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PLACES / VISITING MARSEILLE (FRANCE): ART, HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE TO DISCOVER WHILE WALKING (PART #2)

Photos: © Roberto Alborghetti Walking and walking. It’s the best way to visit Marseille. If you have at least 3 full days available, it is possible to plan a reasoned tour of the city – which is not small at all: it has almost 900 thousand inhabitants and is the second largest in France, after… Read More PLACES / VISITING MARSEILLE (FRANCE): ART, HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE TO DISCOVER WHILE WALKING (PART #2)

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ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF A WORN STICKER ON THE FLOOR OF A RAILWAY STATION (IMAGE #31)

© 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 A WORN STICKER ON THE FLOOR OF A RAILWAY STATION (IMAGE #31)

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PLACES / VISITING MARSEILLE (FRANCE): THE OLD PORT AS A “MIRROR” OF A LONG HISTORY (PART #1)

Photos: © Roberto Alborghetti  The Old Port of Marseille has always been the nerve center of the city, the second largest in number of inhabitants in France, after Paris. The first to settle here were, in 600 BC, Greek colonists who left Phocaea (Asia Minor), attracted by the shape of the place: an almost symmetrical… Read More PLACES / VISITING MARSEILLE (FRANCE): THE OLD PORT AS A “MIRROR” OF A LONG HISTORY (PART #1)

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ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF CRACKS ON AN EXCAVATOR (IMAGE #30)

© Roberto Alborghetti – – Close-up photography; it is not a digitally manipulated or enhanced image – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata 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 the things that… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF CRACKS ON AN EXCAVATOR (IMAGE #30)

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THE JCIDEL COLLECTION, THE “IT BAGS” THAT EXPRESS THE SPIRIT OF THE TIME IN ART AND FASHION

Guest Writer: PATRIZIA POGGI, Art curator and Ambassador of “Saperi e Sapori d’Italia” The Treccani dictionary indicates “it bag” as the highly successful bag modelin the world of fashion, a model that was created to satisfyspecific needs or to express the Zeitgeist, or spirit of the times.And which is the “it bag” of the moment?… Read More THE JCIDEL COLLECTION, THE “IT BAGS” THAT EXPRESS THE SPIRIT OF THE TIME IN ART AND FASHION

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12 PICTURES TO REPRESENT 12 MONTHS: RETROSPECTIVE ON 2024

Here in the gallery 12 photos randomly selected from those I posted along the year. They are all part of my “Lacer/actions” project concerning images of torn and decomposed publicity posters, deteriorated surfaces, natural cracks, scratches and corrosions that we find everywhere in our cities. They are all close-up or macro photographs and they aren’t… Read More 12 PICTURES TO REPRESENT 12 MONTHS: RETROSPECTIVE ON 2024

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THE RUST AND THE TIME: THE FASCINATING POWER TO CHANGE THINGS AND MATTER

Time and rust have the fascinating power to change things without the contribution and conditioning of the human being’s hand. The work and the creative action that rust can do are truly surprising. They can compose and model endless scenes in which our eyes can see and perceive horizons without limits. Like in this series… Read More THE RUST AND THE TIME: THE FASCINATING POWER TO CHANGE THINGS AND MATTER

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ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF MOLD AND MOISTURE ON THE SURFACE OF A SMALL DOOR (IMAGE #29)

© Roberto Alborghetti – Close-up photography; it is not a digitally manipulated image – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata 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 the things that surround us… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF MOLD AND MOISTURE ON THE SURFACE OF A SMALL DOOR (IMAGE #29)

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“A VISUAL ART PROJECT”: ON “THE BEESTONIAN”MAGAZINE A FULL PAGE ABOUT THE 10 YEARS OF “THE GHOST BUS”

The English magazine The Beestonian, in its special Christmas issue, with a beautiful article by Marysia Zipser, dedicates an entire page to the 10 years of my project “The Ghost Bus”, carried out with ACT (Art Culture Tourism) and with Simon Barton. The article talks in detail about this singular initiative that unites Italy and… Read More “A VISUAL ART PROJECT”: ON “THE BEESTONIAN”MAGAZINE A FULL PAGE ABOUT THE 10 YEARS OF “THE GHOST BUS”

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MY BOOK “AT THE TABLE WITH POPE FRANCIS” VOTED IN THIRD PLACE IN THE RANKING OF THE BEST 10 BOOKS ABOUT POPE BERGOGLIO

It is truly a surprise to know that my book “At the table with Pope Francis”, published by Mondadori, was “voted” as the third best book written on Pope Bergoglio. The evaluation was formulated by “Notizie Scientifiche” on the basis of a series of factors and elements regarding content and writing methods. The news is… Read More MY BOOK “AT THE TABLE WITH POPE FRANCIS” VOTED IN THIRD PLACE IN THE RANKING OF THE BEST 10 BOOKS ABOUT POPE BERGOGLIO

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NEW VIDEO: 20 PHOTOS OF TORN AND DETERIORATED POSTERS IN THE STREETS OF LUXEMBOURG

As you can see in this video, even in the capital city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg I found very interesting material for my project “Lacer/actions”. During the walks I obviously saw torn and decomposed advertising posters and other urban signs that I like to capture and document. Deteriorated posters are mainly placed on… Read More NEW VIDEO: 20 PHOTOS OF TORN AND DETERIORATED POSTERS IN THE STREETS OF LUXEMBOURG

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ART BASEL MIAMI 2024 / THE “JCIDEL COLLECTION”: BAGS THAT TELL THE COLORS OF THE REALITY AROUND US

With Art Basel Miami 2024 the city of Florida – the metropolitan area has around 5 million inhabitants – was animated by a succession of events and initiatives that put the streets of the central area (Downtown) to the test, which was already critical on the mobility plan.Many visitors stopped at the Design District, also… Read More ART BASEL MIAMI 2024 / THE “JCIDEL COLLECTION”: BAGS THAT TELL THE COLORS OF THE REALITY AROUND US

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ART BASEL MIAMI 2024 / THE “JCIDEL COLLECTION”: FASHION SHOW ALONG THE STREETS OF THE DESIGN DISTRICT

PHOTOS BY ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI Born and “captured” on the streets, the macro photographs of the JCIDEL Collection have returned to the streets thanks to a surprising performance that took place as part of the Art Basel Miami events. Some pieces from the collection (such as Heart and Wonderland) were at the center of the unusual… Read More ART BASEL MIAMI 2024 / THE “JCIDEL COLLECTION”: FASHION SHOW ALONG THE STREETS OF THE DESIGN DISTRICT

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