Galleries and Museums

Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento, Torino

By Italian Reflections on March 18, 2011

Today, March 18th, sees the opening of the Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento in Turin following 5 years of redevelopment. The museum is set within an historic baroque palace and was once the seat of Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy. Today it hosts some 2,400 exhibits spread over 30 rooms, plus film displays and much [...]

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Art Update October 2010

By Italian Reflections on October 4, 2010

At this time of year there are a number of exhibitions around Italy proving to be great attractions for art lovers. FLORENCE at the Palazzo Strozzi: ‘Bronzino, Painter and Poet at the Medici Court’ with 90 works in world’s first monographic show; until January 23. and at the Uffizi and Palazzo Pitti: Caravaggio and Caravaggeschi [...]

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tickitaly

By Italian Reflections on July 16, 2009

This is a website that we use and recommend to friends. It’s great for booking at many attractions in Italian cities such as Florence, Rome and Venice. You can reserve tickets for amongst others: The Uffizi, Florence The Academy & David, Florence Uffizi Guided Tours Florence Art Tours Florence [...]

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top art exhibitions

By Italian Reflections on January 20, 2009

Here you will find a city-by-city guide to some of Italy’s top art exhibitions for the early part of 2009. Some of these exhibitions only have a few more days to run: ASCOLI:- Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea: ‘Sedendo e Mirando’, 130 landscapes by famed cartoonist Tullio Pericoli; March 21st to September 13th. BOLOGNA:- Museo d’Arte Moderna [...]

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oriental art in turin

By Italian Reflections on November 16, 2008

Casa Dolcetto recommends a visit next month to Turin. The 5th December 2008, sees the opening of the Museo d’Arte Orientale at the Palazzo Mazzonis. Fifteen hundred works will be on display in the new museum dedicated to the art and culture of Asian countries, which provides space for Asia’s most important cultural and artistic [...]

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