“SAILING THE APOCALYPSE”: MEREDITH DEERHEART VERSES AND A “THERAPEUTIC PICTURE”…

* In the end, I knew not whether life occurred or dissipated amidst plumes of steam rising, collapsing, re-forming light and dark as crystalline mists dissolved all memory of horizons. * Meredith Deerheart http://healingminds.wordpress.com/ * “YES, YOUR PICTURES ARE THERAPEUTIC…” This lithographic print is owned by fellow blogger and artist Meredith Deerheart (Indiana, USA) who wrote… Read More “SAILING THE APOCALYPSE”: MEREDITH DEERHEART VERSES AND A “THERAPEUTIC PICTURE”…

THE NEW “PERMANENT COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY ART” OPENS IN ITALY (MARCHE REGION) SHOWING 158 WORKS, INCLUDING A PIECE BY ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI

Saturday April 27, 2013 (10:30 am) at Palazzo Gasparini (a XVII Century palace) in Mercatello sul Metauro – a picturesque and fascinating medieval town in Marche region (Pesaro Urbino, Italy) – will open the new Permanent Collection of Contemporary Art as a  completion of the St. Francis Museum of Ancient Art which will shortly be reopened to… Read More THE NEW “PERMANENT COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY ART” OPENS IN ITALY (MARCHE REGION) SHOWING 158 WORKS, INCLUDING A PIECE BY ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI

(HE)ART PLACES / BILBAO (BASQUE REGION, SPAIN) WHERE THE FUTURE HAS REGENERATED A CITY…

© PHOTOS: ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI  * Bilbao (Basque region, Spain) is one of the most amazing cities of Europe. It had the courage to develop itself in a new identity based on culture and art. I had the pleasure to visit it a few years ago. And I was really astonished by a city where I… Read More (HE)ART PLACES / BILBAO (BASQUE REGION, SPAIN) WHERE THE FUTURE HAS REGENERATED A CITY…

HEIRS OF PAUL VON MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FILE SUIT AGAINST THE GERMAN STATE OF BAVARIA TO RECOVER PICASSO ‘S MADAME SOLER LOST IN NAZI PERSECUTION

The heirs of Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy – a prominent Berlin Banker of Jewish descent who suffered Nazi persecution – announce that they have filed suit against the German State of Bavaria in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to recover an iconic oil painting by Pablo Picasso, entitled Madame Soler… Read More HEIRS OF PAUL VON MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FILE SUIT AGAINST THE GERMAN STATE OF BAVARIA TO RECOVER PICASSO ‘S MADAME SOLER LOST IN NAZI PERSECUTION

IMAGES & SCIENCE / THE PROCESSING OF VISUAL SIGNALS IN THE BRAIN: A RESEARCH BY KU LEUVEN AND HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

I work with images and colors for my “Lacer/actions” project (pics of torn and decomposed publicity posters on billboard spaces). And I read some interesting news at KU Leuven Focus Monthly (see link below for the complete article)…    * Once rhesus monkeys learn to associate a picture with a reward, the reward by itself becomes… Read More IMAGES & SCIENCE / THE PROCESSING OF VISUAL SIGNALS IN THE BRAIN: A RESEARCH BY KU LEUVEN AND HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

THE “PRIMAVERA” GARDEN…/ SCENES FROM A TORN PUBLICITY POSTER

Roberto Alborghetti ‘s LaceR/Actions is a multidisciplinary project and research about the apparent chaos of ripped and decomposed posters and urban/street signs. Transferred on canvas, reproduced on lithographic prints or textiles (as pure silk), re-built on collages or scanned in videoclips, the details of torn and decomposed posters give new life to paper lacerations and… Read More THE “PRIMAVERA” GARDEN…/ SCENES FROM A TORN PUBLICITY POSTER

FROM THE BIRTHPLACE OF SHAKESPEARE A NEW INITIATIVE TO REVOLUTIONISE THE WAY THE LEGENDARY PLAYWRIGHT IS TAUGHT

  Teachers in Singapore are being supported to change their approach to teaching Shakespeare by adopting techniques used by actors and directors as part of a pioneering new project from the UK’s Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and the University of Warwick that aims to transform classroom experiences of Shakespeare. According to research undertaken by the… Read More FROM THE BIRTHPLACE OF SHAKESPEARE A NEW INITIATIVE TO REVOLUTIONISE THE WAY THE LEGENDARY PLAYWRIGHT IS TAUGHT

FLYING PARTICLES OR ROAMING METEORS? THEY ARE SIMPLY PAPER AND GLUE LEFT ON A TORN PUBLICITY POSTER…- LACER/ACTIONS POSTCARDS #25

  “FLYING PARTICLES. OR ROAMING METEORS…” 2009 LaceR/Actions work by Roberto Alborghetti Realistic and not manipulated image * Roberto Alborghetti ‘s LaceR/Actions is a multidisciplinary project and research about the apparent chaos of ripped and decomposed posters and urban/street signs. Transferred on canvas, reproduced on lithographic prints or textiles (as pure silk), re-built on collages… Read More FLYING PARTICLES OR ROAMING METEORS? THEY ARE SIMPLY PAPER AND GLUE LEFT ON A TORN PUBLICITY POSTER…- LACER/ACTIONS POSTCARDS #25

“A FRAGILE BEAM OF LIGHT IN THAT BLACK STORM” / ABSTRACT & FRANCESCO

Friend and fellow artist Mieke Goossens – she’s from Holland, she  lives in Rome and creates beautiful ceramics – launched me a sort of “provocation”. She invited me to create one of my “Lacer/actions” ( images of torn and decomposed publicity poster) about Francesco, the new Pope called to guide Catholic Church in these hard… Read More “A FRAGILE BEAM OF LIGHT IN THAT BLACK STORM” / ABSTRACT & FRANCESCO

SRINI PILLAY’S NBG NOMINATED TO TRAINING INDUSTRY’S WATCHLIST OF THE TOP 20 MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN THE WORLD

Dr. Srini Pillay –  Assistant Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School, Psychiatrist, brain-imaging researcher, author, friend and fellow artist – sent me exciting news about his NeuroBusiness Group (NBG) which has been nominated to Training Industry’s WatchList of the Top 20 Movers and Shakers in Leadership Development in the world. I send my congratulations to… Read More SRINI PILLAY’S NBG NOMINATED TO TRAINING INDUSTRY’S WATCHLIST OF THE TOP 20 MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN THE WORLD

“LACER/ACTIONS” WORKS GO ON THE TELLY…/ ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI ‘S ART PROJECT APPEARING IN A TV PROGRAMME

And “Lacer/actions” went on television… It happened on an Italian Tv channel, Bergamo Tv, which dedicated a really nice documentary to Roberto Alborghetti ‘s multidisciplinary project about the apparent chaos of ripped and decomposed publicity posters and urban/street signs. Roberto was interviewed by anchorwoman Francesca Manenti, who explained how the images of torn and decomposed… Read More “LACER/ACTIONS” WORKS GO ON THE TELLY…/ ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI ‘S ART PROJECT APPEARING IN A TV PROGRAMME

BOOKS / NEW MYSTERY DRAMA NOVEL BY LILLIAN LEWIS CELEBRATES IRELAND, FAMILY ROOTS

  New mystery drama novel celebrates Ireland, family roots. Lillian Lewis turns quality family time into an Irish murder mystery in her new book, “All Shall Be Well: An Irish Inheritance.” The book may be fiction, but Lewis incorporates her own Irish backstory into the plot. Lillian Lewis grew up in post-Depression Chicago where her… Read More BOOKS / NEW MYSTERY DRAMA NOVEL BY LILLIAN LEWIS CELEBRATES IRELAND, FAMILY ROOTS