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Archive for October, 2009
“Concrete” an exhibition of ceramic sculptures – 11 September 2009 to 01 November 2009 – Florence
Oct 2009
“Concrete” an exhibition of ceramic sculptures exhibited in the rooms of Palazzo Pretorio. An event that involved cultural artists of international fame which will last until November 1st. Throughout the exposure period, with each passing day with special initiatives, which include the involvement of the public who can experience the ceramics, creating forms that will then part of a collective work.
Info:
www.sistemamusealecertaldo.it
Floor Illustrated unveiling of the Cathedral of Siena – 18 August 2009 to October 31, 2009 – Siena – Tuscany
Oct 2009
Like every year these days, here again, tourists and Siena will be able to be able to see and admire the floor of the Duomo in Siena.
From August 18 to October 31 exceptionally visible to the public the wonder of “unveiling” of 1,300 square meters made of precious marble inlays (among the most beautiful features of the Cathedral).
It took about five centuries to decorate the floor, by the employment of anonymous artists of the ’300, to the collaboration of celebrated artists of the nineteenth century, many of them out by the Institute of Fine Arts and at the training Siena More >
Retrospective exhibition of Alberto Zorzi – July 28 2009 to 01 November 2009 – Florence
Oct 2009
The exhibition traces analytically thirty years of activity of the artist, from 1973 to 2009, highlighting the assiduous research administered by Zorzi in the creation of jewelry and silver, which made him famous in Italy and worldwide.
On display are various works that we admire the creative path of cycles Zorzi, in a series of consequential ideational concepts and design, accompanied by ongoing research on operational procedures to implement and reinvent, relating “to an inexhaustible inventiveness resulted in refined technique every once in each work, reinterprets and it portrays the relationship of the metal and stone in the shape in space More >
Marisa Settembrini – Details Natural – 23 May 2009 to November 27, 2009 – Florence
Oct 2009
The show about twenty samples of known mixed media on canvas-collage artist italiana.Icone extrapolated from texts, books, and more, shot through with color spots and signs, some times even from the scriptures. Schedule: Monday to Sunday, by appointment (may vary, always check by phone) Tickets: Free admittance Vernissage: May 23, 2009. 19.00 Catalog: in the gallery. Notes: show sponsored by the Florence Plus Florence genre: contemporary art, personal
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Archaeological exhibition in Livorno (Tuscany) – Pisanus Portus and its hinterland – 26 April 2009 to December 31 2009
Oct 2009
The exhibition Pisanus Portus and its hinterland, mounted in the frame of the Hall of the Sea Museum of Natural History of the Mediterranean in Livorno presents for the first time the results of recent excavations have taken place within Leghorn.
Are exposed materials found in the ancient Portus Pisanus, located at the northern outskirts of Livorno and important seaport of our coast in the Etruscan and Roman excavations (2004 – 2007) have unearthed portions of the seabed and buildings trade. For the artefacts found at the port area is added to those, also previously unpublished, from the artisan quarters of More >
SCULPTURE PENDULUM V. SKODA – 20 April 2009 to October 30, 2009 – Pisa Airport
Oct 2009
To celebrate the anniversary of the Galilean city of Pisa Airport has installed a work dedicated to Galileo Galilei of the contemporary sculptor Vladimir Skoda. This is the result of the ideal of the artist with Galileo, already present and metabolized by time in his artistic work, as demonstrated by the work’s title, Galileo-Galilei, with whom the artist has paid homage to this great person. Skoda has designed this installation-sculpture making a sort of transformation of scientific language in aesthetic language, and using also the evocation of the instruments of the Italian scientist. Let’s see how. The sculpture consists of More >
Paul Kostabi – October 24, 2009 to November 11, 2009 – Pisa
Oct 2009
Personal exhibition of Paul Kostabi where the artist will paint live Saturday, October 24th. The exhibition is located at the Saletta Viviani, Ospedaletto (PI). The exhibition will be visible from 24 October 2009 to November 11, 2009.
For more information visit the new Saletta site:
Gabrio Ciampalini Pontedera – 12 September 2009 to 31 October 2009 – Tuscany
Oct 2009
Saturday, September 12th, 2009 at 17.30 the exhibition opens Gabrio Ciampalini, a demiurge of the artistic universe for the new millennium (edited by Rolando Bellini) in Pontedera – Pisa.
The staff, which will remain open until 31 October, will focus on the last five years of activity of the artist in Molino Egola, whose route begins in the Sixties, graduating from Art School in Florence and the Academy of Fine Arts of the same city.
From the very beginning his work is multifaceted and full pulse showing different alternative work very hard and size, as in the case dell’Affresco Oratory of Saints More >
Bruno Pollacci in Pisa – 1 October 2009 to 31 October 2009 – Tuscany
Oct 2009
Hours: Monday-Friday, from 9 to 12. Tuesday from 9 to 12 and Free admission.
Closing: October 31, 2009 For Information: phone 050 531726 – 340 5558048 e-mail: brpollac@tin.it Website: http://brunopollacci.ning.com
Futurism in Viareggio and Versilia GAMCO – 10 October 2009 to 20 December 2009 – Viareggio – Tuscany
Oct 2009
Events and reflections from 1918 to 1940 by Alessandro Pucci Belluomini and Riccardo Mazzoni
The review is’ also a chance to admire the museum dedicated to him, the most complex of works by Lorenzo Viani
Viareggio is proposing as the capital of Futurism-resort-and does so with a show that revisits and puts in the foreground the fruitful relationship established during the period between the wars, with the movement of Marinetti. From 10 October to 20 December, GAMCO, Municipal Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art-Lorenzo Viani-host an exhibition dedicated to Futurism in Viareggio-Versilia, happenings and reflections from 1918 to 1940 -. Organize the More >
