Today, a rare and historic transit of venus across the sun will occur. Skywatchers have the opportunity to witness history today (June 5), as the planet Venus rambles across the face of the sun in a rare event that will not be visible again for 105 years. Depending on where you live worldwide, the transit … Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: June 2012
London? Yes We Can
And while yesterday, in Italy, we celabrated the Republic’s Day; today in London something happened… I suppose everybody still remember The Royal Wedding Street Party in April 2011; it was the biggest neighbours’ day and 1 million people enjoyed street parties. Today, following the resounding success of The Royal Wedding Street Party , marking 60 years of … Continue reading »
Giuseppe Penone: Advice for Emerging Artists
Recently I had the opportunity to witness a conference with Giuseppe Penone at Punta Della Dogana discussing his artistic career as a leader of the Arte Povera movement. This was the second discussion of Penone’s I had the opportunity to attend, the first was at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. It was interesting … Continue reading »
100 Ideas on 100 Thoughts: an open research project
Last week i posted about the talk between Luca Massimo Barbero and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev. Today i’m writing you a follow up because a very interesting thing happened. Thanks to this post i was invited to take part of the project 100 Ideas on 100 Thoughts ideated by “ a.r.t.e.s. Research School”, the Interdisciplinary Graduate School of the Arts and … Continue reading »
Louboutin: Stilettos, London and Museums
After Valentino (Ara Pacis Museum in Rome 2007), Vivienne Westwood (Palazzo Reale – Milan 2008) and Karl Lagerfeld (Maison Europee de la Photographie, Paris 2010) now is Christian Louboutin’s turn. During last years is more and more popular the public celebration of fashion’s icons through arts institutions and people, from the cinema field to Visual … Continue reading »