The Bauhaus Movement in Weimar, Germany is a design and architectural movement which shaped modern cities: office buildings, schools, shopping malls find their conceptual roots in the Bauhaus movement of modern art and architecture dating back to the school of arts and crafts established in Weimar, 1902 by the Belgian artist Henry van de Velde.

Sienna, sister city with Weimar since 1995, recently inaugurated an exhibition on the Bauhaus movement which will run until April 17^th at Palazzo Pubblico and is open daily from 12:00 to 17:00

Free admittance.

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• The Bauhaus School, Weimar, 1919

Siena celebrates the fine arts in an exhibition starting March 26, 2010 until July – a collection of 300 amongst the most precious works of art from Jacopo della Quercia to Donatello, all early renaissance artists.

The art exhibition will take place at Santa Maria della Scala. Several itineraries within Siena from the Duomo to the Museo dell’Opera will guide you through carming Siena, along with several other initiatives involving other museums:

• San Gimignano
• Montepulciano
• Buonconvento
• Asciano
• Pienza

The difference between this and former art exhibitions lies in the selection of works on display, a selection organized in cooperation with London and Paris.

Name of the art exhibition:

“Da Jacopo della Quercia a Donatello. Le arti a Siena nel primo Rinascimento”

Opens on March 26^th 2010 and will remain open until July.

One of the finest hotels in Siena is Hotel Campo Regio. Located in the central Via della Sapienza, Hotel Campo Regio is an ancient residence situated in the historical centre of Siena, with an elegant entrance of the XVI century offers two splendid terraces and wide windows on Camporegio valley and a view on Torre del Mangia, the Duomo, the sanctuary of Santa Caterina and the church of San Domenico. Hotel Campo Regio was already mentioned in the cartographies of 1500, it has been for long time a noble dwelling.

When booking we advise you to ask for room #6

Hotel Campo Regio information, bookings and rates

David LaChapelle is a unique photographer and director well known for his surreal, and often humorous style in the fashion, advertising, and fine art photography industries. He has published books of original photography featuring portraits of famous celebrities.

At the Galleria d’Arte Poggiali e Forconi in Florence a personal photographic exhibition was inagurated on February 28^th. A collection of 40 photos and a video on the backstage of Deluge inspired by the Sistine Chapel and a outcry against consumerism.

DAVID LACHAPELLE FIRENZE
Galleria Poggiali e Forconi
Via della Scala, 35/A
Project Room
Via Benedetta, 3 /rosso
50123 Firenze
March 1 – March 6, 2009

hours: Monday – Saturday 9:30 – 19:30 Sunday by appointment

Tel. 055.287748
Fax. 055.2729406

email: info@poggialieforconi.it

www.poggialieforconi.it

Free Entrance

In just a few days at the Museo Stale d’Arte Medievale e moderna in Arezzo, an exhibition named:

“I Della Robbia, il dialogo tra le Arti nel Rinascimento”

will be inaugurated.

Luca Della Robbia was the first of 3 generations of very talented artists covering more than 1 century of intense and innovative sculpting activities in Tuscany. He developed a glazing technique, significantly improving the duration of creations for the outdoors, and the exterior of buildings.

Andrea, Giovanni, Francesco, Marco and Girolamo followed in their predecessor’s footsteps and produced a charming line of creations throughout the 1400s leading into the mid 1500s.

The exhibition features other important artists of the Renaissance:

• Donatello
• Ghiberti
• Andrea del Verrocchio
• Rossellino
• Pisanello
• Filippo Lippi
• Pollaiolo
• Ghirlandaio
• Perugino

Activities for families and children, as well as guided itneraries will enrich your visit.

Arezzo is proud to welcome you. Here you will find both the the city and the beautiful valleys of the Tuscany countryside:

• Valdichiana
• Valtiberina
• Valdarno
• Casentino

The event opens on Feb. 21^st 2009 and will end on June 7^th 2009

More information is available here ( English section of the website is foreseen) .

Hotel Relais looks forward to welcoming you in any on of these fine hotels in the immediate vicinities of Arezzo:

• Castelletto di Montebenichi in Bucine
• Villa Belpoggio in Loro Ciuffenna
• Torre Santa Flora in Subbiano

All amongst the finest and best Luxury Hotels in Tuscany

The Madonna del Cardellino by Raphael is returned to the general public after 9 years of careful restoration. The masterpiece will be on exhibition at Palazzo Medici Riccardi in Florence, prior to the final destination in the Uffizi scheduled in March 2009.

To celebrate the event a specific exhibition has been organized:

“Love Art and Grace. Raphael, la Madonna del Cardellino restored”

The restoration was performed by the Opificio delle Pietre Dure and was a particularly difficult task.

The exhibition was inaugurated on November 23^rd and will continue through March 1^st 2009, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Via Cavour, 3

Information: +39.055 2760340

The Exhibition is open every day (with the exception of Wednesday) from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM

Admission tickets: € 7,00 (reduced fair € 4,00)

Antonio Davide is a well known artist now living and working in the Valdambra valley, not far from Castelletto di Montebenichi, one of our fine 4 star hotels near Bucine (Arezzo).

A prolific artist, Antonio Davide, expresse his creativity in a number of ways in painting, terracotta, ceramics, glass, video and performance with the involvement of the public.

In 2009 he will open an atelier – a sort of “renaissance shop” for those interested in the arts, where wine tasting will be part of visitors experience.

Antonio Davide has been active for 30 years and has exhibited his creations in many locations worldwide (Biennale di Venezia, and personal exhibitions in New York, Milan, Paris, Rome, Naples, Montevideo, Stuttgart, Florence, Long Island, Genova, Arezzo, Venice, Sharjah – United Arab Emirates … )

For More information on Antonio Davide visit his website: www.antoniodavide.com

Florence pays a tribute to Catherine and Maria de’ Medici with an art exhibition in Palazzo Strozzi inaugurated last Friday.

After 400 years Florence celebrates the myth of 2 of her most powerful ladies of the past with a unique collection of monumental tapestries displayed in Paris in the Galleria dei Gobelins in the Castle of Chambord.

15 spectacular masterpieces (some 5 meters high) dedicated to the legendary Queen Artemisia. The event depicted by the tapestries was inspired by the epic poem Historie de la Royne Arthemise (1561-1562) by Nicholas Houel, a tribute to Queen Catherine de’ Medici where Houel combined the events of 2 Artemisie d’antan, both queens of Caria, a region of todays Turkey.

The event is taking place at:

Palazzo Strozzi, piazza Strozzi, Firenze
Hours: Every day 9:00-20:00. Thursday 9:00-23:00. Visitors are allowed in up to 1 hour prior to closing time.
Tickets: Full fare € 10; reduced rate € 8,50 – 8 – 7,50; schools € 4.
Information: 055.2645155, www.palazzostrozzi.org.

Hotel Relais is proud to suggest any one of the following hotels in Florence while visiting this fine art exhibition:

5 star hotels:

• Villa Olmi Resort at Bagno a Ripoli
• Montebello Splendid in central Florence

4 star hotels:

Lungarno Suite in central Florence

UNA Palazzo Mannaioni at Montaione

Hotel Bernini Palace in Fiorence

Plaza Hotel Lucchesi in Fiorence

Historical Residences

Residenza del Moro in Fiorence

BATEAU IVRE, the modern art exhibition inaugurated in April, will remain open until September 28th.

The exhibition is located in Montepulciano, Tuscany in the Cantina Icario in an area created by the famous Architects Valle & Valle, and reviewed by famous magazines such as Domus, AD, Exibart, Lifestyle …

This contemporary art exhibition feature important Italian artists:

• Gabriele Arruzzo
• Pier Luigi Malignano
• Maurizio Cannavacciuolo
• Alberto Di Fabio
• Fulvio Di Piazza
• Nathalie Du Pasquier
• Massimo Kaufmann
• Laboratorio Saccardi
• Francesco Lauretta
• Andrea Mastrovito
• Davide Nido
• Cristiano Pintaldi
• Antonio Riello

and others.

BATEAU IVRE – Progetto Culturale Icario

Art direction: Aldo Premoli

CANTINA ICARIO
Via delle Pietrose 2
53045 Montepulciano, Siena – Tuscany
Tel. +39 0578 75 88 45

www.icario.it