Welcome to 2017!

From Rome, 

From London’s Royal Albert Hall to Carnegie Hall in New York, the young Romanian pianist Alexandra Dariescu, recently named as one of 30 pianists under 30 destined for a spectacular career (International Piano Magazine), dazzles audiences worldwide with her effortless musicality and captivating stage presence.


In the 2016/17 season the enterprising young artist continues to forge new collaborations including her London Philharmonic Orchestra debut, her debut with Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra and Michael Francis, her debut with the Oslo Opera Orchestra under the baton of Clemens Schuldt, and her Tokyo Recital debut, as well as continuing established relationships with orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestras.

This New Years' greetings Ms Dariescu sent from Rome:

Others liked the magical New Years Eve atmosphere in ever young city that never sleeps-Rome

Published Dec, 31 2016
By John Luis Guades III, CMF

Marco Polo's guide wish you all, where ever you are, all the best in 2017 and will continue to guide you through a history and art, culture and postmodern times of Italy.

意大利在你之手掌上

为中国出境游客的马可波罗之出生国全面旅行指南

简介

Marco Polo Mosaic from Palazzo Tursi
Wikimedia Commons

在14 世纪中, 威尼斯商人马可—波罗 (Marco Polo) 跟几个朋友在一起安排了一次旅程, 该旅程带了他到由当时欧洲人知道的世界最远的地方, 或中国, 那里他成为了忽必烈 (Kublai Kahn) 的朋友。

300 年之后耶稣会马泰奥—里奇 (Matteo Ricci) 进行了游程, 他抵达了北京, 那里成为了明神宗皇帝 (Wanli Emperor) 的顾问并且明神宗皇让他得到尊重因为他第一个翻译了圣经成中文。
许多世纪之后, 游客流量回迁了, 并且, 最近几年来意大利成为了中国游客最喜欢的目的地, 在这个国家他们实现近乎22%的整个在欧洲的逗留。2015年, 来到位于地中海中心的半岛的中国游客数曾经1百4万个, 并且, 根据一切, 这个游客流量将继续强化。

本指南专门设计来满足东方游客的需要: 它包含关于
在意大利主要城市应该参观的地方的详尽名单, 最宝贵的艺术作品, 简短的建议, 关于当地特色菜和最好餐馆的信息, 中国区, 最后, 关于提供以非常方便的价格购买豪华产品的畅货中心的信令。

这是为中国游客的特殊需求曾设计的工作, 该工作能证明本身特别有用因为使他们的逗留为更合意。

所以, 浏览浏览, 欢迎你们来意大利。

Salvador Dali in Bologna

'Dali Experience': Salvador Dalis' exhibition in Bologna

Salvador Dali
Courtesy of www.dalipaintings.com

Dali is known to be a famous Surrealist and depicting this theme through his paintings and other art works. 

Most of his works show a sort of dream sequence which he often draws hallucinatory characters. 

His major contribution to the Surrealist movement is called the "Paranoiac-Critical Method" which is a form of mental exercise of accessing the subconscious parts of the mind to have an artistic inspiration. 

He used this method to realize the dreams and imagination he have in his mind, changing the real world the way he wanted and not necessarily what it was. 

During his career, he focused on cubism, futurism, as well as metaphysical painting work, until in 1929, he joined the group of surrealists, and this art movement which he felt a connection to. His fame and notoriety, and talent in the art world, quickly made him a leading force in the Surrealist movement, and he became one of the representatives of the art movement during the 1930s (From biography, dalipaintings) 

By far the most popular of all Dali's religious works is without a doubt his 'Christ of Saint John of the Cross',(Courtesy of www.dalipaintings.com) whose figure dominates the Bay of Port Lligat. 


The painting was inspired by a drawing, preserved in the Convent of the Incarnation in Avila, Spain, and done by Saint John of the Cross himself after he had seen this vision of Christ during an ecstasy. 

The people beside the boat are derived from a picture by Le Nain and from a drawing by Velazquex for The Surrender of Breda. 





Palazzo Belloni (in via Barbary) will host 'Dali Experience', an experience indeed, that will allow visitors to know the artist through a novel mode of perception and more than 200 works on display.

The event in his honor, including 3D animations and interactive installations: other projections, monumental pieces, special events and upturned mustache dwell both on the outskirts and downtown. There will be 200 works on display at the Palazzo Belloni (Via de 'Gombruti 11).

A mode, unpublished and original where visitors make a trip that will go into the three-dimension of the sculptures, two-dimension of the graphic works, all the way to the final fourth virtual dimension.

Palazzo Belloni
Via Barberia
Till 05/07/2017

Key words: Salvador Dali, Bologna, exhibition. 

Palazzo Sant'Elia, Palermo: 'Topazia Alliata. A life for art'

A life for art

Princess Topazia Alliata, Self Portrait (1933)

Princess Topazia Alliata (5 September 1913 – 23 November 2015) was an Italian painter, art curator and writer.

Alliata was born in Palermo, as a daughter of Prince Enrico Alliata di Villafranca, duke of Salaparuta, while her mother was a former opera singer, Amelia 'Sonia' Ortuzar Olivares, the daughter of a Chilean diplomat.

After graduating from the Liceo artistico Alliata where studied fine arts at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Palermo, she was a fellow of Renato Guttuso, who portrayed her is several paintings.

In 1935 she married Fosco Maraini, at the time an unknown scholar, who would later become an important anthropologist. 

Princess Topazia Alliata in Japan in 1940
Photo: Fosco Maraini

In 1941 they moved in Japan, where in 1943 they were deported in a concentration camp in Nagoya because they had refused to swear allegiance to the Republic of Salò.

Released in September 1945, in 1946 they returned in Italy, settling in Bagheria, where Topazia engaged in the family business, the Salaparuta's Crow Wines.

In 1955 the couple split, and Alliata moved to Rome, where she continued her work as a painter. In 1959 she founded the Galleria Topazia Alliata ('Topazia Alliata Gallery') in Trastevere, where she mainly exhibited avant-garde painters.

Alliata was also author of several books, notably Love holidays. Quaderni d'amore e di viaggi, a partly photographic autobiography published in 2014 by Rizzoli.


She died in Rome on November 23, 2015.

In the time of her death she was 102 years old.

Dacia Maraini

Dacia Maraini's (writer)was her daughter.

'A life for art' is exhibition placed in 
Palazzo Sant'Elia dedicated to a Topazia Alliata's life.

Eclectic, charming, unconventional noblewoman of Palermo, one step ahead of its time, Topazia Alliata of Salaparuta has always been a free spirit. 

Painter, gallery owner, curator, talent scout with a decisive and sure taste, but also sporty and elegant woman with two extraordinary eyes. Married to Fosco Maraini, with daughters: Dacia, Yuki and Toni.

Palazzo Sant'Elia

An exhibition in Palermo - first retrospective dedicated to her, is telling lifetime story through the photographs, drawings, letters and some of most interesting paintings rare seen before.






When:
Till January, 11th


Where:

Palazzo Sant'Elia

Via Maqueda, 81

Key words: Princess Topazia Alliata, Palermo, Sicily,Palazzo Sant'Elia, art. 

Foodart Gallery: UNESCO heritage and legacy Florio Sicily'

Till December 22nd, on different sites, everyday events will lead you through rich history of Sicily-the land under UNESCO protection.

Sicily, with its treasures of historical, cultural and natural importance, boasts 6 sites listed in the World Heritage List.

1) Archaeological Area of Agrigento, listed in 1997

Agrigneto

Founded in the 6th Century B.C., the ancient city of Agrigento was one of the greatest Mediterranean centres. The remains of the Doric Temples which dominates the city are well preserved and are one of the most terrific monuments of Greek art and culture. They testify the magnificence and supremacy of the ancient city.

2) Villa Romana del Casale, listed in 1997

Villa Romana del Casale

Late Roman Villa located in 'Contrada Casale' (Casale district), at the foot of Mont Mangone. Villa Romana has been built around III – IV century B.C. and represents a great example of luxury Roman villa. The exceptional beauty and quality of the mosaics which decorate the villa illustrate the greatness and underline the importance of the Villa.

3) Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands), listed in 2000

The Aeolian Islands are located north of the coast of Sicily. 

The 7 islands which compose the archipelago (Panarea, Stromboli, Vulcano, Alicudi, Filicudi, Lipari and Salina, more 5 small islets) are all of volcanic origins and are separated from the land of Sicily by 200 m deep waters. 

4) Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily), listed in 2002

The Baroque towns listed by Unesco were rebuilt in 1693 after a terrible earthquake. The cities of south-eastern Sicily (Caltagirone, Militello Val di Catania, Catania, Modica, Noto, Palazzolo, Ragusa and Scicli) represent the result of a great collective undertaking, and are the expression of a high-quality architectonical and artistic achievement. Linked to the Baroque style of the period, they also boast important improvements in town planning as well as in urban building.

5) Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica, listed in 2005

6) Mount Etna, listed in 2013

7) Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale, listed in 2015

The Arab-Norman architectural itinerary, candidate for the social and cultural syncretism that represents, winds its way through Palermo, Monreale and Cefalu.

It includes nine monuments, both civil and religious, seven of these only in the city of Palermo.

Here they are: the Royal Palace with the Palatine Chapel, the church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti, the church of Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio (della Martoriana), the church of San Cataldo, the “Palazzo della Zisa”, Admiral's Bridge, the Cathedral (all these in Palermo); Cefalù Cathedral and Monreale Cathedral (UNESCO world Heritage sites, Sicily)

Key words: Sicily, UNESCO, events.

Palermo: 'Cuba-to tattoo the history'

Cuba tatoo the history

The contemporary art exhibition:

'Cuba – to tattoo the history' 

Where:

Cultural sites of Zisa of Palermo

When:

Till December, 18th.

Key words: Palermo, Italy, contemporary art, Cuba tattoo the history.

Milano: David Appleby's photo exhibition 'Behind the Wall'

Credit: Galleria Hernandez

Celebrating the anniversary of motion picture 'Pink Floyd: The Wall', on-set stills photographer David Appleby is honoring the fans of the acclaimed visual rock masterpiece, with an exhibition of stunning behind-the-scenes images taken during the production of 'The Wall.'

When:

Till January, 15th

Where:

Milano

Arteutopia - Hernandez

Copernicus 8

Central-Loreto

Key words: Milano, Italy, Pink Floyd: The Wall, David Appleby, exhibition.

Genova: "Circumnavigando" in Porto Antico

Porto Antico
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"Circumnavigando", the International Festival of Theatre and Circus, is a cultural event born in 2001 in Genova. The design and organization since its inception belongs to the Cultural Sarabande.

Artistic director is Boris Vecchio. 

The event presents an annual program of international events and ranges from Contemporary Circus at the Teatro (Figure, street), with shows, meetings and exhibitions.

This year's edition of "Circumnavigando XVI International Festival of Theatre and Circus"

Opening events:

When:

December 7th.

Where:

Teatro dell'Archivolto, with DeFracto Company:

When:

December 17-18th,

Where:

Theatre of the Cough with the company Collectif Doors 27 / Marion Collé.

The Festival officially opens on December, 26th with a busy schedule of appointments and will end on January 8, 2017. 

The Circus Tent Circumnavivigando will be installed at the Old Port, Mandraccio area.

"Circumnavigando", organized by the Sarabande of Genoa, in the new edition confirms many collaborations on the national and international territory and lives with his shows of Contemporary Circus and Street Theatre Figure and the city streets (Piazza San Lorenzo, Porto Antico, Luzzati gardens;

In the palaces and historic sites (Palazzo Ducale, Palazzo Tursi), in Theatres in Genoa and Camogli (dell'Archivolto Theatre, Theatre of the Cough, Teatro Gilberto Govi, Elsewhere Teatro della Maddalena, Teatro Sociale di Camogli).

This year festival will present some 38 shows during 14-day event from Santo Stefano the Epiphany with a central New Year celebration under the tent. 

All of it accompanied by meetings and insights open to the public and related to the world Contemporary Circus and Street Theatre.

Key words: Genova, Porto Antico, celebrations, circus, street performances, theater, tents.

Genova: Andy Warhol at Palazzo Ducale

Palazzo Ducale
Wikimedia Commons

At exactly thirty years from the death of the great American artist, Palazzo Ducale dedicating a large retrospective of Andy Warhol (Pittsburgh, August 6, 1928 - New York, February 22, 1987).

Curated by Luca Beatrice, produced, organized by Palazzo Ducale Foundation for Culture of Genova and 24 ORE Cultura - Gruppo 24 Ore,show presents more then 170 works including: paintings, prints, drawings, polaroids, sculpture, objects, from private collections, museums and foundations.

The thematic path is developed around six conductive lines: design, icons, polaroid, portraits, Andy Warhol and Italy.

Andy Warhol, by Jack Mitchell

Movie includes the entire range of the artist's Most Famous and popular of the last century.

The era of Contemporary Art,opens with Andy Warhole. The Unique cultural and media phenomenon of the sixties will divide artsć era on: before and after Andy.

SOME presenting extraordinary drawings: from MAo to Merilyn; portraits of famous faces come Man Ray, Liza Minnelli, Mick Jagger, Miguel Bosé and SOME Important Italian characters: Gianni Agnelli, Giorgio Armani and Sandro Chia.

Whole section dedicated to Polaroid, both Important and used by Andy Warhol for celebrities immortalized: Friends, stars and Starlets in OVER 90 pieces.

An interesting selection of SOME film and television appearances marked the history of pop art allow to deepen another fundamental aesthetic appearance Warhol, What precisely related to communication.

Where:

Ducal Palace

Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, 

When:

Till 02/26/2017

Key words: Genova, Palazzo Ducale, Andy Warhol, exhibition.