25 April 2024
Before we discuss their art, it is important to remember the words the greatest artists have used to describe it. The most well-known are from Pablo Picasso…
14 March 2024
Celebrating renewal and rebirth, Easter is the oldest and most important Christian festival. It is recognised all over the world, and not always with religious reverence. In…
7 March 2024
It really happened. In August 2018, on a visit to Fundação de Serralves in Porto, Portugal, an Italian tourist ‘fell’ into a ‘black hole.’ The work in…
22 February 2024
Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway), the leading character of the film The Devil Wears Prada (2005), hadn’t realised the power of Miranda Priestley when, during a styling session,…
8 February 2024
A year ago, on the occasion of our museum workshop, Su la maschera! (‘Masks Up!’), Carnival became the star of our Blog. However, we forgot to write…
23 January 2024
On July 4th, 1776, American Founding Father, statesman and Patriot John Hancock (1737 - 1793) put his signature to the United States Declaration of Independence. His signature…
19 January 2024
Emma Emma’s life was marked by books from the very beginning: her mother – who imagined an emancipated future for her daughter – decided to name her…
12 January 2024
In order to write about white in a rigorous way, we need to bring up a crucial scientific event from the XVII century, when Sir Isaac Newton…
27 December 2023
On the occasion of Back to the 90s, the 90s-inspired that we launched with MeBo – Menabrea Botalla Museum last June, we reviewed the best musical hits…
19 December 2023
In her worldwide hit All I Want For Christmas (Is You) , pop singer Mariah Carey immediately mentions him, starting from the third line. Santa Claus? Not…
