90TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS CULMINATE WITH OPENING OF THE GUCCI MUSEO IN FLORENCE   A year of events in celebration of Gucci’s 90th anniversary will culminate with the official public opening of the GUCCI MUSEO inside the historic Palazzo della Mercanzia located in Florence’s Piazza Signoria.  A permanent exhibition from its rich and culturally significant archive, which  [ Read More ]

Getty Images announces recipients of 2011 Grants for Editorial Photography Five photojournalists are awarded $100,000 collectively, to pursue their documentary photography projects London, UK – 2 September, 2011 – Getty Images has announced that five photojournalists have been selected to each receive a grant of US$20,000, as well as collaborative editorial support from Getty Images,  [ Read More ]

Here the amazing line-up for 2011 BFI London Film Festival, with 204 feature films and 110 shorts over 16 days. In addition to our previously announced opening and closing night films, Fernando Meirelles’ 360 and Terence Davies’ The Deep Blue Sea, Gala highlights include George Clooney’s The Ides of March, Alexander Payne’s The Descendants, Lynne  [ Read More ]

   David Sylvian will tour Europe in March 2012, his first series of performances since 2007.Entitled “Implausible Beauty 2012”, some may have christened the project ‘The Implausible Tour’, as David has become increasingly reclusive and private in most aspects of his life and the notion of live performance seemingly anathema to him. However, recently,  [ Read More ]

What’s the world like according to Pupi Avati? SecondoMéFest In Padua Movies, Books, Music, Tastings and … Much More   SecondoMéFest Thursday November 3 > Saturday November 5, 2011 Padua | multiple venues Movies, books, music, tastings, symposiums and exhibitions: the first edition of SecondoMéFest, in Padua from November 3rd to November 5th, it’s all  [ Read More ]

In 1991, Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho and its central performance by River Phoenix had an enormous cultural impact, not least on a budding young actor named James Franco. Now Franco, following his celebrated performance in Van Sant’s Milk, returns the favour. As part of his ongoing visual-art practice, he has collaborated with  [ Read More ]

This is a conceptual art project by Praxis, curated by Vallejo Gantner, artistic director of PS122 in Manhattan. Praxis is the collaborative art team of Brainard and Delia Carey, and in this project, James Franco has collaborated with them. Praxis has been in the Whitney Museum Biennial and James Franco has exhibited his art work  [ Read More ]

  Born in 1964, the Lebanese fashion stylist Elie Saab is nowadays one of the best designer known in this world, estimated and desired by Hollywood, music, art and dynasties stars of today, from Queen Raina of Jordan to Angelina Jolie, Victoria of Sweden, Kristen Stewart, Kate Winslet and Diane Kruger. Launched his little fashion-label  [ Read More ]

In a terrific performance for the new lighting of the central streets of the city of Vicenza, and the Palladian Basilica too, Maestro Ennio Morricone has fascinated the public in his amazing show at the Vicenza City Theatre, last Sunday, offering with his over 150 elements orchestra (Roma Sinfonietta, , Nuovo coro Lirico Sinfonico Romano,  [ Read More ]

Four young photographers, 22 days, 9000 km, 1800 Polaroid films. To wait for them, the beautiful, wild and endless landscape of Scandinavia. It was the 3 of May 2010, about a year ago. Anna Morosini (aged 23, from Perugia), Elena Vaninetti (aged 25, from Milan), Gabriele Chiapparini (aged 29, from Bologna) and Andrea Colombo (aged  [ Read More ]