Be a Mouse and Head for Cheese 2011

Gorgeous Goat's Cheese Gorgonzola

Hey cheese lovers, have you heard that Cheese 2011 - the cheese event of the year - is to melt the hearts of cheese fans the world over?  Those who don't go will probably feel very cheesed off, if not a little mouldy.For those who do churn their milky way towards Cheese 2011 in Brà, Piedmont … [Read more...]

Painting the Poems in Cortona

Because You Saw This Face And Painted It

Guest writer Victoria Smith takes a look at an exhibition in Tuscany which combines poetry and art:The exhibit of Edward Mayes, award-winning poet/scholar, and Alberto Alfonso, acclaimed architect/artist, represents a remarkable collaboration of friends. The exhibit is a testimony to the genius … [Read more...]

Italian Artist Gaetano Fiore Dedicates Exhibition to Jazz Great Bill Dixon

Bill Dixon

Music and art have much in common.  Take Jazz for example, jazz is to music what abstract is to art, with both abstract art and jazz drawing heavily upon improvisation.  Musicians such as late jazz great Bill Dixon have always found inspiration in art, while artists like Gaetano Fiore seek to … [Read more...]

Talented Italian Artists at the Zamenhof in Milan

Last week, Italian artist friend of mine Gaetano Fiore asked me if I would like to attend the opening evening of the Anima Mundi exhibition at the Galleria Zamenhof in Milan.  I'm pleased to say that I went, and aside from learning more about Italy's contemporary art market, I also met some … [Read more...]

Gaetano Fiore at Castello Estense in Ferrara

Post Avanguardia Art Exhibition

The works of my Italian artist friend Gaetano Fiore are going to be on show as part of the Post-Avanguardia exhibition which opens a little latter this month in the Castello Estense in Ferrara, I'm pleased to announce.Running from the 22nd to 30th May, 2010, the exhibition is open from 10 am … [Read more...]