturalism.

The event is absolutely not to miss and remember, it will take place from April 29^th to September 27^th in Milan.

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Galileo at Palazzo Strozzi and About Galileo finally online!

“Galileo. Immagini dell’universo dall’antichità al telescopio” (“Galileo. Images of the universe from antiquity to the Telescope”) is the title of the exhibition which Palazzo Strozzi of Florence dedicates to Galileo Galilei.

The exhibition, under way until 30th August, pays homage to the extraordinary intellectual richness of one of the greatest Italian geniuses ever born here in our country.

This exhibition is a real time trip which starts from antiquity, with the first mystical and poetical interpretations of the universe mysteries made by Egyptians. In addition, the attention will shift on the first planetary architectures of Greeks, to the first theories about the origins of the universe by Copernico, until the theories and discoveries of the fathers of modern astronomy, Galileo and Keplero, followed by Newton.

At the exhibition, you will have the chance to marvel at (more…)

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