The life of Michelangelo Italia - Campania - NAPOLI (Napoli) Michelangelo bought a housing in 1508, but only his great-grandson, Michelangelo the Young, could turn it into the Buonarroti home between 1612 and 1634. During this long period of time, Michelangelo the Young, patron and colector, built also a great archieves, collecting all the documents he could ...

	Michele Giacomino Italia - Basilicata - POTENZA (Potenza) The exhibition aims to present the figure and work of sculptor Michele Giacomino, born to power in 1862 and died in Monterrey, Mexico, in 1938. The artist's life and activities of cases reflect a happy migration Lucan: the American continent, in fact, Jack was able to express his considerable artistic ...

	CARAVAGGIO AND CARAVAGGESQUES IN FLORENCE Italia - Toscana - FIRENZE (Firenze) Florence and Caravaggio:sound like a gamble? Did Caravaggio actually come through Florence? Did he see, as some would claim, the wonderful botanical watercolours by Jacopo Ligozzi in the Medici collection? It is certain that he frequented the Palazzo Firenze in Rome whence ambassador Cardinal Del ...

	Mirò. Poet of the color Italia - Friuli-Venezia Giulia - TRIESTE (Trieste) A journey through dream-like, wordless lyrical poetry in colour, created with the red, blue and yellow of Joan Miró’s palette, acquaints the visitor with a part of the Catalan maestro’s production that is lesser explored: his work as illustrator. Miró became involved in art ...

	The Italian Maiolica Italia - Emilia-Romagna - FAENZA (Ravenna) An exhibition in three stages dedicated to the beauty of Italian majolica. Start from Ascoli Piceno, will move during the year at Faenza and Rome. From 30 January to 11 April in the exhibition spaces of Museo dell'Arte Ceramica City Marches exposure propose a trip in the white or in Italian Majolica ...

	Giotto's True Colours Italia - Umbria - ASSISI (Perugia) From April 10th to September 5th visitors to Assisi will be able to take advantage of an exceptional opportunity to acquaint themselves close up with the frescoes of Giotto in the Basilica of St Francis’, both as they are now and through digital reconstructions of as they looked when they were ...

	Steve McCurry Italia - Umbria - PERUGIA (Perugia) Steve McCurry (Philadelphia, 1950), one of the great masters of photography of this century, came to the National Gallery in Perugia on the initiative of the Superintendence for the Historical Anthropological Heritage of Umbria, after the extraordinary success of (129,000 visitors) and criticism made ...

	Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius Italia - Campania - POMPEI (Napoli) Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius. Science, knowledge and experience: from 31 March to 1 August 2010, the archaeological site of Pompeii is hosting an exhibition and an information point preparatory to the archaeological visit, created with a dual purpose. First, through a variety of visual aids, scientific ...

	VENETIAN NINETEENTH CENTURY Italia - Veneto - STRA (Venezia) From 28 March to 26 September 2010, the National Museum of Villa Pisani in Stra (Venice) is hosting the exhibition Venetian Nineteenth Century – Contemporary Venetian promoted by the Architectural and Landscape Heritage Superintendancy for the provinces of Venice, Belluno, Padua and Treviso, organised ...

	Histrionica. Theatres, masks and performances Italia - Emilia-Romagna - RAVENNA (Ravenna) With the exhibition entitled Histrionica.Theatres, masks and performances in the ancient world, the Fondazione RavennAntica raises the curtain on the origins of theatre with its characters, stage props, architecture and rituality. This is the first exhibition of this kind in Northern Italy. Ancient ...

Restoration of the Bronze Statues Publicof Riace Italia - Calabria - REGGIO CALABRIA (Reggio Calabria) She left the task of enhancing the Bronze Statues. A team of physicists, chemists and restorers are working to ascertain the actual state of health of these two masterpieces from the water surfaced almost forty years ago and propose possible interventions. Visitors are offered the opportunity to follow ...

	Torrechiara. Reopen the Castle Italia - Emilia-Romagna - LANGHIRANO (Parma) Torrechiara Castle, commissioned by Pier Maria Rossi and was built in 1448/60 for the mistress Bianca Pellegrini, is considered one of the most beautiful and best preserved castles of Italy, with extraordinary frescos: the Golden Chamber of 1464 and the grotesque Cesare Baglione. Nineteen of the rooms ...

	Peggy Guggenheim Collection Italia - Veneto - VENEZIA (Venezia) The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is among the most important museum in Italy for European and American art of the first half of the 20th century. It is located in Peggy Guggenheim's former home, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, on the Grand Canal in Venice. The museum was inaugurated in 1980 and presents Peggy ...