|
|
| What's New in Italy |
|
Exhibitions, Events and other...
|
| Torino Film Festival |
|
|
|
| The world renowned international metropolitan Festival showcases feature films, documentaries,
shorts and a space dedicated to artists from Piedmont . The schedule includes different events such as 93Festa
Mobile 94, 93Onde 94, 93Figli e amanti 94 and additional sections that offers viewers the opportunity to enjoy
the year 92s most wonderful movies. Torino Film Lab is part of the Torino Film Festival. |
| Super - Neobaroque Itineraries Among Art And Design - Lecce |
|
|
|
| A series of exhibitions and performances are scheduled that offer to the public undiscovered
cultural itineraries in the Salento, from its baroque architectural treasures, to its vision of contemporary art
and design. |
| Dante's Inferno in the Caves in Pertosa - Salerno |
|
|
|
| Grotte dell'Angelo in the Cilento National Park are a natural and most charming stage
for Dante's Inferno, repeated through 11. Every weekend Dante leads the audience through tunnels in the mountain,
going from cave to cave, to meet Paolo and Francesca, Ulysses, Minos, Count Ugolino, and many others. This is an
extraordinary show, with unpublished music and new installations that stretches for a kilometer through the Grottedi
Pertosa and Dante's imaginary world. |
| Verdi Festival - Parma |
|
|
|
| As tradition dictates, Parma celebrates Maestro Verdi’s birthday with a rich calendar
of cultural and music events. The days vibrate with music, opera, conferences and readings from the masterpieces
of literature, which inspired the opera libretti, exhibitions and art installations all take place in the city
and its splendid surroundings known as "The Land of Verdi". During the Festival, the city of Parma celebrates
for a whole month! |
| Humor in Art - Tolentino (Macerata) |
|
|
|
| The world of the comic is often directed at children and their games, in order to
illustrate the world of adults. In recent years the world of Charlie Brown, Linus and Snoopy, with their unforgettable
domestic-philosophical view on the adult world became famous, just like the Simpsons - a mixture of irony, cruelty
and the everyday nature of urban life. With 52 countries in attendance, the Biennale offers an array of artistic
expressions of humor, satire and caricature from all over the world. |
| DARWIN 1809 - 2009 Rome, Milan, Bari |
| www.darwin2009.it |
Rome February - May, 2009
Milan June 4th - October 25th, 2009
Bari November 2009 - March 2010 |
Opening hours:
Please consult website |
|
|
| Exactly two hundred years after the birth of the great scientist and 150 years since
the publication of The Origin of the Species, the exhibition Darwin 1809-2009 will be inaugurated in Rome in the
newly restored Palazzo delle Esposizioni (February - May, 2009) and will then move on to Milan (June 4th - October
25th, 2009) and Bari (November 2009 - March 2010). Darwin, the spectacular international exhibition about the father
of the theory of evolution, is based on an exhibition organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New
York, in collaboration with Museum of Science, Boston, The Field Museum, Chicago, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto,
Natural History Museum, London. |
| MAO- Museum Of Oriental Art - Turin |
Palazzo Mazzonis
Via San Domenico 9-11 Torino
www.maotorino.it |
| Inaugurated December 2008 |
Opening hours:
Please consult website |
|
|
| This new exhibition space in Turin has been dedicated to Oriental art. It is held
in Palazzo Mazzonis in the heart of the "Roman city" that has been made available by the city council.
The MAO will contain a collection of 1500 works and will be a part of the Fondazione Torino Musei together with
the Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, the Museo d'Arte Antica and the Borgo Medievale. The new museum, which
cost over 13 million Euros to build, features reliefs from India; Khmer sculptures; Burmese and Thai works; items
from China's Han and Tang eras, with over 200 funerary objects, statuettes and Tibetan Buddhist pieces. |
| Festival Verdi - Parma |
|
|
|
| Around 10th October, the Maestro’s birthday, when the city and its surroundings steeped
in the autumnal colors and scents of the Verdi homeland deeply touch our collective imagination, this is the moment
when the Festival comes to life: the days vibrate with music, opera and listening guides comparing singers from
the present and the glorious past, conferences, readings from the masterpieces of literature which inspired the
opera libretti, exhibitions, shows, a range of productions for every level of musical expertise, theatre, dance
and avant-garde visual arts. The Festival is set in theatres, opera-houses and the most picturesque locations in
Parma and the land of Verdi. |
| VENICE CONNECTED |
|
|
|
From February 1st it will be much easier to book a holiday in Venice thanks to “Venice
Connected”, the new on-line reservation system set up by the City of Venice. Simply by going to www.veniceconnected.it
it will be possible to book and buy on-line all public tourist services in town and save money at the same time.
In order to buy reduced tickets, on-line bookings will be have to be made 15 days in advance. This means that from
February 16th the new “Venice Connected” pricing system will be in use. Prices will vary according to low, middle
and high season, which will be marked respectively in green, blue and red days on the “Venice Connected” on-line
calendar. |
| Marca Storica: A new itinerary in the province of Treviso |
|
|
|
| A new eco-museal itinerary is available for all who yearn to visit the territory of
the province of Treviso. Marca Storica is a passage that aims to rediscover any traces of prehistoric life, traveling
the ancient Roman roads, admiring the castles, towers, and fortifications of the medieval period. The ancient ruins
and the superbly restored noble residences tell the history of this territory that today, presents itself to the
visitor like a widespread, spacious museum. |
| Pinocchio Park |
Parco di Pinocchio
3, Via San Gennaro - Collodi
www.pinocchio.it |
Info
Phone:
+39 0572 429 642
+39 0572 429 613 |
| All year round |
Opening hours:
Please consult website |
|
|
| The Collodi Park is entirely dedicated to the little wooden puppet who so wished to
be a little boy and all the wonderful characters of Collodi s classic fairy tale. The town of Collodi in Tuscany
is the birthplace of Carlo Collodi, the literary creator of the world s favorite wooden puppet. Born Lorenzetti,
the writer paid tribute to its hometown by adopting Collodi as his last name. The park includes a workshop where
one can follow the creation of a puppet from beginning to end, as well as shows, exhibits and entertainment. Picnic
areas are available throughout the park as well as the Osteria al Gambero Rosso. The park which centers around
the Italian Pinocchio imagery and not the Disneyesque version of the character is a fun activity for fans of the
puppet, big and small alike and a pleasant way to spend a few hours wondering in the peaceful Tuscan countryside. |
| "Roma-Pass" also valid for the sea |
|
|
|
| Everything is in track for the summer season. The Roma Pass was launched by the Municipal
Authorities of Rome and the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, in conjunction with ATAC, and this new plan expects
to make it possible to use the Roma-Pass card for means of transportation that lead from the Capital to the Sea
and supplementary services at seaside establishments. It has everything, with one coupon valid for 3 days that
also includes the possibility to rent bikes at no charge, given that you reserve them in advance. |
| Arte Sella Exhibition Centre - Borgo Valsugana (Trento) |
Arte Sella Exhibition Centre c/o Malga Costa
Val di Sella - Borgo Valsugana (Trento)
www.artesella.it |
Info
Phone: +39 0461/751251 |
Opening hours:
- June, July, August, September: every day.
- October: weekends only. |
|
|
| Arte Sella is an international biennial exhibition of contemporary art which began
life in 1986. It takes places in the open, in the fields and woods of the Val di Sella valley (near Borgo Valsugana
in the Province of Trento). Since 1996 the Arte Sella project has been laid out along a path in the woods on the
southern slope of the Armentera mountain. The route, named ARTENATURA ( Art in Nature ) is designed to enable visitors
to view the artworks and at the same time enjoy the natural site itself (with its different types of woods, rocks
and trees &) In the last few years Arte Sella has expanded to include the nearby rustic Malga Costa. This unusual
but attractive building has served as the backdrop for various exhibitions and events which have attracted considerable
interest. In 2001 near the Malga Costa the artist Giuliano Mauri built the massive Tree Cathedral artwork for Arte
Sella. |
| Parco Sculture del Chianti - Pievasciata (Siena) |
Parco Sculture del Chianti
La Fornace - S.P. 9, 53010 Pievasciata (Siena)
www.chiantisculpturepark.it |
Info
Phone: +39.0577.357151 |
All Year Round
From November to March by appointment |
Opening hours:
please consult website |
|
|
| Parco Sculture del Chianti at Pievasciata (Siena) in the heart of Chianti is the first
Italian park situated in a natural wood totally devoted to international contemporary sculpture. From April to
October always open from 10 a.m. to sunset except Monday. |
|
|
