ART GOES TO THE BEACH: THE 28TH EDITION OF “TENDE AL MARE” (SUNSHELTERS BY THE SEA) IN CESENATICO (ITALY)

This year, the public beach in Piazza Costa in Cesenatico will once again host “Tende al mare” (Sunshelters by the sea) the original art exhibition founded in the summer of 1998 by Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo and a partnership with the Emilia-Romagna Region’s Institute for Cultural Heritage. Now in its 28th year, the exhibition… Read More ART GOES TO THE BEACH: THE 28TH EDITION OF “TENDE AL MARE” (SUNSHELTERS BY THE SEA) IN CESENATICO (ITALY)

SUMMER VISIONS / CRACKS AND CORRODED PAINT ON A BOAT IN GIARDINI NAXOS, SICILY #6

Walking along the beaches of Giardini Naxos, near Taormina (Sicily, Italy) I noticed an old boat in bad conditions, waiting for a restoration. My eyes were immediately drawn to the colors on the sides and hull. After thousands of hours of navigation, the paint had corroded and decomposed. It was as if the water of… Read More SUMMER VISIONS / CRACKS AND CORRODED PAINT ON A BOAT IN GIARDINI NAXOS, SICILY #6

SUMMER VISIONS / CRACKS AND CORRODED PAINT ON A BOAT IN GIARDINI NAXOS, SICILY #5

Walking along the beaches of Giardini Naxos, near Taormina (Sicily, Italy) I noticed an old boat in bad conditions, waiting for a restoration. My eyes were immediately drawn to the colors on the sides and hull. After thousands of hours of navigation, the paint had corroded and decomposed. It was as if the water of… Read More SUMMER VISIONS / CRACKS AND CORRODED PAINT ON A BOAT IN GIARDINI NAXOS, SICILY #5

SUMMER VISIONS / CRACKS AND CORRODED PAINT ON A BOAT IN GIARDINI NAXOS, SICILY #4

Walking along the beaches of Giardini Naxos, near Taormina (Sicily, Italy) I noticed an old boat in bad conditions, waiting for a restoration. My eyes were immediately drawn to the colors on the sides and hull. After thousands of hours of navigation, the paint had corroded and decomposed. It was as if the water of… Read More SUMMER VISIONS / CRACKS AND CORRODED PAINT ON A BOAT IN GIARDINI NAXOS, SICILY #4

SUMMER VISIONS / CRACKS AND CORRODED PAINT ON A BOAT IN GIARDINI NAXOS, SICILY #3

Walking along the beaches of Giardini Naxos, near Taormina (Sicily, Italy) I noticed an old boat in bad conditions, waiting for a restoration. My eyes were immediately drawn to the colors on the sides and hull. After thousands of hours of navigation, the paint had corroded and decomposed. It was as if the water of… Read More SUMMER VISIONS / CRACKS AND CORRODED PAINT ON A BOAT IN GIARDINI NAXOS, SICILY #3

SUMMER VISIONS / CRACKS AND CORRODED PAINT ON A BOAT IN GIARDINI NAXOS, SICILY #2

Walking along the beaches of Giardini Naxos, near Taormina (Sicily, Italy) I noticed an old boat in bad conditions, waiting for a restoration. My eyes were immediately drawn to the colors on the sides and hull. After thousands of hours of navigation, the paint had corroded and decomposed. It was as if the water of… Read More SUMMER VISIONS / CRACKS AND CORRODED PAINT ON A BOAT IN GIARDINI NAXOS, SICILY #2

FROM STREET WALLS TO INTERIOR DESIGN: ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPH AS ARTISTIC FURNISHING COMPLEMENT #7

The artwork in the photo is made by © Roberto Alborghetti How might the photographic images I took for my project “Lacer/azioni” appear inside a house or a studio? Technology can help us imagine an answer to the question. In this series of images, here are some solutions. I think it is curious to think… Read More FROM STREET WALLS TO INTERIOR DESIGN: ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPH AS ARTISTIC FURNISHING COMPLEMENT #7

SUMMER VISIONS / CRACKS AND CORRODED PAINT ON A BOAT IN GIARDINI NAXOS, SICILY #1

Walking along the beaches of Giardini Naxos, near Taormina (Sicily, Italy) I noticed an old boat in bad conditions, waiting for a restoration. My eyes were immediately drawn to the colors on the sides and hull. After thousands of hours of navigation, the paint had corroded and decomposed. It was as if the water of… Read More SUMMER VISIONS / CRACKS AND CORRODED PAINT ON A BOAT IN GIARDINI NAXOS, SICILY #1

VISITING ROME IN JUBILEE 2025/THE IMPRESSIVE REGAL ROOM AND DUCAL ROOM IN THE VATICAN PALACES

Photos by © Roberto Alborghetti Sala Regia (Regal Room) and Sala Ducale (Ducal Room) are two beautiful rooms in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. They aren’t generally open to visitors: they usually host consistories, conferences, papal hearings or special events. I had the opportunity to visit them (I was in Rome to meet Pope… Read More VISITING ROME IN JUBILEE 2025/THE IMPRESSIVE REGAL ROOM AND DUCAL ROOM IN THE VATICAN PALACES

PLACES / A MASTERPIECE OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE: THE “TEMPIO CIVICO” IN LODI (LOMBARDY)

Just as one shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, the same is true for a monument’s exterior. Take the case of the Tempio Civico dell’Incoronata in Lodi, located along a narrow street leading from Piazza Vittoria, a few steps from the Romanesque cathedral. Access to the Tempio Civico—the people of Lodi don’t call it… Read More PLACES / A MASTERPIECE OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE: THE “TEMPIO CIVICO” IN LODI (LOMBARDY)

ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF SCRATCHES ON A THEATRE CHAIR (IMAGE #41)

© Roberto Alborghetti – – Close-up photography; this is not a digitally created, manipulated or enhanced image. – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata o creata digitalmente. There is a free and spontaneous form of art that flows before our eyes every day, perhaps without us realizing it.It is the one that appears on… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF SCRATCHES ON A THEATRE CHAIR (IMAGE #41)

“VORTICISM #1”: THIS IS THE COVER OF THE NEW “FUNDIARIO” OUT ON NEXT SEPTEMBER

Here is “Vorticism #1”! It’s a collage I created for my Lacer/actions project using hundreds of pieces of waste paper of advertising posters. The image was chosen for the cover of the new FUNDIARIO, the Italian school diary published by Funtasy Editrice. FUNDIARIO is distributed in many Italian schools and this year the theme of… Read More “VORTICISM #1”: THIS IS THE COVER OF THE NEW “FUNDIARIO” OUT ON NEXT SEPTEMBER

SOMEONE IS WATCHING US FROM THE WALLS / PHOTOS OF EYES IN TORN AND DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS (#6)

© Roberto Alborghetti There are eyes that always “look” at us. They are those of the faces on the advertising posters on the walls or on the billboards, along the streets of our cities. The torn paper of the advertisements, consumed by time and bad weather, can reveal interesting glimpses and elements, such as those… Read More SOMEONE IS WATCHING US FROM THE WALLS / PHOTOS OF EYES IN TORN AND DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS (#6)