- Rome: ¡Flamenco!, 10 – 20 September 2009
If you have a passion for flamenco, or if you simply would like to learn more about this traditional Spanish form of art, do not miss ¡Flamenco!, in Rome from the 10th to the 20th of September. - Rome: Festa d’Africa (Africa festival), 8 – 15 September 2009
Many features of African art and culture are not well-known all around the world, and when we think about the black continent our mind goes to its wonderful, exotic landscapes, to its rhythms and to its colours. However, contemporary African art and culture are definitely worth being known and supported, both for their aesthetic value and because they give us the possibility to discover another point of view and a different world view. - Rome: Etruscomix, Etruria in comics, 30 June – 25 October 2009
Creating comics is a real form of art, although it is too often considered as a bare entertainment for kids. In fact comics are powerful means of communication and tools to express one’s creativity and imagination. - Rome: Gran Ballo di Ferragosto, 15 August 2009
Ferragosto, together with the longed for summer holidays, is coming! Those who are not lucky enough to travel to some exotic locality, or simply to relax at the seaside or in the mountains, and have to stay in the city, will have the possibility to spend a cheerful and carefree day thanks to the number of events that take place in Italian cities to celebrate the event. - Rome: Taiwan images and movement, 7 August 2009
If you want to spend a night discovering a different and fascinating culture and place, do not miss “Taiwan images and movement”. - Rome: Japan. Tradition and innovation, 26 June – 10 September 2009
If you have a passion for drawing, and in particular for Japanese drawing, do not miss the exhibition “Japan. Tradition and innovation”, in Rome from the 26th of June to the 10th of September. - Rome: FotoGrafia, International Photography Festival, 29th May – 2nd August 2009
From the 29th of May to the 2nd of August Rome will become the capital city of photography. In that period, indeed, the eternal city will host the 8th edition of “FotoGrafia”, an international photography festival that is always very appreciated by all those who have a passion for this form of art. - Rome: God Save the Punk, from the 12th to the 24th of May 2009
Is it possible to bring punk to theatre? Is it possible to represent one of the most deflagrating music phenomena ever with the limits of a play, without losing its explosive power? The show “God Save the Punk”, in Rome from May the 12th to the 24th, is an evidence of the fact that it is possible to tell the story of punk on a theatre stage mixing words and music, images and drama. - Rome: Brazil through its Artists from the 21st of April to the 23rd of May 2009
Brazil is a wonderful and fascinating country, pervaded as it is by amazing colours and landscapes and captivating music and rhythm. A melting-pot of cultures characterised by deep-rooted traditions, Brazil is one of the most longed-for travel destinations for travellers from all over the world, and it is universally appreciated and well-known for Rio Carnival, for its beaches, for the Amazon Forest, but also for the art and culture which emanate from this country. - Rome: Art and Advertising. Italian Advertisement and Avant-Gardes 1920-1940, 26th February-24th May
From the 26th of February to the 24th of May the exhibition “Art and Advertising. Italian Advertisement and Avant-Gardes 1920-1940” will be held in Rome. The exhibitory spaces of Casino dei Principi, in Musei di Villa Torlonia, will host about 100 posters realised between the 20s and the 40s, which show the connection between art and advertising and between advertising and industrial and economic development. - Rome: Futurism Avant-garde – Avant-gardes, from 20th of February to 24th of May 2009
On the 20th of February, exactly 100 years after the publication of the Manifesto of Futurism in Le Figaro by Tommaso Marinetti, the exhibition “Futurism Avant-garde – Avant-gardes” has been opened in Rome. - Rome: American Roadside Architecture from 27th of March to 3rd of May 2009
From the famous Route 66 to Kerouac’s On the Road, not forgetting many cult movies like Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider, American highways are become part of the public imagination and a symbol for travel and adventure. - Rome: Dissonanze from 8th to 9th of May 2009
Also this year Rome will host Dissonanze, one of the most important and best-known festivals of electronic music and digital art in Italy. Every year the festival showcases the best electronic music, as well as other genres of digital art, such as projections, video-installations and three-dimensional images. - Rome: Fuoriserie from 18th to 19th of April 2009
When we speak about Made in Italy, we also refer to the world of motors: many Italian car manufacturers are well-known all around the world, and the models of some marks, like Ferrari and Maserati, are real cult cars.
One of the main manifestation of the passion of Italians for the world of cars is “Fuoriserie”, one of the most important motor shows in Italy. The third edition of Fuoriserie will take place in Rome from the 18th to the 19th of April, and all those who have a passion for period cars, but not only for that, are on the starting grid, ready to spend a weekend in Rome and admire the cars that have gone down in history or to grab the chance to expand their own fleet of cars. - Berlin: MaerzMusik – Contemporary Music Festival, from 20 to 29 March 2009
Germany has always played a main role in the field of music, and in Germany some of the most important last centuries composers were born. Although it has a strong music tradition, it is not resting on its laurels, and instead of just celebrating its glorious past, it keeps look at the future. MaerzMusik, the contemporary music festival which is held every year in Berlin, can be seen as a part of this musical tradition, since it contributes to the diffusion and development of new music trends. - Poggioreale cemetery an open air museum
Sometimes if you want to know something more about a city’s history, art and famous people, you should visit unusual places, different from museums, monuments or exhibitions. - Peter Steinhauer photography in Hanoi Vietnam
From the 12th December to the 2nd January the Art Vietnam Gallery in Hanoi will host an exhibition dedicated to a photographer that has devoted himself to portray Vietnamese people and landscapes: Peter Steinhauer, an artist who was born in the United States but who was adopted by Vietnam, and who has succeeded, through his pictures, to depict Vietnam in a very good way.
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