MIKE + DOUG STARN BIG BAMBÚ

January 15th, 2013 by admin

Big Bamboo, the huge installation by American artists Mike and Doug Stern and recipient of the 2012 Enel Contemporanea award, is on display at Rome’s MACRO Testaccio until 27 February. The exhibit is one of the most prestigious international appointments in the world of contemporary art. Doug and Mike Starn are identical twins who have been working together for over twenty years, focusing mainly upon conceptual art and photography. Their works are conceived as original organic structures in evolution and can be seen in many public and private collections all over the world. Such important museums and galleries as New York’s MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum, Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria, the Yokohama Museum of Art in Japan and the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris have hosted their works.

St. George Rome, a 5 star Luxury Hotel in centre of Rome , located in a streategic position close to the city’s most important monuments and streets such as Navona SquareCastel St. Angelo and Campo dei Fiori, offers its customers convenient packages for this special occasion. One of these is the Best of Rome:


The package includes:

  • Full American buffet breakfast
  • Free entrance to Vatican Museum and Sistin Chappel avoiding the cue
  • Welcome Cocktail
  • 20% Discount on SPA on body treatments
  • Vat 10% per room per night included in room rate
  • Rate is based on 3 nights stay
  • The package cannot be combined with any other offer
  • Check in time: 15:00 – Check out time: 12:00

City tax 3.00 euro per person per night not included in room rate

The Crowne Plaza Rome St. Peter’s4 star superior hotel near the luxurious parks of Villa Pamphili and Villa Carpegna, at 3 km from the Vatican Museums and from the city center, also offers its customers convenient packages, like for example the Advanced Purchase Rate 25:
The above rate includes:

  • 25% Discount on best available daily rate
  • 10% VAT
  • Free parking
  • Rate is bookable until 7 days prior to arrival date
  • Total stay will be charged on client credit card at time of booking. The booking is not refundable in case of cancellation
  • Children policy: Accommodation is free for 2 children less than 12 years old sharing parents’ room
  • Breakfast not included
  • Check in time: 15:00 – Check out time: 12:00

– City tax equal to EUR 3.00 per person per night NOT INCLUDED in the room rate.

 

 

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WILLIAM KENTRIDGE. VERTICAL THINKING

January 8th, 2013 by admin
The exhibition Vertical Thinking rotates around the installation “The Refusal of Time” produced for the occasion of Documenta 13 in Kassel and hosted in Italy for the first time at MAXXI. This powerful, embracing and evocative installation has been reconfigured for Museum’s Gallery 5 and the result is an explosion of music, images, shadow play with a pulsing machine in the middle that recalls Da Vinci. This work is in dialogue with various others from the MAXXI collection and the spectator is completely immersed in a story that is epic, ...

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BRUEGHEL and the Wonders of Flemish Art

January 1st, 2013 by admin
This is one of the most anticipated exhibitions of the new year: a large expo dedicated to masterpieces by the Brueghel dynasty. An illustrated history of the extraordinary talent of the most distinguished family of Flemish artists between the 16th and 17th centuries. Works on exhibit arrive from the most prestigious private collections and museums in Italy and abroad. The talent and the vision of humanity (even grotesque at times) of the Brueghel dynasty left a mark on the history of art for centuries to come. Brueghel was influenced by ...

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PAUL KLEE AND ITALY

December 26th, 2012 by admin
The GNAM National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art announces a large-scale exhibit dedicated to the relationship Paul Klee (1879-1940) had with Italy. The show features over 100 works by Klee and other Italian and non-Italian artists such as Kandinsky, Moholy Nagy, Max Bill, Albers, Licini, Soldati, Perilli, and Novelli etc. The Paul Klee and Italy exhibition analyses the influence that Italian culture and landscapes had upon the artist’s work in reference to the various phases of his artistic biography from the beginning of the Bauhaus period to his final ...

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CANOVA. THE SIGN OF THE GLORY

December 18th, 2012 by admin
The Museo di Roma at Palazzo Braschi is hosting an exhibit until 7 April dedicated to the great Canova. Works chosen for the show make up the world’s largest collection: 79 sketches accompanied by 15 etches, 6 original plaster models, 4 temperas, an oil painting, two terra cottas and two marbles that allow visitors to visualize all stages of a work of art, from its conception to its realization. This exhibit takes on the study of Canova’s design from two points of view: a stylistic one (illustrating its characteristics and ...

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ROBERT DOISNEAU. Paris en liberté.

December 11th, 2012 by admin
The halls of Rome’s Palazzo delle Esposizioni will host over 200 original photographs taken by Doisneau in the City of Lights between 1934 and 1991, grouped together by themes. The exhibition leads the spectator through an exciting journey into the gardens of Paris, along the Seine and through the streets of the city and suburbs to then take them to Parisian bistros, fashion houses and art galleries. Doisneau was the author of a great number of photographic works, most of which were taken in Paris. He was also to become ...

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GABRIELS AND THE ITALIAN CUTE NYMPHET

December 4th, 2012 by admin
The Museo Canonica is offering a never-before-seen exhibition that compares works by Italian sculptor Gabriels (Paolo Gabrielli) to some of those by Pietro Canonica. These two marvellous artists will be displayed face-to-face for a “reflection” upon the images linked to the pathos of the Nymphet and its gradual decline and decay in today’s world followed by its current incarnation as the modern Cute Nymphet toy (Etant Dunny). Works by Gabriels are reconnected to the “cute” dimension of Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara as well as to American Pop Surrealism and ...

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LE CORBUSIER’S ITALY

November 27th, 2012 by admin
The Maxxi Museum is dedicating a show to Le Corbusier (the pseudonym of Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), the brilliant architect-sculptor-painter. The exposition features over 600 original drawings, sketches, water paintings, paintings and photographs and adopts a chronological and thematic format to document the many influences Italy had upon the training and work of this master: from his first trips at the beginning of the 20th century to the projects - which never went into construction – for the Olivetti Electronic Calculation Centre in Rho and the hospital in Venice of the 1960’s. ...

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ROMA CAPUT MUNDI

November 20th, 2012 by admin
The Special Superintendence for Rome's Archaeological Heritage is telling the story of Ancient Rome's political and cultural expansion for the very first time through an exhibition. The Coliseum, the Curia Julia and the Temple of Caesar in the Roman Forum are the areas in which the exhibit takes place: from the origins of Rome to the conquest of Italy and her provinces; the cultural and religious influx; slavery and the ethnic melting pot; ancient and modern visions. All of these concepts are displayed through sculptures, reliefs, mosaics, fresco paintings, bronzes ...

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MEDITERRANEE by Pedro Cano

November 13th, 2012 by admin
Trajan’s Market is hosting an exhibition dedicated to the great Spanish artist Pedro Cano. The show is similar to a journey through his recollections to illustrate the colours, history and secrets of three islands – Majorca, Patmos, Sicily – and the six cities of Alexandria, Cartagena, Istanbul, Naples, Split and Venice. Pedro Cano dedicates six images to every city and island in his loving homage to the sea and the places he visited during his travels: watercolour paintings on paper are mounted to form a single composition. ...

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