Language
Entering in the small village of Pollenzo, near Asti in the Cuneese land, if you keep behind you San Vittore’s church, you’ll find the entrance gate for Guido Restaurant. Piero Alciati e Marcella Mongelli (the owners) will welcome you in a warmy, fine and extremely elegance atmosphere. Red bricks, white table cloths, Sambonet cultlery, suspension [...]
Continue reading...19. November 2008
We bring up a very good example for the DaringToDo methodology. Maybe through this blog we can find suggestions and good advices for the developement of the project. G.V is a 35 years old man from Milan who works in the cultural events sector. After working for a society in Turin, he acquired the right knoledge [...]
Continue reading...18. November 2008
What can be said about the relationship between a business company and Culture? Even better: how can be analyzed, if it exists, the relationship between Culture and Business? Today we have two very prestigious personality talking for us: Cesare Pietroiusti, artist and Carlo Sini, the most important Italian contemporary philosopher. I would ask Cesare to start [...]
Continue reading...17. November 2008
Hilarotragedia is a curatorial project related to artistic ceramics. Superego, a ceramic laboratory in Asti, decided few months ago to open a series of ceramics created by contemporary artists chromatically and ideologically related with corporate production. Edoardo Scagliola, chatting with friends, had the idea to start with important artists on our Italian national contest. So, he [...]
Continue reading...15. November 2008
And this is the schedule for next week appointments: Monday: Artistic ceramics Tuesday: Culture and Management Wednesday: Walking on eggs. Aldo Mondino solo exhibition. Thursday:Eataly Friday: MG Art Have a nice weekend!
Continue reading...13. November 2008
Few minutes from Riccione, close to Cattolica, immersed in the green hinterland and in the natural quiet, we find the Locanda I Girasoli, an oasis of peace and pleasure wehre to be caddled and vitiated every moment of the day. An ancient farmhouse dated late XIXth Century which has seen the stable and the cellar [...]
Continue reading...12. November 2008
How would it feel to be a tree? What is the skin and why do we have it? Giuseppe Penone since his early artistic research perceives every single natural element like air, water, rocks, trees, hairs, hats, walls, streets throught oneself’s positive dimension, the skin, which is the negative dimension of the world. The skin [...]
Continue reading...10. November 2008
Safarà, sweet and sour citation from Dylan Dog ( it was a fabulous shop of bizar objects with the power of disappearing, putting in contact parallel dimensions), became a perfoming project executed Thursday 13th November in Via Ventura, Milan. Corrado Bonomi, the dreams’ artist, will take a stab at the Duck Game. This game in [...]
Continue reading...8. November 2008
And this is the schedule for next week appointments: Monday: Safarà Tuesday: Culture and Management Wednesday: Giuseppe Penone at MAMbo Thursday: Locanda I Girasoli Friday: MG Art Have a nice weekend!
Continue reading...7. November 2008
(Con)TemporaryArt in Zona Tortona will host during the newx week Menelaw Sete’s personal exhibition. The event will begin the 10th of November, during the opening party from 04.00pm until 08.00 pm the Brasilian artisti will be presented for the first time to an Italian public for almost two weekd. The location of the show will [...]
Continue reading...6. November 2008
Absorbed in Vicenza’s counryside, into a natural green frame and rustic perfumes, an XiXth century farm has been completely restored and trasformed in a dwelling where to find quit and peacefulness surrounded by modern and contemporary art works. This is Ca’ Muse. Next to the brilliant job made by the architect Flavio Albanese, works by [...]
Continue reading...4. November 2008
The Elections’ Day is not exclusively a political fact. Even Art addresses its attention to this contemporary fundamental moment. A good examgle is the interestic collective exhibition curated by Alessandro Trabucco at Villa Carpiglio in Turin. A big crowd of young artists -it’s unuseful to cite just few of them- that will elaborate the Elections’ [...]
Continue reading...3. November 2008
Who sad the best architects, those famous and awarded, are always the most suitable for keeping up important projects? Is the Sole24Ore’s reality. It costed more than two hundreds millions of euros in the centre of Milan (Via Monterosa) and distressed by a series of problems. Renzo Piano realized offices without barries, where you can [...]
Continue reading...2. November 2008
And this is the schedule for next week appointments: Monday:The Sole24Ore palace Tuesday:Exhibitions and election day Wednesday: Culture and Management Thursday: Ca’Muse Friday: MG Art Have a nice weekend!
Continue reading...31. October 2008
It has been an icredible success the charity dinner “Stelle del Lago d’Orta” organized by the Comitato Clubs NOvaresi, the participation of several Michelin chefs and the famous artist Enzo Rossi da Civita. The event was organized in order to raise money for the Sant’Egidio community, promoting excellent great food and cooking creations. The presence of several [...]
Continue reading...30. October 2008
Culture and Management. Creativity and firms. Art Business Forum(ABF) for the second year consecutively proposes its innovative and valid project consisting of promoting art and culture in order to companies’ and dirent class’ developement. Appealing to the fundamentals of the managerial thought and to the conventional schemes of management and productivity, ABF choses as its [...]
Continue reading...29. October 2008
Borgo Valsugana opens the depth of his gorges and the majestic nature to an artistic experiment that counts already 20 years, focused on art in contact with nature. The foundamental nub is proposing art works (45 are currently part of the permanent collection) along a natural path consisting of an attempt of taking the man [...]
Continue reading...27. October 2008
Look at this sequence below: 1 11 21 1211 111221 312211 13112221 1113213211 …………….. Are you able to write the next line?
Continue reading...25. October 2008
And this is the schedule for next week appointments: Monday: Riddle Tuesday: Culture and Management Wednesday: Sustainable Museum at Borgo Valsugana Thursday: Premio Cairo 2008 Friday: MG Art Have a nice weekend!
Continue reading...23. October 2008
The Cairo Award will finally declare the 2008 best artist. Starting from painture and embracing varoius artistic techniques from scuplture to videoart, to photographic and digital art, the Cairo Award worths a mention for its attempt of promoting and sustaining the new italian up-coming artists. Thanks to a frist selection of 20 final partecipants, the jury [...]
Continue reading...22. October 2008
Welcome to the new headquarters of the largest free entry contemporary art museum in the world: the Saatchi Gallery. Now located in the hart of Chelsea and in the Duke of York’s palace, this new location entirly renovated by collectionist Carl Saatchi is just unmissable. “The Revolution Continues. New Art from China” is the name [...]
Continue reading...20. October 2008
Cardomom, for those who still ignore it, is well known for being the third most expensive spice after Saffron and Vanilla. Greek and Roman population used to make parfums with the Cardomom essence and today it’s very popular for flavoring both food and drinks. In South Asia, the Green Cardamom is used to treat infections to teeth [...]
Continue reading...18. October 2008
The winter season is for contemporary art and its artists a nice period of exhibitions, vernissages, fairs (national and international) and sales. If you visit a valid exhibition, that you think it is worth to put on the DaringToDo beacuse people should visit it, just do it! Where’re here to hear your voice! And this is the [...]
Continue reading...17. October 2008
The MG Art, the important society of the entrepreneur Massimo Giacomini which operates into Art sector, agreed to participate at the culinary demonstration “Stars from Lake Orta”. This will be a charity evening, schedelued for the 27th October at the Hotel L’approdo in Pettenasco. The appointment isat its third edition and this year the organization [...]
Continue reading...16. October 2008
Tomorrow is the opening day for the fourth appointment of ArtVerona: a consistent overview on contemporary artists and movements. Among the novelties of this year, stands out the “Starting Collection” projects. A new system that allows those who begin approaching art world, to identify artists and reasonable art works to start their personal colletion. This [...]
Continue reading...15. October 2008
At the Fabbrica del vapore in Milan, it opened the 2nd of October, the final section of the Italian Factory Award for young painture, curated by Chiara Canali. Another time, the assembly of various artists doesn’t seem the best way to realizing worthy reviews. The arrived and exposed material, even if it was already [...]
Continue reading...13. October 2008
At the Pack Gallery, during the weekend of the 19th of September untile the middle of November, Andrei Molodkin opened his persolan exhibition. During the same weekend of Start, the important autumn art contest in Milan, this is the only positive exposition during the event. None of the location of Start neither Via Ventura - [...]
Continue reading...11. October 2008
In case you liked our article about Terra Madre and Slow Food organization, we strongly suggest to visit the web site of the company to discover the several initiatives and structures located all around the world. Moreover, Slow Food publishes various books about food advices, restaurants, wines for Italy and more. And this is the schedule [...]
Continue reading...10. October 2008
Lake of Orta. City of Pettenasco. A charity evening has been announced and scheduled for the 27th October at the Hotel l’Approdo in Pettenasco. The best chefs in the area of Novara plus two guest chefs for this evening of solidarity. Luisa and Angelo Valazza for “Il Sorriso“, Antonio Cannavacciuolo from Villa Crespi in Orta San Giulio, [...]
Continue reading...9. October 2008
“…eating is an agricultural act and producing is a gastronomical art”. This is the slogan that Terra Madre uses for being recognized from food lovers. Terra Madre is a project conveived by Slow Food which had always stood for the pleasures of the table, for the importance of good-tasting food and for the defence of cultures [...]
Continue reading...8. October 2008
This month the Galleria Lodi in Milan hosts a special historical and literary exhibition called: Red and Black. Inspired by Stendhal books and by his love for the city of Milan, the two well known curators Paolo Manazza and Alessandro Visca have realized an unusual combination of artists. Davide Nido, Dani Vescovi, Rosalinda Celentano, Luca Pignatelli: a [...]
Continue reading...6. October 2008
For those who describe themself as curious persons and who love strnage things, there’s something you should know. In the republic of San Marino (Italy), there’s the first “Museum of Curiosity“. Here, the most strangest objects, people, facts, happenings that are just incredible! From the tallest man in the world, the fatter man or the smallest woman [...]
Continue reading...4. October 2008
For those who won’t have the possiblity to visit London during the weekend of the 23rd-27th October, you should know that at the same time there’s Art Verona going on. One of the most important appointment for Italian contemporary art. During this art fair all the best Italian galleries will be present for presenting their [...]
Continue reading...1. October 2008
For those who are planning to visit London on the second weekend in October you can consider yourself lucky!Starting from Thursday the 16th until Sunday the 19th, the bucolic location of Regent’s Park will host three major events in Contemporary Art scene: Frieze, Scope and Pulse London. What’s about them? Frieze it’s an regular event which [...]
Continue reading...29. September 2008
Mummy, are you sad? Studies conducted at the Moriguchi Keijinkai Hospital in Osaka (Japan) have showned how a mother’s happiness and laughs could make her milk better and even “healing”. Researches were based on babies affected by eczema. A group of mums have been put in front of a Charlie Chaplin’s movie and another one in front [...]
Continue reading...24. September 2008
We’d talked about the Teramo Warehouse few weeks ago. This new concept gallery is willing to work hard, to organize events and realize projects. Here there are some of the latest news about it. Keep reading! On the 27th of September Matteo Fato will open his personal exhibition. A really huge work for let the public [...]
Continue reading...22. September 2008
The “long neck women” belong to a Khmer(Myanmar) tribe that today lives in the northern area of Thailand. The explanation of their name stays in the several golden rings they start wearing at the age of 5. The legend tells that centuries ago, wicked spirits set on the womed ferocious tigers as a punishment for unknown [...]
Continue reading...20. September 2008
Technology is making huge progresses and keep up with everything is extremely hard. The latest realization of a video camera not just eye shaped but with eye characteristics and dimensions, seems to me incredible. New frontiers for the eye surgery and ophthalmology, a better control of the cerebral activity and several uses in the security controls [...]
Continue reading...18. September 2008
If you observe his picture on the University of Illinois website, the oriental traits of the scientist Yonggang Huang, that with his colleague John Rogers has realized a video camera prototype in an eye shape, they resemble scientist Chew’s features. Chew was the great scientist that in Blade Runner introduced himself saying “I make eyes!”. This [...]
Continue reading...17. September 2008
For those fanatics of computers and electronics the final challenge between the two colossal Microsoft and Apple finally has come. Microsoft after the issue of its latest Windows version – Vista- is going through a period of strong instability for the company. Meanwhile Apple is profiting by Microsoft’s difficulties so hardly that in the last [...]
Continue reading...15. September 2008
Music changes our brain. Apparently, a research study conducted by the Harvard Medical School (Boston, Usa) explains how playing an instrument regularly, helps our nervous system changing and evolving its functions. Gottfried Schlaug studied 31 boys aged 6 that at the time the study was made -1995- were playing an instrument. In particular, he analyzed [...]
Continue reading...13. September 2008
Part from the two big realities of Sotheby’s and Christie’s, there are several more auction houses offering a wide variety of opportunities for both buyers and sellers. So, for those who are not so practice, check out the catalogue of these auctions houses : Pandolifini, Semenzato-Finarte, Dorotheum, Phillips de Pury and Company and Galerie Koller. And this [...]
Continue reading...12. September 2008
We talked about this unique artist and his arrival in Sweden but a little biography about his studies and his academic career. Enzo Rossi borns in Civita Castellana (Novara), lives and works in Cameri. He studied at Brera Academy of Arts in Milan. He took an Architecture degree as well, and he graduated with glowing report. [...]
Continue reading...11. September 2008
We didn’t have many information about Finale Ligure Festival beacuse everything is changing and evolving.So, our promise was to keep you updated and here we are!! Andrej Mussa will make a 30 minutes video for the work “Maine” by Riccardo Deni. Cosimo Terlizzi will bring on the project “Apartment Video” that will be joined by the [...]
Continue reading...10. September 2008
In order to facilitate this process, we report an highlight of the top auctions for the up coming months. For the moment Sotheby’s and Christie’s have a sure schedule of the future sales, while minor auction houses are not so reliable with dates, times and locations. We will keep you up-dated with cocktail event for preview [...]
Continue reading...8. September 2008
Would you like to be always on shape and brilliant with your partner? If you desire it, you better stop using Viagra and start thinking on doing real sport. Actually two studies, one Swiss and one American, confirm that burning at least four thousands calories per week reduces about the 83% of the risk of impotence. There are [...]
Continue reading...6. September 2008
In addition to what we told you this week we suggest you few more things: Part from the various art galleries that start to be very numerous in the Thai capital city, there’s a fantastic initiative the nation provided in phe past years known as : Thailand New Media Art Festival. This festival lasted three years, [...]
Continue reading...5. September 2008
It has been celebrated with the art work “Dicoto Mix” the visit of Enzo Rossi in the Swedish territory. The famous Italian artist from Civita, arrived in Vannas, in the Vasterbotten county for the National Swedish Party: during this event the artist of the MG Art society gave to the municipality his latest creation. The art [...]
Continue reading...4. September 2008
One hour by oat from Rome and slightly more from Naples, Ponza is a little infamous Island in the Mediterranean sea. With a very nice harbour, little characteristics shops, and a busting nightlife, Ponza is considered one the hottest destinations for teens and youths. This island is a perfect combination of beautiful sea, especially if you [...]
Continue reading...3. September 2008
Bangkok. Thailand. Chaotic and extremely smoggy, the capital of this Asian state can be defined as a pulsing hart for fashion, design and art of course. Its central location in the region gives artists the possibility to use the capital city as a base for their work, especially for its connections with the international market. Therefore, [...]
Continue reading...1. September 2008
Do you know which is the longest word in the English dictionary? Actually it is quite difficult to decide according to the different branches you consider. However, we can say that officially the longest word is a 29 characters word: floccinaucinihiliplification. This means “ the act of estimating worthless”. Then, there’s antidisestablishmentarianism with its 28 letters, meaning “opposition [...]
Continue reading...30. August 2008
According to the special article we published about the new concept stores trend, here there are few addresses for you as a starting point. Try to visit them and tell us what you think!! TAD: Via Statuto 1, 20121 Milano. Tel: 02 65506731; mail: milano@taditaly.com SPAZIO ROSSANA ORLANDI: Via Matteo Bandello 14/16 20123 Milano | Tel: [...]
Continue reading...29. August 2008
We are talking about a great success when we describe the fantastic event that saw protagonist of the Billionaire in Porto Cervo the artist Caroline Dechamby. This elegance and charmg lady, has been the absolute star for just one night, with all the flash, tv and journalists there for her. Flavio Briatore, the owner of the [...]
Continue reading...27. August 2008
Are you looking for a design lamp? A crazy couch or an exclusive detail for your new house? Innovation and originality, casualty and luxury: this is what you can find in the stores defined by the latest trends as “concept stores”. Gifts ideas, expensive but durable objects and stupid gadgets are mixed in a combination of [...]
Continue reading...25. August 2008
During the centuries and among different civilizations, the dance acquired several different meanings: therapeutic, erotic, weeding dance, funeral, initiatory and propitiatory. Not a frivolous activity but rather a very ancient practice that 20,000 years old paintings testify. Figures with coloured masks, animals and sometimes arms, are represented while making propitiatory rituals for hunting and fertility. Even today, [...]
Continue reading...23. August 2008
In addition to what we told you this week we suggest you few more things: Actually going to India to watch this fantastic show would be very nice, but maybe too far and too expensive. So, you can try to experience some Italin kite shows. For more info click here. [...]
Continue reading...18. August 2008
In India, kites are a real art expression. In fact, they are used during several religious festivities and lay celebrations too. Here, thousands of patang –the Indian word for kite- fill the sky with their colours, their movements and “fights” as well. What? Well, you have to know in Asia there are not just challenges among kites [...]
Continue reading...16. August 2008
In addition to what we told you this week we suggest you few more things: If you liked the ideas and the creations made by Corrado Bonomi, you should check another funny character that worked with him during his life and still remains alive in Bonomi’s thoughts. Aldo Mondino. You should find [...]
Continue reading...14. August 2008
The city of Finale Ligure, close to Savona, in Liguria, is organizing for the month of September ( but maybe it’s going to be May 2009) a festival of visual arts and various shows. The project consists of different theatre performances, ballets, concerts that will be joined and followed by art works like video [...]
Continue reading...11. August 2008
If you want to express a desire in a new way, you should try the malaysian style. Actually in Singapore, people write their wishes, their ideas, their thoughts on particular round balloons. These balloons are let down in the city river waiting for the new year to come. Try it!
Continue reading...9. August 2008
In addition to what we told you this week we suggest you few more things: As for the evolution of psichyc and corporal development should be interesting reading the works of Georg Groddeck or The Corrections of Jonathan Franzen or even The Truman show with Jim Carrey. If Lucio [...]
Continue reading...7. August 2008
This ex-factor adapted to be an innovative art centre in the city of Teramo, close to the Adriatic sea, will present an interesting cultural and artistic production. In the Warehouse created by Alfredo Marcozzi, artists from all parts of the world will put in the favourite situation where they’ll be able to work, live [...]
Continue reading...6. August 2008
Lucio Fontana is a great master of the Italian Spatialism art. Born in 1899, this artist is the protagonist of a typical Italian instance related to the growth of his success during the past decay. It’s been a while that the artistic production of Fontana represents an economic and financial investment with a bigger rating than [...]
Continue reading...4. August 2008
At which age do we learn to recognize ourselves at the mirror? Starting from 18 and 24 months, children start to recognize themselves at the mirror. This is a very important step in the psychic development of a human being. Generally doctors to prove the actual happening of the fact, use the test of the red [...]
Continue reading...2. August 2008
In addition to what we told you this week we suggest you few more things: You could find particulars practices, in order to found the conscoiusness, to mix togheter a tribe, in tha Papua New Guinea To get some new information about italian’s architectural mood you should have a [...]
Continue reading...31. July 2008
Comments Off
Last week we talked you about the regional recipes and restaurants you can find in the western Liguria’s coast. Actually we didn’t suggest you anything for the remaining part of the evening. Especially if you are a teen or you like to party, there should be something more! Althought lots of people complain about this area [...]
Continue reading...28. July 2008
In Venezuela, in the remote regions crossed by the Orinoco river, we can still find some indigenous tribes. One of them is the Yanomami tribe: they live in the plantations of the Amazonia forest. One typical aspect of these people is the process of decorating their bodies with multicolour bracelets made with tropical birds’ feathers. They [...]
Continue reading...
20. November 2008
0 Comments