Monthly Archives: June 2014

In yesterday's post we looked at architecture in Godard's Le Mépris. Let's continue the cinema/architecture thread with another post by looking at two further installations from the 14th Venice International Architecture Exhibition (both located in the Arsenale section).  The first one is … Continue reading →

In a previous post we looked at the connections between the 14th Venice International Architecture Exhibition and the 9th International Festival of Contemporary Dance, but there is a further connection with the Architecture Biennale this year, that with cinema.    Assorted fragments … Continue reading →

The Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice has been organising Wednesday lectures about art, history and architecture. Today there is a special event about textiles led by Italian expert Doretta Davanzo Poli. Founded as a Confraternity in 1478, the Scuola … Continue reading →

Visitors to extensive exhibitions such as the Venice Architecture Biennale know that at some point of their tours, they will have to get away from everything and spot a quiet place where they can think, ponder or simply rest. One ideal … Continue reading →

The ballroom of the Galleria del Costume (Costume Gallery) at Palazzo Pitti, Florence, hosts from today an exhibition dedicated to the restoration of the court mantle that belonged to Donna Franca Florio. The exhibition showcases the sumptuously restored ivory satin mantle, … Continue reading →

London Collections: Men closes today, while Pitti Uomo contemporarily opens in Florence, and the menswear shows in Milan and Paris will soon follow. Venice will have today its own version of a menswear show at Palazzo Mocenigo, the Museum and Study Centre … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at the 9th International Festival of Contemporary Dance in Venice, so let's follow the dance thread for another day and focus on a show that will take place tomorrow at the Giorgio Cini Foundation on … Continue reading →

Visitors to the 14th Venice International Architecture Exhibition will have noticed how there is a big change this year space-wise: the "Monditalia" section of the event involves indeed all the sectors of the Biennale – Dance, Music, Theatre and Cinema. … Continue reading →

The Marga Weimans Weekend Special that started in a previous post continues today. The special celebrates the first large-scale solo exhibition dedicated to the Rotterdam-based Dutch fashion designer opening today at the Groninger Museum (until 23 November 2014). Apart from featuring designs from Marga's previous collections, … Continue reading →

In the last few months I had the pleasure of inhabiting an imaginary universe – Marga Weimans'. I had indeed the honour to join in the crowd of dedicated people who contributed to the first large-scale solo exhibition dedicated to … Continue reading →