On a whim, I accepted an invitation posted to the members of De Gustibus, a local enogastronomical society, for a “ski weekend” in the Dolomite mountains near Bressanone/ Brixen, in a small town called St. …
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At Milan’s Palazzo Reale is the first major retrospective in Italy dedicated to the American artist Edward Hopper (1882-1967), the famous realist painter. This show moves to Rome in February so if you cannot see …
This Saturday Jan 16 2010 is a very special PREVIEW night at Le Murate. If you’re in or near Florence, plan to swing by and check out this new space. Well, not so new space… …
We have a new guideline for accomodation when traveling: stay where you eat. This differs from “eat where you stay” in a clever inversion that fully excludes the dreaded hotel restaurant.
A few months ago we …
This video was made by a Syracuse University Florence student, Remi Evans. It was her final project for a course called Masterpieces of Renaissance Art, a favourite of students for many years, taught by the …
This weekend Florence was graced with a slight dumping of snow and the coldest temperatures we’ve had here in years. The city was spared the most of it, while in the hills people have been …
I recently met Jody Mattioli, a young artist who designs and hand-makes the most exceptional metal objects. I was struck by the originality of his sole wine rack in particular (see photo), and think it …
This Fall (until late Jan 2010), Palazzo Strozzi offers two important exhibits on realism and art. The major show “Art and Illusions - Masterpieces of Trompe l’Oeil” has received a lot of attention from the …
Folks! my comprehensive book review of Jane Fortune’s “Invisible Women” is now online and in the paper! Read the article in The Florentine and see below to win your own copy!
Short summary: Invisible Women is …
Opening today: German photographer Candida Höfer’s monumental photographs of some of Florence’s most impressive interiors on display at Palazzo Medici Riccardi, under the auspices of the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi.
Photo: Candida Höfer: “Biblioteca Marucelliana Firenze I …
People often ask me where “real” Florentines go shopping. The answer is that we do shop downtown, and at outlet malls. But in town, via Gioberti (map!) is one of my favourite streets for a …
The other day I got to meet Karen Bryan, a full time online information specialist (ok, that’s “blogger”) who brings us Europe a la Carte blog and Top Travel Content Europe, an aggregator website. Europe …
OK, I admit that I’ve never been to Sardinia. We considered it last summer, but ended up closer to home, in Elba. So when Paolo from Charming Sardinia contacted me and offered a guest post, …
Michelangelo: Anatomy as Architecture consists of drawings, archival pages, and engravings on loan from the finest collection of Michelangelo drawings and the ancestral home, the Casa Buonarroti in Florence, Italy. The exhibition explores new …
Guest post by Robert of Neon Poisoning, who is looking for weird things to see in Florence.
A Question of Style: From the 14th of January at the Museum of the Roberto Capucci Foundation at Villa Bardini, an exhibit of 23 dresses by the Italian designer. The exhibition explores the relationship between …
