Meet Giulia Scarpaleggia, also known as Juls’ Kitchen. A victim of the economic crisis, or a person who is taking advantage of it to pursue her dreams? She writes “From January 1, 2012, in fact, …
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Life in Florence as an import. It’s not all pizza and mandolino but it’s not bad.
A renaissance art historian’s guide to Florence through its history, monuments, and people.
“Fuori Porta” literally means outside the city gates. Anywhere outside Florence!
An art historian’s approach to the monuments of the eternal city.
Art, sea, mountains, islands, shopping, hiking, culture… Tuscany has it all.
The exhibit Angry Young Men: Picasso, Mirò, Dalì, the Birth of Modernity is on now through July at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence and my full review of it is available in the latest issue of …
If you participated in International Slow Art Day in Florence that I hosted last year, you already know that you’ll want to sign up for this year’s edition. And now that I’m going to tell …
Today was the perfect weather for a good urban hike – a good free activity, a way to get some exercise, and very pleasant too. Florence has the advantage of being surrounded by beautiful green …
Until March 25 2011 at Slow Design (a store at Pitti 13r), go check out the really fun creations in the Easy Tech collection by Eva Parigi and Matteo Zetti of ZPSTUDIO. Easy Tech are …
The big window at via Maggio 43r – the antiquarian street – is covered in brown paper, awaiting the unveiling and official opening party of “OTTO, luogo d’arte” that will take place this Wednesday March …
Context Travel, the walking tour company for intellectually curious travelers, announces its new Mobility Program, a selection of å la carte accessible tours and customized trip planning and support services for clients …
I don’t like the word stunning. The literal meaning of the verb to stun has been has been entirely diminished by its overapplication to everything from a nice dress to the Grand Canyon. Yet I …
This is a bit of a delayed announcement but i’ve been meaning to mention the launch of Amazon.it – Amazon.com in Italy that took place in November 2010. It’s going to be a while until …
Just a quick post to point out a nice jewellery giveaway by a talented young artist, Miriam Rowe, who was my student a few years ago and who contributed a blog post to arttrav about …
You could be forgiven for thinking that outside the main tourist sights, Rome, Viterbo, perhaps Tivoli, there isn’t much to see in Lazio. You’d be wrong. Northern Lazio, in between Rome and Florence, is an …
The new Museo del Novecento (20th century art) in Milan opened December 6 2010 and admission is free until February 28 2011. The combination free + new museum made me take a trip to Milan …
Italy is not known for its contemporary art – at least not lately, and not in Italy itself. Recently a Tripadvisor member posted a question about where to see contemporary art in Tuscany and Italy …
The Italian youth magazine Focus Junior and the MIBAC (ministry for the arts) have come up with an interesting collaboration to promote twelve lesser-known museums in Italy, amonst them the Palazzo Davanzati in Florence for …
Here’s the second post from ArtTrav’s colomnist who will be contributing seasonal articles about what to do in Florence with children.
Laura, mother of three-year-old Francesco (in the photo!), is also the energetic founder of …