Articles in the category 'Exhibition'
Written by Ilaria Scarinci April 28 2008
Article translated by Amritee Mahabir
Monday saw the end of design week, an unmissable event that each year, never fails to offer a few days of true innovation to the Italian metropolis. Even this year, the event was successful in the eyes of the critics and the public, which confirms
Milan as the epicentre of one of the flagships of Made in Italy.
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Category: Exhibition · Fairs · News · Newsletter
Written by Ilaria Scarinci April 24 2008
Article translated by Amritee Mahabir
It was announced months ago. The people of Milan and all the international visitors from the Salone del Mobile (who had sponsored it) waited eagerly. And instead it will not be there or at least the original will not be there. Peter Greenaway’s performance based on the idea of Leonardo’s Last Supper, was in fact considered as potentially damaging for the delicate fresco by the master. For this reason the superintendent denied the necessary authorisation unleashing a diplomatic case.
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Category: Exhibition · News
Written by Elena Lanzanova April 22 2008
Article translated by Amritee Mahabir
By now it is widely known that the exhibits organised by Marco Goldin manage to achieve a huge capital. We only have to think of the “Gauguin and Van Gogh” show organised in 2006 in Brescia, that had a total economic impact equal to 75,746,760 euros in comparison to an investment of 7-8 million euros.
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Category: Exhibition · News
Written by Elena Lanzanova April 17 2008
Article translated by Amritee Mahabir
Jan Fabre is one of the most important and extraordinary Belgian contemporary artists, he recently appeared to be particularly bothered by the Pharaoh exhibition declaring: “Personally, I believe in small projects made for few people. Art is not democratic. It is like being on the beach, a crowd of ten thousand people arrives and you no longer enjoy it”.
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Category: Exhibition
Written by arcadja April 15 2008
Article translated by Amritee Mahabir
The
Museum of Capodimonte opens from 18
th April to 29
th June 2008 with an interesting exposition dedicated to
Salvator Rosa, one of the greatest leaders of seventeenth century Neapolitan painting. It intends to offer a monographic exhibit that deepens the versatility and the particularity of an artist that moved towards achieving personal and original goals in various fields.
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Written by Elena Lanzanova April 3 2008
Article translated by Amritee Mahabir
Finally even Italy was chosen as a host country for a famous European contemporary art event. In fact only very few months remain before the inauguration of Manifesta7 that is being held in Trentino-Alto Adige in 2008.
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Category: Exhibition
Written by Elena Lanzanova April 3 2008
Article translated by Amritee Mahabir
His refined and elegant paintings earned him the title of “Ferrarase Raphael”, while his suggestive chromatics bound to peculiar solid forms, defines his unmistakable figurative poetry. The leader of the golden period of the exempt patronage of the arts, Benvenuto Tisi or il
Garofalo has the honour of baptising the Ermitage Italian Foundation.
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Written by Elena Lanzanova April 2 2008
Article translated by Amritee Mahabir
ROME PRESENTS A RETROSPECTIVE DEDICATED TO THE DUTCH GRAPHIC ARTIST
Maurits Cornelis Escher is mainly known for his fantastic linocuts, lithographs and half tones which tend to represent impossible constructions, exploring the infinite tessellations and interconnecting geometric motifs that gradually change into completely different shapes.
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Category: Exhibition