COMING SOON

Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar at Palazzo Sciarra
Opening on October, 23, the exhibition titled: "Akbar the great. Emperor of India", will feature 150 works, that testimony the splendor of the Moghul court. Paintings, book illustrations, rare carpets, objects and weapons will evoke the historical and social environment under the reign of Akbar, who has been a highly enlightened sovereign of the XVI century.
Palazzo Sciarra will be open from Tuesdays through Sundays, from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Parco dei Mellini

Among the numerous, and most popular, parks of Rome, Parco dei Mellini surely deserves a special mention. Not only because it is the seat of the Astronomical Observatory and Copernican Museum,

but also because it is a natural reserve particularly beautiful. 
The easiest entrance to the park is located where Via Trionfale intersects the so-called Panoramica. On the right hand side of the street, a road, surmounted by an ancient arch, leads both to

Caffé delle Arti at Museum of Modern Art

On September 22, the exhibition "Warhol: headlines" ended at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome. After a great success.

On the left side of the same building, "Caffé delle Arti" is a great location to

COMING SOON

Renato Guttuso at the Complesso del Vittoriano
In occasion of the centenary of Guttuso's birth, the city of Rome celebrates the sicilian artist with a major exhibition opening today, October, 12. The aim of the retrospective, that will feature 100 of his works, is to show the whole creative path of his artistic activity, that was also influenced by artists devoted to different disciplines.

"Guttuso 1912-2012" 
Oct,12 - Feb,10 2013

An extremely elegant way to share a personal success

The other day I bought a magazine, that came with a brochure promoting the 10th anniversary of the famous Louis Ghost chair. In the back cover I read this: 

About art and emotions

If you're going to visit the beautiful exhibition at Palazzo delle Esposizioni, do not miss the movie, that retraces the history of Paris through the shoots of Robert Doisneau.
As I watched it, I wondered whether I love photographs more than videos. And I still have no answer. Because if the first ones immortalize an instant and fix it in a single image, the second ones capture a sequence of movements and record a sound or a voice, which would be otherwise lost.
What I am sure of, instead, is that I have been caught by a poignant sense of time passing, while observing all the photos of "Paris en Liberté".

Free entrance ticket !

Tomorrow night, October 6, is "La Notte dei Musei".

From 8 p.m. until 1 a.m., entrance to the major museums of the capital will be free of charge. 

Both Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Robert Doisneau) and Scuderie del Quirinale (Vermeer) participate to this event!

For more info, check the site: http://en.museiincomuneroma.it/

How beautiful were those days

When I was young, but very young, school started the 1st of October and ended right after mid-June.
We had three full months of vacation. 
It didn't matter, where we would have gone or what we would have done: not going to school was enough to BE on holiday.

To those few, owning a beach house, summer meant moving and changing town and habits for a while. Each year, a renewed adventure, substantially consisting in rediscovering places -and all the changes that had meanwhile occurred- and friends who, year after year, had grown a bit, had new interests and higher goals in life. 
The first get together, after nine months spent away from each other, was tremendously exciting.

Quote of the day

Unfortunately, Stendhal was right. When love is involved, too often what seemed a good match, turns out to be the wrong one.
So, let's give time to every relationship. Because, if the other's good sides are the first to be seen (and shown), the worst ones are always kept hidden, for as long as possible. 
If, despite them, the glance in our eyes does not fade, then, and only then, we can hope to have chances it will work.

A September Saturday

I know, I usually meet my friends on Sunday, but since we all would have been busy on that day, we decided to anticipate our weekly meeting. With some changes...
I CYCLED from the Admiralty to Piazza Campo de' Fiori that, every day (except for Sundays) and since centuries, hosts a famous and beautiful market, which opens from