Gaetano Fiore wins the 2011 Il Segno Contemporary Art Prize

Artist Gaetano Fiore and wife Elizabetta at the Il Segno Prize Ceremony

The other weekend I was invited by my ever productive and active Italian artist friend Gaetano Fiore to attend the Il Segno Art Prize awards ceremony at the Zamenhof Art Gallery in Milan.I'd heard on the grapevine that Gaetano might well win a prize.  Indeed, he did.For his evocative and … [Read more...]

Visiting the Uffizi in Florence Virtually With Uffizi Touch

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If, like me, you have not yet got round to visiting the Uffizi art gallery in Florence, which my Italian other half has visited and raved about, but you are lucky enough to have an iPhone, or even better, an iPad - Apple's amazing technological jewels which double as app holders, you can now one of … [Read more...]

Arcimboldo in Milan

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If you've never seen the amazing work of the Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593), now is your chance. At Milan's Palazzo Reale right smack in the centre of Milan, Italy, an Arcimboldo exhibition is now on, and will be on until 22 May 2011.I would thoroughly recommend giving this … [Read more...]

Italian Artist Gaetano Fiore Dedicates Exhibition to Jazz Great Bill Dixon

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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...]