FIRENZE: GLI UFFIZI ACQUISTANO DUE SCULTURE FEMMINILI DI EPOCA ROMANA

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Risalgono al primo secolo dopo Cristo. In collezione entrano anche due epigrafi, dello stesso periodo Due sculture femminili di epoca romana arricchiscono da oggi la vasta raccolta di oltre milleduecento marmi romani posseduta dalle Gallerie degli Uffizi. Le opere, insieme a due epigrafi anch’esse romane, sono state acquistate dal museo nell’ambito…

SHATTERED SKIES (CIELI FRANTUMATI): MACROPHOTOS OF CRACKS

New video for my “Lacer /actions” project. The extraordinary suggestion of the cracks on a signpost of the Monterotondo railway station, in Rome area (Italy). Pure close-up photography that takes on the contours and tones of a painting. For informations and acquisition of unique and original copies of the artworks: funtasyeditrice@gmail.com * Nuovo video per… Read More SHATTERED SKIES (CIELI FRANTUMATI): MACROPHOTOS OF CRACKS

“STOP BULLYING!”: DRAWINGS AND MESSAGES FROM SCHOOLS ALL OVER ITALY

In Italy last 7 February 2020 was the annual day that calls the Italian school to reflect on the phenomena of bullying and cyber bullying. A theme, this, which is at the center, all year round, of the meetings on my book “Social or dis-social?” (Funtasy Editrice) which has now involved more than 30,000 students… Read More “STOP BULLYING!”: DRAWINGS AND MESSAGES FROM SCHOOLS ALL OVER ITALY

IL CAVALLO DI JACKIE KENNEDY ENTRA NELLA COLLEZIONE DEI DISEGNI DEGLI UFFIZI

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Foglio di Giovanni Battista Foggini, era appartenuto alla first lady statunitense. Acquistato a New York insieme ad altre opere sue e di Franceschini dai Friends of the Uffizi Galleries   Cresce ancora la collezione di disegni delle Gallerie degli Uffizi. Nella settimana dedicata a New York alle aste di opere antiche, i…

GLI UFFIZI CRESCONO ANCORA: GALLERIE QUASI A QUOTA 4 MILIONI E MEZZO DI PRESENZE

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Dal 2015 i visitatori sono aumentati del 33% e i ricavi sono più che raddoppiati Il 2019 è stato un nuovo anno di piena crescita per le Gallerie degli Uffizi: sono infatti aumentati i visitatori (+6,1%) e i ricavi (+3,2%). Questi alcuni dei dati principali che emergono dall’analisi dell’andamento del complesso…

THE SURPRISING RANDOMNESS OF TORN AND DECOMPOSED ADVERTISING POSTERS

“LaceR/Actions” is a multidisciplinary project about the apparent chaos of ripped and decomposed posters and urban/street signs. Transferred on canvases, reproduced on lithographic prints or textiles (as pure silk), re-built on collages or scanned in videoclips, the images of torn and decomposed posters give new life to paper lacerations and matter decomposition, as you may see in… Read More THE SURPRISING RANDOMNESS OF TORN AND DECOMPOSED ADVERTISING POSTERS

CREATIVE WRITING IN THE YOUTH: A GREAT WAY TO DEVELOP EMOTIONAL SKILLS

  Every day kids experience events that are new to them. They learn new words, which helps build their vocabulary. In doing so, these new experiences help them to develop a creative and curious mind. These new experiences could be the beginning of ideas which the child could develop into stories or creative writing. By… Read More CREATIVE WRITING IN THE YOUTH: A GREAT WAY TO DEVELOP EMOTIONAL SKILLS

THE 4 SEASONS: WINTER IN ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPHY (VIDEO)

New video by Roberto Alborghetti for his “Lacer / actions” research project. It concerns the Four Seasons “, seen and told with the macro photographs of the decomposed advertising posters. The first stop is winter. The soundtrack by Antonio Vivaldi is inevitable: the track is the famous Largo, performed by Ensemble Brixia Musicalis (Elisa Citterio,… Read More THE 4 SEASONS: WINTER IN ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPHY (VIDEO)

COLAZIONI DOMENICALI CON LA SCIENZA AL MUSEO GALILEO DI FIRENZE

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Gli appuntamenti delle “Botteghe della scienza”, giunti quest’anno alla terza edizione, sono stati ideati con l’obiettivo di dar voce alle attività artigiane del territorio, in modo da recuperarne la memoria ed evidenziarne la preziosa manualità. L’intento del ciclo di appuntamenti è quello di diffondere alle nuove generazioni antichi saperi, mettendo una…

LIKE A GARDEN IN WINTER…: FLUTE NINJA (笛忍者) + 21 MACRO PHOTOS

The relaxing and mysterious music created by Flute Ninja (笛忍者) – composer, artist and musician – meets my “Lacer/Actions” works in a videoclip titled “Falling Snow”. The clip presents an original Flute Ninja (笛忍者) composition accompanied by an image series from my photo collection of torn and decomposed publicity posters. The 21 works have white… Read More LIKE A GARDEN IN WINTER…: FLUTE NINJA (笛忍者) + 21 MACRO PHOTOS

RETROSPECTIVE: BLUE TRACKS / TRACCE BLU (VIDEO, 2010)

“Blue Tracks / Tracce Blu” was made exactly 10 years ago: in January 2010. I created it through the Animoto platform, accepting the challenge of producing a video clip of thirty seconds of maximum duration. I took some of the macro photographic images of torn advertising posters. This is another video clip for “Lacer/actions” project. The dominant… Read More RETROSPECTIVE: BLUE TRACKS / TRACCE BLU (VIDEO, 2010)

MACRO PHOTOS OF A WASTE BASKET WITH CORROSIONS AND CRACKS

Video for Lacer/actions Project. The wear and tear of time causes corrosion and cracking. This is what happened to the waste baskets placed in the center of a surprising medieval village, Abbadia San Salvatore, on Mount Amiata, in the heart of Tuscany. The yellow paint, over the years, has peeled off and corroded, leaving room… Read More MACRO PHOTOS OF A WASTE BASKET WITH CORROSIONS AND CRACKS