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Culture
by John Bensalhia | Wed, 10/14/2015 - 16:11
John Bensalhia looks at the concept of street art in Italy and some of the most notable innovators in this field... Strolling down the street, it's amazing…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 09/23/2015 - 00:00
[Image: Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne, fresco from 'The Love of the Gods', Annibale Carracci, 1595-1605.] The Galleria Carracci, a monumental fresco cycle in…
Lifestyle
by Myra Robinson | Wed, 09/09/2015 - 06:02
Photo credit: http://www.inexhibit.com/ The 2015 summer season is almost over, and Venice is still packed, as it is every other year, with the usual polluting…
Culture
by Georgette Jupe | Thu, 05/21/2015 - 18:36
Finally someone has identified a big gap in the tourism market in Italy and has developed something for teenagers. We first heard about a unique kickstarter…
Lifestyle
by Katia Amore | Fri, 09/12/2014 - 04:58
September marks the end of the summer holiday season in Italy, most people are back to work, everyone has new end-of-summer resolutions, and kids are finally…
Culture
by Katia Amore | Wed, 05/28/2014 - 05:12
"The life of a designer is a life of fight, fight against ugliness." Massimo Vignelli Italian Modernist designer Massimo Vignelli, famous for having created…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 02/06/2014 - 04:12
In the current debate about how to make small communities survive global changes and the economic crisis, and how to identify unused resources to make them an…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 12/19/2013 - 04:00
The red horn of discord. The giant installation in the shape of a horn placed in front of Caserta’s Royal Palace has caused an outcry. The 70,000-euro horn…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Sat, 12/14/2013 - 04:00
A celebratory symphonic concert will be held tonight at Venice’s La Fenice Theater to commemorate the 10th anniversary of its reopening, after the 1996 fire…
Culture
by Anonymous (not verified) | Fri, 12/13/2013 - 05:00
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli visited the Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston in support of the Andrea Bocelli Foundation’s funding of…