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Between 20 June 2008 and 14 September 2008 , the Ara Pacis  Museum in Rome (via di Ripetta 190) hosts a traveling exhibition on the creations of one of the greatest French architects and designers of the 20th century.

Jan Prouvé developed the idea of nomadic architecture, whereby a chair was given the same iconic importance as a house, designing both with transportability in mind. His work has had a lasting impact on furniture and industrial design.  His main achievement was transferring the manufacturing technology from industry to the architecture, without losing the aesthetic qualities.

It demonstrates how Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) had a remarkable capacity to combine entrepreneurial skills with craftsmanship, design and architecture.
More than 100 of his works, executed between 1924 and the mid 70s are included in this exhibition:

50 objects of design(chairs, tables, desks, beds, lamps), architectonic elements, various architectural models as well as a rich selection of signed drawings and studies for the Péchiney pavilion in Paris.

Prouvé is considered a leading exponent of industrialized building.

Jean was born in Nancy. In Nancy in 1923 he opened what would be the first in a string of his own workshops and studios. He produced wrought iron lamps, chandeliers, hand rails and began designing furniture. In 1947 he built the Maxéville factory. After Maxéville he started "Constructions Jean Prouvé" In 1957 he started the Industrial Transport Equipment Company and built the Rotterdam Medical School, the Exhibition Center in Grenoble and the Orly Airways Terminal façade.The metal furniture of Jean Prouvé was produced copiously in every studio and workshop. Prouvé was influential in the development of the idea of nomadic architecture, likening a chair to a house, and designing both with portability in mind.He died in Nancy in 1984.

Opening hours

Tuesday – Sunday 9.00/10.00am – 7.00/8.00pm

Entrance ticket

ordinary: € 6,50; reduced: € 4,50;

How to get to the Ara Pacis Museum  with Rome  public transport :

Museo Dell’Ara Pacis, Lungotevere Augusto (near Piazza del Popolo) . If you stay in Rome central Hotel this is going to be easy to get there.

From Termini station take line A metro and get off at the stop "Spagna"

After six years of incredible success, we will witness again  this summer famous Animated Nights on the Terraces of Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome from the 2nd July to the 24th August 2008. This event puts together on a stage different evening shows from 20:45 till 0:45 and gives opportunity to breath the fantastic atmosphere of one of the most beautiful sights of Rome.

Each night there will be 5 shows, which will be held 5  times in the bastions and courtyards with different schedules. 

This event, in collaboration with the  Special Supreme council  for the Roman Museum Pole  and with the patronage of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, aims to enliven the summer evenings of Romans and tourists of all ages, through a rich ladder of performances of folk and classical music, exhibitions of magicians, jesters, weapon masters, acrobats, puppeteers and exhibitions of gold jewelry crafts, like ‘The Jewels Made in Italy’. 

In addition to many spectacles and other shows

Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome

it will be possible to walk along the crenelated walls and  visit the courtyards, forts and loggias,  Historical Rooms, admire from the Terrace of Sant’Angelo the charming and intriguing show of Rome by night, enjoy this wonderful view  and the lights of  evening Rome. Something new in this edition will be from the overwhelming tango sensational acrobats to heart-touching and entertaining interactive theaters performances. On the occasion of the event ‘On the Terraces of Castel Sant’Angelo’ the Pontifical Prisons will have  extraordinary openning to the public in the evening with guided tours.

The shows taking place on the terraces are accessible also for people with disabilities, as there is an electric platform, connecting the various levels of the Castle.

More information on opening hours and scheduled performances can be found at: http://www.castelsantangelo.com or through the following contact numbers: +390690287455; +393925187760.

Do not miss this great Roman Summer appointment- book your stay in Rome and enjoy its marvelous evenings at one the most beautiful places of Eternal City!

From May 23rd to June 08th the CinaviCina Festival is taking place in one of the  most fascinating city: Rome and the exhibits of art and culture and traditional performances of the world’s most populous country will be even hosted in one of the Renzo Piano ‘s pearl of architecture, the Auditorium Parco della Musica.

AUDITORIUM

The Auditorium’s construction began in September 1995. At north of Parioli District and at East from Flaminio District and just at south from the Olympic Village, the location was accurately chosen to foster a new dignity in this area. This intent is also underlined by the concept that this building wants to represent as both source of attraction and as source for everyday local use.

The Auditorium has three Music Halls named after Santa Cecilia, Petrassi and Sinopoli, which are immersed in a large park with trees with an impressive theatrical cavea, facing the Olympic Village.

THE IDEA

The CinaviCina Festival is jointly produced by the Fondazione Musica for Rome and the Centre of International Cultural Exchange, with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China. The Fondazione Musica worked on this project for two years, trying to take the most of the Chinese culture, individuating the most preminent rapresentatives in all the creative fields: from traditional songs and dances to the theatre and the cinema, to cuisine, massage and kung fu. The Festival ‘s name takes origin from the movie of the Italian director Marco Bellocchio entitled “La Cina è vicina” (China is close), screened at the Venice Festival of the Cinema in 1967. Never as before China is felt “close” to Europeans like today, not only as a commercial partner and/or opponent as in first instance it has been for decades but even as a cultural identity with its own history and costumes.  This Festival wants to enlarge the cultural vision of China in Europe and help the intercultural exchange. Dialogue and knowledge can only strengthen the al comprehension of two civilisations that are so distant in many different ways. Highly appreciated by the Chinese Embassy in Italy, Sun Yuxi, who highlighted the importance for the relation among Italy and China.

PERFORMANCES

The Festival covers different kind of exhibitions and displays. We will be fascinated from the beginning and get to the mood with the Dongguan Shipai Lion Dancing Troupe, which opens the event and “Sticks” is the dance show of the Guandong Modern Dance Company. with Kung Fu will be the main key in the spectacle of the Gongfu MonkGroup of the Shoalin Temple (June 1^st and 2^nd), the Changqing Acrobatic Troupe will stun viewers with amazing acrobatic routines (May 28^th – 29^th). About music we will pass through the Mongolia Chorus accompanied by local instruments thanks to the Mongolia Youth Chorus and the Butterfly girls Band (June 07^th and 8^th) until the modern music exhibitions of the eminent composer Guo Wenjing (May 23^rd – 24^th).

If you plan to visit Italy during this period, and maybe are looking forward into opening an enterprise with Chinese counterparts, then do not hesitate to participate in this unforgettable initiative. Book you stay in one of the stylish hotels in Rome-YES HOTEL, from which you will easily reach Auditorium.

And, yes, China is near, China is here, in Rome.

From April 6 2008 Exhibition dedicated to Joan Mirò is coming to Rome, one of the greatest protagonists of the 1900’s, near the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome. The exposed works come from the Foundation Mirò of Barcelone and include 26 paintings (aquarelles and aqueforti) but also 4 wonderful bronze sculptures, works of the artistic maturity of Mirò, where it can be noticed the great mental opening of the new artist care tendencies like Informal and the Action Painting.

About one of the greatest contemporary artist -Joan Mirò:

He was born in Barcelone on April 20,1893 of a family of goldsmiths and watchmakers. During his youth he moved to Paris in 1920 where under the influence of various poets and writers he developed his unique style using sharp lines on plane paintings combined with organic forms. His works has been interpreted as Surrealism.

Joan Mirò never became a real member of the Surrealists which gave him a complete freedom to experiment many different artistic styles without worries of being ‘accused’ to be not ‘real’ or ‘true’ Surrealist.

Joan Mirò , a slide show

In the final years of his life Mirò created numerous sculptures and ceramics. Some of the most famous are : ‘Wall of the Moon’ and ‘Wall of the Sun’ which are on exhibition at the UNESCO building in Paris. He also has created a few temporary window paintings on glass.

Joan Mirò won a several awards in his lifetime : 1958-Venice Biennale ;  1959-The Guggenheim International Award ; 1980- Gold Medal of Fine Arts from King Juan Carlos of Spain.

Nowadays his paintings sell for between 250 thousand and 10 million  US Dollars (in case you would want to purchase).

This Art Exhibition in Rome starts on April 6 2008 and bears the name of " Galería de antirretratos " and owns its organization to the anniversary of the 135 years of activity in Rome of the Real Academy of Spain in cooperation with the the Ministry of the Culture and the Culture and Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

This Rome Exhibition is free, and the location is off Viale Trastevere.

How to get there ? If you stay in My Hotel Rome take Metro Line B from Castro Pretorio (direction Laurentina), get off at Circo Massimo then take bus line 75 (Poerio/Marino) for 12 stops, get off at “Fabrizi” .

Mirò. Galería de antirretratos

Accademia Reale Accademia di Spagna – Sala Espositiva

P.zza San Pietro in Montorio, 3

Opening: 4 aprile, ore 19.30

Period for visiting: 6 aprile 2008 – 25 maggio 2008

Who

Carlo Levi was born in Turin in 1902 , he died in Rome in 1975. His family was quite rich and he had the possibility to follow the studies and received a university degree in Medicine, but his passion has always been painting to which he attributed the value of freedom. He was a diversly talented artist, as his artistic interests sweep between the painting and the writing.

He was a great writer, wrote a good number of books during his life but his masterpiece remains “Christ stopped at Eboli”. Levi is the symbol one of the major exponents of the Italian culture of twentieth-century.

Against the futurism avant-garde and after some years spent in Paris Carlo Levi joined the movement called “The six of Turin” starting doing some exhibitions all around Italy. If at the beginning he started to paint in chair colours then after his Roman stay he began to prefer more realistic paintings.

This is exactly what you can see in the Rome exhibition, which has on display 46 paintings of Levi, paintings in where you will be able to observe the passage from a chair style to the one of a more expressionist with dense brush-stroke. Most of the paintings are portraits, but in the ones where the city of Rome is the subject , appear one secret city distant from the one of “Caput Mundi”.

Where

In Torlonia Villa, one of the Rome’ s best preserved villas.

Villa Torlonia is a huge park scattered with plenty of small monuments. Torlonia’s Villa has also been the residence of Mussolini, during the Second World War and was occupiedby the allied Anglo-american military forces in Rome.

Then in 1975 the Italian government (Rome’s municipality) bought the Villa and from the 1976 it opened to the public.

You can enjoy a beautiful walk after you have admired Carlo Levi’s masterpieces.

When

From 27 of February to 15 of June.

Entrance fee 9 euro.

Where to stay

Certainly in the Hotel of the Artistes of Rome such as Hotel Des Artistes, or the sister Rome Hotel and romantic My Hotel Rome.

Still want to read more ? Then see  here for another Carlo Levi Exhibit Rome read in italian.

Live at the Boat Show Rome 2008

The new “Fiera di Roma” – the New Rome Fair, the space of Rome for different expositions, trade fairs, special events, festivals and exhibitions will accommodate for the second year The Blue Big Rome Exposé.

From the 28th of February it will be possible to visit this big and unusual event that will bring together the different realities of the fantastic water world.

1000 mq of exposition space present from underwater field to the nautical one, from the sails field to the tourist offers.

“Boat show”, “Eudishow”, “Gommoshow” are the 3 respective events inside the BIG BLU, which are displayed all over this fair. But this year there is as well another event inside the biggest one: The Pelagos project.

Boat show is the biggest one. 80000 mq of exposition shows nautical accessories and boats of different types.  See here for

last year Rome Sea Expo.

Eudi show (European Diving news) comes to its XVI edition and it’s the European event that put together a crescent number of people who practise the underwater sport.

Gommoshow comes to its VII edition characterised by exposition of nautical  boats especially, turning again the attention, to the pneumatic boats. Passing from a pavilion to another one voilà that you have exposition and furniture for people who are working with this trade, nautical school, specialized books, a dedicated area for nautical tourism and finally shopping and beauty area.

Pelagos project celebrates its 10 years and in this expò proposes plans dedicated to the Mediterranean sea and the valorisation of the marine heritage.

Some example of the activities during these 5 fantastic days:

28 of February: 10.00-13.00 pavilion 9 “ Navigar m’è dolce” sails to disposition of the young people in the ventilated swimming pool.

29 of February, 12.30-13.30 pav.1 : tracks from Antibes’s

festival .

1 of march, 10.30-11.00 pavilion 9 Nase and Greenpeace.

2 of March 11.00-11.30 convention about sea’s rights

3 of march 13.00-15.00 Exposition in swimming pool.

The New Rome Fair location is along on the highway to Fiumicino outside Rome, and  is certainly worth staying in Rome for a few days and  if you stay in our My Hotel Rome  by the Termini station it is in easy reach by train with Trenitalia, the journey is only 45 minutes and your stop will be "Fiera di Roma".

See all the Rome Fair Events in 2008.

I decided to go buy some dvds abd the perfect place for me to go get them was Via del Corso. I first went to Ricordi Media in Termini station which is located very near Nice Hotel Rome. They had what I was looking for but I decided to try in Via del Corso too.

 

So I hopped on the metro and took the A line to Piazza del Popolo. There just happened to be a display by the police as it was their 155th year anniversary. What caught my eye immediately was the police cars on display and one in particular. However I wasn’t the only person to notice it. It was a favourite with everybody. I mean its not everyday you get to see a Lamborghini. This one was a patrol car and they use it for the highway. They were complaining that their Volvos were too old and too many cars were getting away from them. This car looked really good, apart from the paint job, which was in the plain police blue and white.

 

 

This got me thinking about sports cars and I remember seeing the Ferrari store which is in the same part of the city. The store is located in Via Tomacelli 147/152 and is open from 10:00 to 19:30 Monday to Saturday and from 11:00 till 19:30 on Sunday. The price range at this store is incredible. Items start off from around 4.50 euro up to 40.000 euro if you want a Ferrari engine of course.

The quality of everything as can be expected is exceptional, it should be for the amount you have tp pay for it. They have everything here from clothes to leisure items like Prancing Horse paper weights and sunglasses. All of which are beautifully designed and look really good. After I have saved up a bit more I think I will take a trip to the store and buy one or two very small and very cheap things, for now I will have to settle for my dvds.

So off to the store. I think that Ricordi Media is the cheapest when it comes to buying cd’s and pc games. They have everything under one roof. Even if you want to take your music experience a little further you can buy guitars drumbs or keyboards from here. They also have sheet music and guitar tabs available for both bass and rhythem guitars.

 

 

I was quite impressed with the many different types of genres and artists of music available at Ricordi. If you are a metal head, like to chill out and listen to good old Bob Marley or if you are a dedicated techno raving dance machine they have it all. You can also get your I Pods, Playsations and X-Boxes too. Its all really very convenient. So you don’t have to go back and forth all the time. You can get all your shopping done in one place and then spend the rest of the time looking around and sight-seeing.

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