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.
I wanted to see if I could tell the story of my adult life in seven steps with Google’s “search story” feature… and maybe sneak in a few impressive search results of my blog articles, …
As many of you know, this past year I have been blogging and social media-ing for the Regione Toscana’s tourism campaign. One of the things I’ve liked about this job has been keeping up with …
This charming trip report by Rosemary Wilmot will be a help to anyone planning to spend the Holidays in Venice, or temptation for anyone planning to spend it elsewhere. Find info about the Christmas …
Mary Jane Cryan’s “Etruria – Travel, History, and Itineraries in Central Italy” is written with the deep knowledge of a scholar and the passion of someone who wasn’t born there. Aside from her knowledgeable itineraries …
Travellers to the Bel Paese often seem to wander the country in a food-and-art-induced dream-like state — and those who have chosen to live here are soon struck by the surreal bureaucracy — so Perugia’s …
One of Rome’s most unusual museum spaces opens its doors to evening concerts and wine tastings. At Centrale Montemartini, Friday and Saturday night (from 8pm) through January 8 2011, concerts are followed by a visit …
One of my favourite bloggers who doesn’t have a blog yet has generously contributed this beautiful post and pictures about her experience making cheese on an organic farm in Tuscany. Emiko Davies is a fellow …
Based on this news I’d say the Chinese LOVE Italian painting. The exhibit From the Collections of the Uffizi Gallery. The Genres of Painting: Landscape, Still Life & Portrait Paintings opens this week in Changsha …
In December 1999 I presented my masters thesis at Syracuse University in Florence’s Villa Rossa. And every year since then I have tried to attend the annual symposium that showcases the graduate students’ work. The …
News from my friend Valeria Lenuzza who is involved in the museum education section of this exhibit about Mexico held in Rome.
A wonderful exhibition entirely dedicated to Teotihuacan, the first great empire in the pre-Columbian …
Performance International brings the “Talking Heads” series of monologues by Alan Bennett back to the Lochness Lounge (Via de’Benci, 19r) through November and December. Performances are in English and also include an aperitivo; …
Yesterday I was at the launch of Arte.it, the first semantic search engine dedicated to a very important theme (to me at least): Italian art. The product, launched by Rome-based internet editor Nexta, was presented …
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 …