BAROLO, ITALY (REUTERS.- When you walk up the stairs of the imposing medieval castle which now houses a new wine museum in the picturesque Italian town of Barolo, you don’t need to worry about the prospect of monotonous lectures on the history of winem…
Masterworks by Fontana and De Chirico Lead Sotheby’s Auction
LONDON.- On Friday, October 15, 2010 Sotheby’s annual 20th Century Italian Art Sale will showcase the work of many of Italy’s foremost Modern, Post-War and Contemporary artists, including Marino Marini, Giorgio de Chirico, Lucio Fontana, Pier…
Is Maurizio Cattelan Giving Business the Finger with His 11-Meter High Installation?
MILAN (REUTERS).- A marble sculpture of a cut-off hand with the middle finger stuck up has gone on display in front of the Milan Stock Exchange, provoking a lively debate in Italy’s financial capital. The 11-meter high installation, called “L.O.V.E.” a…
Masterworks by Fontana and De Chirico Lead Sotheby’s Auction
LONDON.- On Friday, October 15, 2010 Sotheby’s annual 20th Century Italian Art Sale will showcase the work of many of Italy’s foremost Modern, Post-War and Contemporary artists, including Marino Marini, Giorgio de Chirico, Lucio Fontana, Pier…
Masterworks by Fontana and De Chirico Lead Sotheby’s 20th Century Italian Art Auction
LONDON.- On Friday, October 15, 2010 Sotheby’s annual 20th Century Italian Art Sale will showcase the work of many of Italy’s foremost Modern, Post-War and Contemporary artists, including Marino Marini, Giorgio de Chirico, Lucio Fontana, Pier…
Is Maurizio Cattelan Giving Business the Finger in Milan?
MILAN (REUTERS).- A marble sculpture of a cut-off hand with the middle finger stuck up has gone on display in front of the Milan Stock Exchange, provoking a lively debate in Italy’s financial capital. The 11-meter high installation, called “L.O.V.E.” a…
Is Maurizio Cattelan Giving Business the Finger in Milan?
MILAN (REUTERS).- A marble sculpture of a cut-off hand with the middle finger stuck up has gone on display in front of the Milan Stock Exchange, provoking a lively debate in Italy’s financial capital. The 11-meter high installation, called “L.O.V.E.” a…
Ashmolean Receives 1 Million Visitors to the New Museum Since It Reopened
OXFORD.- On Tuesday, 21 September 2010, at 4.23pm, Mrs. Diane Thomas, a primary school teacher from Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, became the 1 millionth visitor to the Ashmolean Museum since it reopened to the public on 7 November 2009. Mrs. Thoma…
Ashmolean Receives 1 Million Visitors to the New Museum Since It Reopened
OXFORD.- On Tuesday, 21 September 2010, at 4.23pm, Mrs. Diane Thomas, a primary school teacher from Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, became the 1 millionth visitor to the Ashmolean Museum since it reopened to the public on 7 November 2009. Mrs. Thoma…
Adolph Gottlieb Retrospective Opens at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection
VENICE.- From September 4 to January 9, 2011 the Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents Adolph Gottlieb. A Retrospective, the first retrospective exhibition of this great American Abstract Expressionist painter to be shown in Italy. Like those previously…