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FESTIVALS
AND EVENTS
01 SFERISTERIO
OPERA FESTIVAL
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PAULINE YEAR
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MERANO FESTIVAL
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THE PROCESSION AND THE TRANSPORT OF THE SAINT ROSA’S CAR
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MONTERIGGIONI DI TORRI SI CORONA
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MANIFESTA7
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INTERNATIONAL BIENNAL OF BRESCIA PHOTOGRAPHY
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SÜDTIROL CLASSIC 2008 – RALLY OF SYMPATHY
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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL
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FESTIVAL DEL SOLE
2008
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TUSCAN SUN FESTIVAL - FESTIVAL DEL SOLE
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STRESA FESTIVAL
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SAINT LEO MEETS FRANCIS – MINSTRELS OF THE WORLD
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FESTIVAL DELLE NAZIONI
EXHIBITIONS
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PURSES AND HANDBAGS IN THE CASTLE
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ESPAŃA 1957 – 2007: SPANISH ART FROM PICASSO MIRO' DALI' TO TODAY
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SEAN SCULLY
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THE MEDICI
AND THE SCIENCES. INSTRUMENTS AND MACHINES IN THE GRAND DUCAL
COLLECTIONS.
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CHINA
NEW VISION. CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART COLLECTIONS FROM
SHANGHAI
ART MUSEUM
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VINCENZO PAGANI.
A DEVOUT PAINTER BETWEEN CRIVELLI AND RAPHAEL
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EVEREST WITHOUT OXYGEN - NANGA PARBAT –
THE SOLO ASCENT
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VANA IMMAGINE
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LUIGI GHIRRI
- FOTOGRAFIE DEL PERIODO INIZIALE
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ED RUSCHA
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ALTE FIGURE DELLO SLANCIO DEL CUORE
WORKS BY ABDURRAHMAN ÖZTOPRAK FROM
THE ELGİZ COLLECTION IN
ISTANBUL
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GAROFALO. PITTORE DELLA FERRARA ESTENSE
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IN OUR WORLD NEW PHOTOGRAPHY IN BRITAIN
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VAN GOGH – MASTERPIECES FROM THE KROLLER-MULLER MUSEUM
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HEIMO ZOBERNIG
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EURASIA:
DISSOLVENZE GEOGRAFICHE DELL'ARTE
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SCULTURA INTERNAZIONALE - SCULTURA NATURA
SPORT
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MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC TRIATHLON IN RIVA DEL GARDA
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SUMMER TOP ON
ICE 2008 GALA
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MARATONA DLES
DOLOMITES & SELLA RONDA BIKE DAY
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RIVIERA BEACH GAMES 2008
INITIATIVES
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FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA GOLF CARD
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THE PORTAL OF THE
PROVINCE
OF SALERNO
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SABINA CARD
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BORGHI CARD
TRASPORTATION
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STERLING AIRLINES. NEW FLIGHT FROM
COPENHAGEN
TO RONCHI DEI LEGIONARI
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RYANAIR. NEW RIMINI – STOCKHOLM FLIGHT
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AIRONE.
TWO NEW DAILY FLIGHTS TO
BRUSSELS
FROM FIUMICINO AND MALPENSA.
FESTIVALS AND EVENTS
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SFERISTERIO OPERA FESTIVAL
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Macerata July
24th/August 12th 2008
www.sferisterio.it
Seduction is this
year’s argument carrying the lyrical season in Macerata. The selection
of this theme brings to a natural conclusion the fascinating triptych
devised by Pier Luigi Pizzi
and establishes a strong link with last year’s edition dedicated to
“Power Games”. The University of Macerata
will contribute to the event with lectures and conferences. The Opera
Festival, is mainly accommodated in the magnificent theatrical structure
of the Sferisterio, sole in its architectural type. Planned in 1823 by
the architect Ireneo Aleandri, where his name and his plan has segment
as a circle of the original destined game of “ball with a bracelet”.
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PAULINE YEAR
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Saint Paul Basilica outside the Walls
–
Rome
June 30th 2008
www.annopaolino.org
A
concert in the Basilica on June 30th will officially open the
celebrations of the Pauline Year with “The Messiah” of
G.F. Haendel and orchestraed by W.A. Mozart and directed by M°
Lorin Maazel for the official opening of the celebrations of the Pauline
Year, in the upright place to remember the martyrdom and to preserve the
countings of the Holy one. A special jubilee year announced by the
Church for the bimillenium
birth of the Apostle of the Gentiles, who was particularly committed to
bringing the good news to all the people, gave everything he had for
unity and harmony among all Christians. The Pauline Year presented by
Pope Benedict XVI, forsees from June 28th to June 29th 2009 a calalnder
of cultural, general and social events inspited by the Pauline
spirituality united to
paths in Pauline places and artistic itineraries.
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MERANO FESTIVAL
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Merano – August 26th/ September 29 2008
www.meranofestival.com
The Meranise
musical weeks have become an event very much appreciated in the European
setting of festivals, thanks to the high levels of programs presented
and for the magnificent liberty which characterizes Kurhaus, symbolic
place of Merano. The festival dedicated to classical music, welcomes
also music by Pavillon des Fleurs with appointments “Matinee Classique”
and exhibitions of different styles at the Puccini Theatre titles “Colours
of Music.”
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THE
PROCESSION AND THE TRANSPORT OF THE SAINT ROSA’S CAR
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Viterbo – September
2nd/3rd 2008
www.facchinidisantarosa.it
Every year Viterbo
renews its festivities in honour of the Patron Saint.
The numerous events commence in the month of August and end in
the beginning of September with the parade of the Procession in
costumes, to give tribute to the Saint and the day after with the
Transport of the Car.
The Transport is
the principal event, pride of the town and of those who will have the
honour to take part as the
selected team of 100 passionate Porters, that
are divided in groups according to the roles which will cover the
transport, they will have the hard job lift the car at a height of 28
meters with a maximun weight of 50 tonnes
through the tight streets of the historic centre and hoist it
until they reach the Saint Damian Monastary today entitled Saint Rosa.
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MONTERIGGIONI DI TORRI SI CORONA
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Monteriggioni (Siena) –July 4th/6th
– July 11th/13th 2008
www.intoscana.it
Positioned along
the Via Francigena route, the
Monteriggioni
Castle recalls in the
month of July, with a double costume event, the resistances of the
Florentine assaults tot he town, the first in 1244 abd the second
occurred in 1478. The medieval festivities
have returned to its historic character
and this year the events will be held outside the walls, with the
reconstruction of the battles and daily life with arts and crafts.
For further information on the calander of events please visit
the above website and the section “Travel to
Tuscany
– Story and Folkore”.
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MANIFESTA7
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Fortezza – Bolzano – Trento – Rovereto
July 19th
– November 2nd 2008
www.manifesta7.it
The European Biennal of Contemporary Art now
affirmed as one of the most important at a european level will be held
in Italy
this year. For the first time this event will interest not only a singly
city but the whole Region, Trentino Alto Adige, involving some of its
most important centers. The
structures which will accomodate the exhibitions have been chosen
between exaples of pre-industrial architecture. Manifesta, is an
initiative by the International Foundation Manifesta in
Amsterdam, is the sole travelling
Biennal to the world.
The Italian region in question has been chosen by the organizers
for its richness in industrial heritage and for its cultural infractures.
During the course of the Biennal,
there will be other numerous cultural events in in both Trentino
and Alto Adige.
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INTERNATIONAL
BIENNAL OF BRESCIA
PHOTOGRAPHY
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Brescia
– June 12th/September 14th 2008
www.museokendamy.com
The photography
Biennal of Brescia this year will revolve around the theme entitled “In
some part of the world”. A
theme which wants to represent far away countries and their most
intimate and deep language.
The event will present historical authors and their original photograph
locations, in comparison to some contemporary photographers. From rare
images of albumin of the 800’s to San Francisco,
New Orleans, and
New York of Loeffler and Tabler.
Form images in Three D from the end of the 8oo’s, appreciable
with equipment of that time, to vintage image prints from the beginning
of the 900’s. And other
photographs as far as the
USA
and desert areas of our days with Jeff Dunas, Mario Vidor, Wim Wenders.
The event will also find a place for the Internet world like a
new channel to travel and stories for images.
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SÜDTIROL
CLASSIC 2008 – RALLY OF SYMPATHY
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Schenna. From July
6th to the 13th
www.meranodintorni.com
A mix of engines,
chrome- platings, elegance and history. These are the ingredients of the
twenty third edition of the
Südtirol Classic Rally that will be held from July 6th to the 13th. An
event of vintage vehicles which will take place in Schenna.
At the event more than 130 vintage vehicles will be present, the
oldest dating back to 1965.
During the 6th to the 10th there will be appointments dealing with food
and wine joined with cultural visits. From the 10th to the 13th the true
and actual show, starting in Merano and surrounding areas, the Grand
Tour of the Dolomites, Tour of Alto Adige and on Sunday to conlude,
prizes will be distributed and the closing ceremony will take place.
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GIFFONI
FILM FESTIVAL
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Giffoni Valle Piana
– Salerno July 18th/26th
2008
www.giffoniff.it
Born in 1971, the
festival supports and promotes
the cinema section for the higher class youths, with a jury
composed only of youths between the ages of 6 to 18 years of age,
subdivided in 4 different ages groups. The increase number of Countries
participating from the four different continents, and the presence of
numerous Italian and International cinema stars, actors and directors,
confirm the importance of this cinematographic field, which covers a
role of great importance in the growth of the youths. The theme of this
year’s festival, reaching its 38th edition, will rotate around the
concept of Myths and Teachers, presences and fundamental ideals in the
life of every boy.
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FESTIVAL DEL SOLE 2008
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Riccione.
From June 29th to
July 4th
www.festivaldelsole.it
The ninth edition
of the Festival del Sole will be held in Riccione, a multi discipline
international gymnastic event which is held every two years.
The event is open to everyone, young and old, professional and
non, performing in any specialty: general gymnastic, dance, aerobic,
folk, rithmic, artistic, acrogym and more. The groups composed of at
least 10 people will perform to music in front of an huge audience, the
arenas can infact hold up
to 4000 people. In the past editions there is to emphasize the presence
of athletes coming from 28 different countries.
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TUSCAN
SUN FESTIVAL - FESTIVAL DEL SOLE
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Cortona – August
2nd/10th 2008
www.festivaldelsole.com
The Tuscan Sun
Festival is repurposed in Cortona, a cultural event which has been
affirmed as one of the most appreciated in Europe.
The main event of the manifestation revolves around symphonic
music, but this year for the first time the festival will incorporate
ballet by presenting the soloists from one of the world’s oldest and
most important dance companies The Bolshoi Ballet Company of Moscow. Also, the calendar
of the Tuscan Sun Festival includes encounters not to miss, from art
exhibits to cooking lessons, from wellness meetings to yoga and thai chi
lessons.
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STRESA
FESTIVAL
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Stresa (VB) August
1st/10th – August 23rd/September6th 2008
www.stresafestival.eu
The Stresa Festival at its 47th edition offers
two musical summer concerts one entitled “Musical Meditations” an event
dedicated to the sacred music with two special evenings
with Bach's Cello suite. The second concert and main core,
entitled ‘900: shadows and lights”
proposes classical music encounters in buildings
and castles or in the Renaissance churches most appreciated in the
Maggiore
Lake.
The Musical Weeks of Stresa and of the
Maggiore Lake again this year have received acknowledgement of
High Patronage granted from the President of the Republic, an event of
importance in promoting touristically and culturally the territory of
Maggiore Lake and for its high artistic quality present in the proposed
programming.
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SAINT LEO MEETS
FRANCIS – MINSTRELS OF THE WORLD
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San Leo (PU) June
28th/29th 2008
www.san-leo.it
San Leo, known as
the capital of Montefeltro will host the third edition of “Saint leo
meets Francis – Minstrels of the World” to relive
the historical passage of the Saint from
Assisi, dating back to May 8th, 1213. The legend
wants the Saint, starting from the versus of a minstrel, to imporvise a
love prophesy strong enough to move the Count Orlando de Cattani, Mister
of Rocca of Chiusi in Cosentino, guests of Montefeltrowho decided to
give him Mount Verna, the place according to tradition the Saint
received the Sacred Stimmate. The event, which remenber such an
important episode, welcoming a large calander of events, where San Leo's
medieval setting will be transformed into a big stage, where minstrels,
poets, knights, friars and beggars shall offer performances.
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FESTIVAL DELLE
NAZIONI
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City of Castello – August 21st/ September 5th 2008
www.festivalnazioni.com
The Festival delle
Nazioni was conceived in 1968 with the view of promoting the artistic
heritage of the Upper
Tiber
Valley and its culture and
music as well as occupy a quality space in the most prestigious Italian
and European cultural events arena. The Festival’s cultural framework
has been characterized since its inception by the choice of one guest
country each year which is given the opportunity to present to the
public the best of its musical production in a particularly suggestive,
natural and architectonic scenery.
EXHIBITIONS
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PURSES AND
HANDBAGS IN THE CASTLE
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Duino – TS – until
November 2nd
www.castellodiduino.it
Over two hundred
collectible purses and handbags dating back to the XIX century
will be on display at the Castle of Duino
in Trieste
until November 2nd.
Handbags from all over the world will be exhibited, deposition of the
change in the fashion industry, materials, shapes and different
requirements. Leather and
fabric with embroideries and pearls, wood, precious metals, crystals,
and various plastics which embellish rare and unique models and the
vintage purses just like the plastic American ones in vogue from the
thirties and the fifties. The event is accompanied by the illustrated
catalouge besides the detailed description of the exposed pieces, traces
also a story of the rich handbag of anecdotes and references to
characters from the time. The proceeds of the sales of the catalouge
will be donated to the Italian Cancer Reserarch Association in the
Regional office of Friuli Venezia Giulia.
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ESPAŃA 1957 – 2007: SPANISH ART FROM PICASSO MIRO' DALI' TO TODAY
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Palermo – Palazzo
Sant’Elia – Until September 14th
www.mostraespana.it
The event will be
one of the most important exhibitions dedicated to Spanish artists’ in
the last few decades Espana 1957-2007 commenced in 1957 with the
constitution of the El Paso group who, in the panorama of 20th century
Spanish art, represents the passage from modern to contemporary. Taking
1957 as the departure point for a radical change in Spanish art, the
exhibition includes works by Pablo Picasso, Joan Mirň, Salvador Dalě,
artists whose developing work and style continued to represent a
reference point for successive generations.
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SEAN SCULLY
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Macro Future –
Roma. Fino al 31 agosto
www.macro.roma.museum
MACRO is presenting a selection of paintings and
drawings by the Irish artist Sean Scully at MACRO FUTURE. The exhibition
is a joint venture with the Fundacio Joan Miró in Barcelona and the Musée
d’Art Moderne in Saint Étienne.
Scully was born in Dublin
in 1945 and lives and works in New York
and Europe.The
story of his career is represented in 30 of his works but above all
Scully’s artistic search,
which is represented in oil paintings of large dimensions. From
geometric minimalism in the 70’s to impulsive marks characterized by the
full body of colours in his works in the 90’s.
A complex poetic,
who confuses the interpretive plans.
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THE
MEDICI AND THE SCIENCES. INSTRUMENTS AND MACHINES IN THE GRAND DUCAL
COLLECTIONS.
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Pitti
Palace
– Florence.
Until January 11th 2009
www.polomuseale.firenze.it
The exhibition “The
Medici and the Sciences” addresses the leading role played by physical,
mathematical and natural disciplines in
Tuscany
in the sixteenth-seventeenth centuries. More specifically from Cosimo I
up to Ferdinand II, the Medici were great patrons of both the
constructors of scientific instruments and natural philosophers, since
they were more acutely aware than any other European rulers of the fact
that scientific knowledge and the technological control of nature gave
political power solidity and prestige. This is why, alongside the lavish
collections of paintings, sculpture and jewelery, the Medici also
created a collection of mathematical instruments. The close relationship
between art and science emerges from the precious beauty of many of
these instruments, often one-off pieces and authentic works of art in
themselves.
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CHINA
NEW VISION. CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART COLLECTIONS FROM SHANGHAI ART MUSEUM
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La Spezia
– Until June 29th
www.camec.spezianet.it
The exhibition
hosted by the Center of Modern and Contemporary Art in Spezia, offers
the possibility to get to know and appreciate the work of many emerging
artists and of different personalities already knows at an international
level. Chinese contemporary art is the topic of the politics of “reform
and opening” implemented in the country from the Seventies. The
exhibition presents 80 works of 70 artists, in the end to highlight the
different Chinese forms of artistic expression. The event is organized
by the Institution for the Cultural Services in the Comune of Spezia and
from the Shanghai Art Museum,
with the contribution from the Spezia Port Authority, Liguria Region and
the National Park of Cinque Terre.
20 VINCENZO
PAGANI.
A
DEVOUT PAINTER BETWEEN CRIVELLI AND RAPHAEL
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Fermo (AP) -
Through November 9, 2008
www.vincenzopagani.it
Organized at
Palazzo dei Priori through November 9 by the
Fermo
Municipality to celebrate
Vincenzo Pagani, a devout painter between Crivelli and Raphael, this is
the first monographic exhibition on the artist. On display many never
before seen works that reveal the evocative spirit of respect and
admiration held by the artist for natural and sacred beauty.
Also on display
paintings by other artists from Le Marche Region, whose work was
influenced by Pagani, such as
Marchisiano da Tolentino, Cola
dell'Amatrice, Frŕ Fabiano da Urbino and Giuliano Presutti.
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EVEREST WITHOUT
OXYGEN - NANGA PARBAT – THE SOLO ASCENT
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Messner
Mountain
Museum
– Castello Firmiano (BZ)Through November 30, 2008
www.messner-mountain-museum.it
This exhibition
sets out to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the year in which Messner
achieved his most important goals. In 1978
world famous climber and mountaineer Reinhold Messner took part
in the first Austrian expedition to Mount Everest.
On May 8, he and Peter Habeler proved that Everest could be ascended
without the use of oxygen tanks. Three months later, solo again, Messner
opened a new route to the top of Nanga Parbat.
The Messner Mountain Museum,
by its location alone, presents itself to visitors in a rather
authoritative way: a forced route leads to the Castle. Just like in Tibet, where the
climb around the sacred mount is named “kora”, Messner recreated a path
that would remind visitors of a kora.
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VANA IMMAGINE
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Galleria Giamart –
Vitulano (BN)
June 28-September
21, 2008
www.giamaartstudio.it
On display 40
paintings by artist Ettore Fani: mainly landscapes depicted and
experienced as an intimate dimension. On canvas the artist represented
dream-like images devoid of any light and brightness. The subjects
appear like reproductions of old films, in melancholic settings in which
the human body is in the background, almost transfigured as a faded and
evanescent image.
23 LUIGI
GHIRRI - FOTOGRAFIE DEL PERIODO INIZIALE
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Galleria Enrico
Fornello – Prato
Through July 26,
2008
www.enricofornello.it
The Enrico Fornello
Gallery, in collaboration with Fondo Luigi Ghirri, presents the second
cycle of the cultural
project “Progettosettanta – Arte e fotografia dalla ricerca anni ’70 in
Italia” (Art and photography from 70s research in
Italy) to celebrate the famed Italian
artist. The exhibition is centered on a central body of “vintage
prints”, selected from the artist’s archives and additional “modern
prints” by Paola Ghirri. The images of the first years reveal the
language and poetry of an artist who chose to utilize photography as his
means of expression. These first images also reveal the dialogue between
Ghirri and the circle of artists from
Modena, as well as the influence of American Pop
Art, and, at the same time, the artist’s ability to represent a new
“vision” of what is seen by the eye.
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ED RUSCHA
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Galleria Photology –
Milan
Through July 30,
2008
www.photology.com
Milan
art gallery Photology presents a retrospective of photographic works by
Edward Ruscha, one of the most important Pop artists of the XX century,
famous also for his paintings and collages. Ruscha’s work contributed to
the creation of the stereotypical new American urban landscape by
focusing the attention on those places at first glance trivial, such as
streets, freeways, parking lots, gas pumps, palm trees, swimming pools,
or residential neighborhoods, thus introducing a new language and style
in conceptual art of the 50s and 60s as never before.
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ALTE
FIGURE DELLO SLANCIO DEL CUORE
WORKS BY ABDURRAHMAN ÖZTOPRAK FROM THE ELGİZ COLLECTION IN
ISTANBUL
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Galleria
Internazionale d’Arte Moderna - Venice
Through July 27,
2008
www.museiciviciveneziani.it
Organized by the
Musei Civici Veneziani and Elgiz Collection in
Istanbul, under the patronage of the Embassy of Turkey in
Rome
and the support of Consorzio Venezia Nuova, the exhibition features a
group of paintings created by the artist between
1955 and 2008 – among them some large-size
works - that visit the
often forgotten pages of contemporary art. This desire for inclusion is
at the root of the exhibition and the choice of its title from a verse
from the 9th Duino Elegy by Rainer Maria Rilke.
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GAROFALO. PITTORE
DELLA FERRARA ESTENSE
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Castello Estense – Ferrara
Through July 6,
2008
http://www.mostragarofalo.it
Opened in Ferrara
in October 2007, Hermitage Italia, branch of the famous Russian museum,
organized its first exhibition that features the works of one of the
main protagonists of Ferrarese figurative art of the XVI century:
Benvenuto Tisi known as Garofalo. This first monographic exhibition of
the artist’s works sets out to depict his artistic and human struggle
while portraying the exceptional artistic richness of
Ferrara
at the beginning of the XVI century.
Many masterpieces
will be on loan from the Hermitage in St. Petersburg and other Russian museums. Of
particular relevance those from the collections on display at Museo
sulla Neva – three large paintings created by Garofalo for the San
Bernardino Convent in 1530: Le nozze di Cana, la Via Crucis
and a fantastic Allegoria del Vecchio e
del
Nuovo Testamento
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IN
OUR WORLD NEW PHOTOGRAPHY IN BRITAIN
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Palazzo
Santa Margherita - Modena
Through July 13, 2008
http://www.comune.modena.it/galleria
This collective
exhibition is organized and produced by the Galleria Civica di Modena
and Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena in collaboration with the Royal College of Art in London. It features the
research works of artists from all over the world, who attended the
Master in Photography at the prestigious institution during the last
decade. On display not only photos but also video and films: a multitude
of media and a variety of works by each artist to represent the reality
of the world around us in which the artists are immersed and of which
they are protagonists.
With the exhibition, Skira published the first
volume in a new series on new talents in European and extra-European
countries.
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VAN GOGH –
MASTERPIECES FROM THE KROLLER-MULLER
MUSEUM
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Museo di Santa
Giulia – Brescia
October 18, 2008 –
January 25, 2009
www.lineadombra.it
With its Van Gogh
exhibition, the Museo di Santa Giulia puts on display 85 drawings and 15
paintings by the artist. Made possible thanks to the Kroller-Muller
Museum in Otterlo, Holland, the exhibition allows the visitors to enjoy
some of Van Gogh’s lesser-known works, considered by the artist crucial
in his artistic and painting evolution. The delicate drawings cannot be
exposed to light for long periods, thus making the chance to appreciate
the works even more exceptional.
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HEIMO
ZOBERNIG
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Palazzina
dei Giardini – Modena
Through July 20,
2008
http://www.comune.modena.it/galleria
Organized and produced by
Galleria Civica di Modena and Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di
Modena,
the exhibition sets out to show the poetry in the works of Austrian
artist Heimo Zobernig, centered on exploring the efficacy of figurative
art and the relationship between fiction and reality. Three the projects
on display: a
"blue box"
installation created exclusively for these spaces and the installation
of two of Zobernig’s artist books.
For the occasion a
portfolio was published with three artist books, designed by Heimo
Zobernig and produced by Galleria Civica di Modena in collaboration with
Christophe Boutin and Onestarpress, a publishing house in
Paris
that specializes in artist books.
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EURASIA: DISSOLVENZE GEOGRAFICHE
DELL'ARTE
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Mart - Rovereto
June 28 – November
16, 2008
www.mart.trento.it
MART hosts an
exhibition titled after a book by Joseph Beuys "Eurasia Syberian
Simphony", a scholar on Eurasia
as artistic and geographic unit. In 1967 the German artist founded the
fictitious state of Eurasia, with its
Manifest, imagined as an open territory without borders that merges
western realism and eastern mysticism to tear down physical and
political limitations. Beuys’ own expressions, new Humanism and ethical
responsibility, are confirmed in the current attitude toward art that
centers on multiculturalism and reflection on the subjects of our times.
The exhibition pays homage to an artist who is often revisited by
today’s artists, committed to socially important art in an effort to
improve the quality of life for everybody.
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SCULTURA INTERNAZIONALE - SCULTURA NATURA
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Aglič (TO)
Through October 12,
2008
www.piemontearte.com
Parco del Castello
Ducale in Aglič hosts an international exhibition of contemporary
artists, whose work investigates the relationship between nature and
sculpture. In 2008 the biennial is dedicated to Eastern and Western
sculpture with artists from both worlds. The subjects of pollution and
environmental transformations caused by human exploitation are dealt
with in a sensible manner. The installation of the works in the garden
aims to inspire a deeper artistic contemplation in visitors.
SPORT
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MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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Val di Sole –
June 15-22, 2008
www.mtbvaldisole2008.it
Between June 15 and
22, the Alps of Val di Sole in Trentino take center stage for the World
Championship of Mountain Bike.
The athletes will
compete in four different disciplines:
Cross Country; Four Cross;
Downhill and Trial
8 (a more acrobatic take on mountain biking) .
On inauguration day
a fantastic ceremony will be held in Piazza Duomo in
Trento. This celebration represents a trait d’union between
Trento and the Val di Sole, well connected by train through
the Trento-Malč railroad.
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OLYMPIC TRIATHLON IN RIVA DEL GARDA
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Riva del Garda
July 13, 2008
www.italiatriathlon.it
Riva del Garda
hosts the first edition of the International Olympic Triathlon. Held in
the expo center at Riva del Garda the event spans from sport disciplines
to night shows and the Gran Gala of Gastronomy.
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SUMMER TOP ON ICE
2008 GALA
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Torre Pollice –
Palaghiaccio
July 6, 2008
www.torinolympicpark.org
Torre Pellice’s
Palaghiaccio hosts once again the
Summer TOP On Ice Gala,
with some of the brightest stars of ice-skating, among
Carolina Kostner,
Samuel Contesti and artistic skating champions Fiona Zaldua and Dimitri
Sukhanov.
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MARATONA DLES
DOLOMITES & SELLA RONDA BIKE DAY
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Alta Badia
June 29 – July 6,
2008
www.maratona.it
Alta Badia opens
its roads to the 22nd edition of the bike marathon of the Dolomites. Val
Badia, Val Gardena, Val di Fassa, Livinallongo, Colle Santa Lucia, Sella
di Cadore and Cortina are the towns that host professionals and bike
tourists, in a magnificent setting of this valley, cradle of the “ladina”
culture. Three the routes available: the first is 138 km with a 4190 mt
climb; the second is 106 km with a 3090 mt climb; the third is 55 km
with a 1780 mt climb. On July 6, day of the non-competitive Sellaronda
Bike Day, 55 km, a day of sports and celebration for families and
friends, the following passes in the Dolomites will be closed: Sella, Gardena, Pordoi and Campolongo.
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RIVIERA BEACH GAMES 2008
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Dai Lidi di
Comacchio a Cattolica
July 31 – August 3,
2008
www.adriacoast.com
The Adriatic
Riviera hosts the Beach Games, a unique sport event in
Italy
for all lovers of beach sports, athletes and viewers alike. From the
Lidi di Comacchio to Cattolica the week is devoted to sports and healthy
fun.
INITIATIVES
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FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA GOLF CARD
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www.turismofvg.it
FVG Green Fee is
the new regional card for golf lovers, which offers 7 courses at
different levels: Castel d’Aviano, Grado, Gorizia Castello di Spessa,
Lignano, Trieste, Udine and Gold Country Club in Treviso.
Green Fee 4 Days
allows holders to play on 3 different courses in 4 days, while Green Fee
1 Week allows holders to play on 7 courses in 7 days. The card is
available to tourists only and can be purchased at the local offices of
the Friuli Venezia Giulia Tourist Board and in some golf clubs.
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THE PORTAL OF THE
PROVINCE OF SALERNO
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www.turismoinsalerno.it
The
Province
of Salerno
inaugurated its new, user-friendly and easy to read portal, available in
7. The site is a useful tool for tourists who can gather myriad
information: accommodations, itineraries, parks, art centers, as well as
information about weather, how to arrive, maps and calendars of events.
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SABINA CARD
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www.sabinatouristcard.it
Sabina Tourist Card
is a free tool offered by the Tourist Board of the
Province
of Rieti to promote
the territory known as Sabina. The card offers free entrance to all
museums and discounts in all in-network stores, hotels and restaurants.
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BORGHI CARD
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www.borghicard.it
“Italy’s
Most Beautiful Hamlets” club introduced a card that offers exclusive
advantages to its holders, such as discounts in all affiliated store and
hotels. The Borghi Card applies also to airfares and car rentals thanks
to agreements with companies in the travel industry.
TRASPORTATION
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STERLING AIRLINES. NEW FLIGHT FROM
COPENHAGEN
TO RONCHI DEI LEGIONARI
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Through October 25,
2008
www.sterling.dk
Danish airline
Sterling
launches a new flight from
Copenhagen
to Ronchi dei Legionari Airport in Friuli Venezia Giulia. The flight
will have a weekly schedule, on Saturday, until October 25 and is
operated with 25 Boeing 737s.
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RYANAIR. NEW RIMINI
– STOCKHOLM
FLIGHT
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www.ryanair.com
Low-cost Ryanair
inaugurates the Rimini-Stockholm (Skavsta) flight and brings to a total
of 3 the flights from Rimini. The flight operates 3 times a week, on
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
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AIRONE. TWO NEW DAILY FLIGHTS TO
BRUSSELS
FROM FIUMICINO AND MALPENSA.
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www.flyairone.it
Airone announces 2
new daily flights to Brussels from Milan and Rome, with schedules
designed to allow business travelers to fly there and back the same day.
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