Palazzo Tornabuoni Calendar

PALAZZO TORNABUONI ATTACHE' CALENDAR FALL/WINTER 2009/2010

This month: September

September 1, Wednesday

Volley Ball Championships

	To be Announced - six games will be played in Florence. For further information contact the attache, elucifero@palazzotornabuoni Florence

September 1, Wednesday

Leonard Cohen Live

	For four decades, Leonard Cohen has been one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time, a figure whose body of work achieves greater depths of mystery and meaning as time goes on.His songs have set a virtually unmatched standard in their seriousness and range. Sex, spirituality, religion, power – he has relentlessly examined the largest issues in human lives, always with a full appreciation of how elusive answers can be to the vexing questions he raises. Piazza Santa Croce For further information: ph.: +39 0577391787 e-mail info@live-on.it

September 1, Wednesday

Leonard Cohen Concert in Piazza Santa Croce

	For tickets check with Boxol or ask at the front desk. Santa Croce Piazza Santa Croce

September 1 - September 30

City Chase Firenze - The World´s Largest Urban Adventure Series

Pending in Florence. For more information: check the website or call: 333 984 9086

www.citychase.com

September 4 - September 5

Arezzo Antique Fair

	Tuscany´s best known and prestigious antique market is the one held in the streets and piazzas of Arezzo on the first Saturday and Sunday of the month: this year, Arezzo´s antique market celebrates its fortieth anniversary and, thanks to its prestige, attracts a great number of visitors (about 30.000 over the course of the weekend) flocking from all over the country. Arezzo

September 5, Sunday

Orchestra de Camera Fiorentina

Direttore JOSE’ FERREIRA LOBO Violino MARCO LORENZINI Viola LEONARDO BARTALI A.PIAZZOLLA Piazzola-andante religioso W.A.MOZART Sinfonia Concertante per Violino, viola e orchetsra JOLY BRAGA SANTOS Concert in Re magg. Per archiprima esecuzione a Firenze J.TURINA Orazione del torero Organico. 6 violini primi, 5 secondi, 4 viole, 3 celli, 1 c.basso, 1 clav.lo,. Totale 20 elementi

Chiesa di Orsanmichele

9pm ,Via Calzaiuoli

www.orcafi.it

September 6, Monday

Members´ Aperitivo

	Palazzo Library 7:00

September 10 - September 12

Pitti Immagine Fragrance Fair

	the Pitti Immagine fair-event dedicated to international artistic perfumery, cosmetics and the most exclusive body care and wellness products came to a conclusion as a rousing success. Over 1,700 members of the trade came to the Stazione Leopolda – the new location – marking a 35% increase in attendance over the last edition (1,300 in September 2008), and there was a large number of enthusiasts and perfumistas on the day it was open to the public. And, to corroborate the role Fragranze can rightfully call its own on the international perfume scene, we have the data on foreign visitors: the number of buyers from abroad nearly doubled to 170 with the biggest turnouts on the parts of France, Germany, Russia, Great Britain and the United States. Stazione Leopolda

September 13, Monday

Members´ Aperitivo

	Palazzo Library 7pm Palazzo Tornabuoni

September 15, Wednesday

Contemporary Art Trip to Rome

	Discover the Contemporary Art of Italy as never before. For the first time ever, art lovers can now come to Italy and see private and public collections of Contemporary Art. A country known for its extraordinary Renaissance art, it is natural that this world has been mostly overlooked by the tour businesses of Italy. But Italy is in fact a haven of some extraordinary collections of contemporary and modern art, beyond the Biennale of Venice, and so this autumn, Palazzo Tornabuoni is launching a series of Contemporary Art Tours with a knowledgeable Italian Art Curator and Gallerist, Caterina Biagiotti, who has also been following this world from the inside, for over a decade. The half, full day and two to three day tours will offer private behind the scenes visits to the Contemporary Art collections and studios of Italy. With Caterina Biagiotti at your side, putting the works and collections in context, you will meet or be toured by the museum directors or curators, visit private collections and have an opportunity to meet the movers and shakers of this world. With all meals, transportation and housing carefully organized, you will have a carefree opportunity to explore and become one of the few to know this hidden world. See the schedule below. For issues of privacy, the list does not include private collections. For more details contact the Attachè Visit at Maxxi “ Museum of Art of XXI Century ( exhibitions "Gino de Dominicis: l´immortale"; "Spazio") www.maxxi.beniculturali.it Macro - Museum of Contemporary Art Rome (exhibitions "Luca Trevisani: lo spazio è un giardino da coltivare"; "Gilberto Zorio"; "Aaron Young"; "Jorge Paris") www.macro.roma.museum 750 euro a person The price includes train transportations (first class), luxury car with driver in Rome, lunch, entrance to the museums and catalog. Rome

September 16, Thursday

La Vendemia - Grape Harvest

	Members are invited to a private estate to help with the grape picking and enjoy a country picnic and the traditions of this age old harvesting activity TBA - See Attache

September 18 - September 19

Lucca Antique Fair

	LUCCA has a large antiques market (centred around Piazza San Giusto and Piazza Antelminelli) on the third Sunday (and preceding Saturday) of every month. There is also a craft fair, again in and around Piazza San Giusto Lucca

September 20, Monday

Members´ Aperitivo

	Palazzo Library 7pm Palazzo Tornabuoni

September 20 - September 21

Orchestra de Camera Fiorentina

Direttore GIUSEPPE LANZETTA Pianista GIUSEPPE ANDALORO A.GIGLIONI Lully …Lully Le jardin du temps perdu Prima esecuzione assoluta W.A.MOZART Concerto N°27 in Sib magg. K.595 per pianoforte e orchestra W.A.MOZART Sinfonia in Sol Minore N° 40 K550 Organico: 6 Violini primi, 6 secondi,4 Viole, 4 celli 2 C.basso, 1 fl,,2 Ob,2 cl, 2fg, 2 Cr Totale 31 Elementi

Chiesa di Orsanmichele

9pm ,Via Calzaiuoli

www.orcafi.it

September 23, Thursday

Bronzino Opening Gala

	Palazzo Strozzi 7pm Palazzo Tornabuoni

September 23, Thursday

Potluck Dinner at the Club

	Here´s a chance to show of your culinary talents. For more information see the Attache Palazzo Terrazzo 7:30pm Aperitivo, 8pm dinner

September 23 - September 26

Teatri Aperti 2010 - 4 non-stop days of art and cultural events

For schedule and more information call 055 2779362

In various theatres of Florence

055 2779362 info@firenzedeiteatri.it

September 24 - September 26

2010 FMI Cup - 5th Round - 2010 Premier National Cup

Italian championship Motorcycle Race in Mugello just north of the city. Interested in attending see the front desk.

Mugello

www.mugellocircuit.it/en/events

September 24 - September 27

Unique Car Event

	One of a kind cars gather at the Four Seasons for an extraordinary viewing in the gardens. Speak to the Attache for guest passes and other information. Four Seasons Gardens various times

September 26, Sunday

Corri La Vita - Walk & Run through the streets of the city for Cancer

	CORRI LA VITA is not only a walk/run, but is an event for people to gather together for sport, culture and solidarity. All sorts of athletes and non athletes participate, there are no limits in size, age or capability - two routes have been designed that vary in length and difficulty. There is a competitive/or non competitive race of approx.12 km, together with a walk of approx. 5.7 km. Specifically for families, friends and children the walk winds through the historic center of Florence and crosses over the river to the Oltrarno, stopping along the way to visit gardens, churches, palaces and museums that will be opened especially for this occasion. This year´s itinerary has many new and interesting places to visit like the church and crypt of Santo Stefano al Ponte, the Tribune of Galileo´s in the Museum of the Specola, the Museum of Natural History, The palace "Non Finito" and then through the Boboli Gardens entering from Rondo of Bacchus, passing the amphitheatre, the steps of the Meridiana, the Botanical Gardens, the fountain on the island and the lawn of the Columns. Members interested in signing up should speak to the front desk. 10 eu will get you a t shirt and a place in the race. Feel free to raise more! Piazza della Signoria Start time 9:30am

September 26 - September 27

Orchestra di Toscana Classica

CORO DEL CARICENTRO Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze Direttore GIUSEPPE LANZETTA Maestro del Coro ENNIO CLARI Tenore FABIO BUONOCORE Baritono LISANDRO GUINIS G.Puccini Messa di Gloria per tenore,basso,Coro a 4 voci e orchestra

Chiesa di Orsanmichele

9pm ,Via Calzaiuoli

www.orcafi.it

September 27, Monday

Members´ Aperitivo

	Palazzo Library 7pm Palazzo Tornabuoni

October 15 -

Lucca Antique Fair

	LUCCA has a large antiques market (centred around Piazza San Giusto and Piazza Antelminelli) on the third Sunday (and preceding Saturday) of every month. There is also a craft fair, again in and around Piazza San Giusto Lucca

November 29 -

Insiders Contemporary Art Trip to Prato and Pistoia

	Pecci (permanet collection; Athos Ongaro-Michael Lin) www.centropecci.it Gori Fondation www.goricoll.it 550 euro a person The price includes transportation with a luxury car, lunch, entrance to the Foundation and catalog. For the first time ever, art lovers can now come to Italy and see private and public collections of Contemporary Art. A country known for its extraordinary Renaissance art, it is natural that this world has been mostly overlooked by the tour businesses of Italy. But Italy is in fact a haven of some extraordinary collections of contemporary and modern art, beyond the Biennale of Venice, and so this autumn, Palazzo Tornabuoni is launching a series of Contemporary Art Tours with a knowledgeable Italian Art Curator and Gallerist, Caterina Biagiotti, who has also been following this world from the inside, for over a decade. The half, full day and two to three day tours will offer private behind the scenes visits to the Contemporary Art collections and studios of Italy. With Caterina Biagiotti at your side, putting the works and collections in context, you will meet or be toured by the museum directors or curators, visit private collections and have an opportunity to meet the movers and shakers of this world. With all meals, transportation and housing carefully organized, you will have a carefree opportunity to explore and become one of the few to know this hidden world. See the schedule below. For issues of privacy, the list does not include private collections. For more details contact the Attachè elucifero@palazzotornabuoni.com. Prato and Pistoia - From Palazzo Tornabuoni

ON GOING

May 30 - December 31

Leonardo Da inci´s machines on display

"Le Macchine di Leonardo", the world’s biggest private collection of Leonardo da Vinci´s machines was born following the juvenile passion of Carlo Niccolai. Particularly skilled craftsmen, the members of the Niccolai family have so far developed 150 different models, based on the Da Vinci codes and on historical documents using the materials of Leonardo’s time: wood, metal, ropes and fabrics. According to the unwritten rules of Florentine craftsmen, Carlo Niccolai has passed on his passion to his sons and grandsons, who, thanks to their knowledge of new technologies, have enriched the collection with new models and organised more than a hundred exhibitions all over the world in the last ten years. Professor Carlo Pedretti, Director of the Armand Hammer Centre for Leonardo Studies at the University of California in Los Angeles and of its European division at the University of Urbino, has praised the accuracy in reproducing the models. In the last few years the models have been refined with Professor Pedretti’s support and have rapidly gained international credit. Leonardo Da Vinci´s machines are displayed at the Galleria Michelangiolo, where the Macchiaioli used to meet, in one of the most famous streets in Florence city centre. More than 50 models are displayed in four rooms: the largest one is dedicated to civil machines, in the second room flying machines are shown, war machines are to be found in the third and in the fourth the recently developped collection of anatomical models can be admired. Most of the models are real working machines. A documentary on Leonardo Da Vinci’s life and works is displayed on large screen monitors. The gallery has an agreement with Caffé Michelangiolo, the restaurant inside the exhibition area. At the bookshop you will find many publications and gadgets. Tickets: Full price: 6 € Reduced price: 5 € (students with Carta Studente; people aged 6-18 years and 65 years or older with ID) Groups: 3 € (at least 15 people, leader excluded)

via Cavour, 21

Opening hours: Mon to Sun 9.30 – 19.30.

www.macchinedileonardo.com

August 1 - July 1

Antique fair- Ciompi

	Every working day and last Sunday of the month 055 328 3550 Piazza de´ Ciompi

April 30 - October 3

Paola Staccioli´s Living Ceramics in Florence

	From April 30th to October 3rd, 2010, at the Porcelain Museum in the Pitti Palace in Florence, Paola Staccioli´s Living Ceramics exhibition will take place. The ceramics of Paola Staccioli are one-off pieces in terms of shape and decoration. The articles displayed in the show combine reduced dimensions with a potent magnetic presence and a throbbing physicality that emerges from who knows what psychic recesses. We find ourselves drawn into an intriguing, poetic world recounted through pure and enchanted eyes. The teapots serve for everything – to make us dream, or recall a fairytale, a trip or a person – except for tea: abandoning completely the functional aspect that their name indicates, they become the recipients of a pure aesthetic pleasure. The special atmosphere that hovers around the creations of Paola Staccioli is further accentuated by the unexpected details that create a sort of magic realism. The artist was born in Florence in 1972 and after studies in the humanities graduated in 1999 with a thesis on a theatrical text by Dickens. The decision to devote herself to pottery came later, as the natural conclusion of a process that, over the years, brought her close to the applied arts (batik, glass) in quest of interesting substrata to her decorative vision. Palazzo Pitti, Porcelain Museum 8:15am to 6:30pm

May 22 - October 10

Caravaggio and Caravaggesque Exhibition

	From the 22nd of May to the 10th of October 2010 at the Palatine Gallery and at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, the exhibition "Caravaggio and the Caravaggesques in Florence" will take place. Florence and Caravaggio:sound like a gamble? Did Caravaggio actually come through Florence? Did he see, as some would claim, the wonderful botanical watercolours by Jacopo Ligozzi in the Medici collection? It is certain that he frequented the Palazzo Firenze in Rome whence ambassador Cardinal Del Monte kept on good terms with grand duke Ferdinando I de´ Medici. While the other interrogatives remain without answers for the moment, we know that splendid paintings by Caravaggio - the Bacchus and the Medusa - reached the Uffizi already towards the end of the XVI century. Others (two or three) were in time purchased by the Grand Dukes who thus proved to be early and staunch admirers - especially Cosimo II - of the controversial Lombard painter and of his followers and imitators. The presence of important artists in the city such as Artemisia Gentileschi, Battistello Caracciolo and Theodoor Rombouts, and the direct dealings with artists like Gerrit Honthorst, Bartolomeo Manfredi and Jusepe Ribera gave rise to an intense Caravaggesque "season" which left an extraordinary number of paintings at the court and in the city that after Rome still today boasts the largest collection of Caravaggesque paintings in the world. Gerrit Honthorst (who authored the Adoration of the Shepherds, today in the Uffizi Gallery, though heavily damaged by the Via dei Georgofili bombing of 1993) was the protagonist of one of the most important episodes of the fortune of Caravaggesque painting outside of Rome. This was the never completed decoration of the Guicciardini Chapel in the church of Santa Felicita which he was to execute with Cecco del Caravaggio (the Resurrection of Christ, Art Institute of Chicago) and Spadarino and of which, for the first time, the exhibition proposes a virtual reconstruction. Thanks to the outstanding Florentine legacy of works by Caravaggio, a nucleus of Caravaggesque paintings, and numerous loans, two of the most important state museums of Florence - the Uffizi Gallery and the Palatine Gallery - will host the Caravaggio and Caravaggesque exhibition in Florence, on the occasion of the IV centennial of Caravaggio´s death. Forty years after the pioneering exhibition curated by Evelina Borea, the event will be the occasion to present more than one hundred paintings, both famous and less famous, in the light of research, documents and new attributions that have modified the critical panorama and the taste of the public. Galleria degli Uffizi Piazzale degli Uffizi, 6 Tuesday to Sunday: 8.15-18.50

June 7 - November 1

Chamber Painting, Furniture paintings of the Florentine Renaissance

	see attache for further details Galleria dell´Accademia Via Ricasoli, 60

June 8 - November 1

The VIrtues of Love in Florence

	From the 8th of June to the 1st of November 2010 at the Accademia Gallery in Florence, the exhibition "The Virtues of Love, Nuptial Painting in XV century Florence" will take place. The bedroom was the fulcrum of the Renaissance home: the most intimate and protected place where the wedding was consumed, children were born, and one died. Spalliere/headboards like the so-called Cassone Adimari of the Galleria dell´Accademia, which occasions the exhibition, and the historiated panels of chests are extraordinary testimonies of the Florentine Renaissance home, high fashion, the celebration of festivities, the rituality that accompanied marriage, from engagement to the wife´s entrance into her husband´s house. Moreover, with the stories depicted, "nuptial painting" served the fundamental function of conveying messages of warning and encouragement to a couple to adopt a conduct considered as exemplary. This aspect helps us today to focus in on a mainstay of fifteenth-century Florentine culture: the role of the family and those of the husband and wife. Drawing on classical mythology, the Bible, historical episodes and contemporary literature, all of the facets of love are depicted, along with the ensuing duties: from love triumphant over adverse circumstances (The Marriage of Thetis and Peleus), to the virtues of obedience and abnegation that the woman must pursue (The Legend of Griselda from Boccaccio´s Decameron), to the courage of the heroines Lucretia and Virginia, who choose death as source of redemption. An entire section illustrates the harmful consequences of love as sexual beguilement capable of totally subduing a man´s will. We must not forget, however, that marriage meant first and foremost to give life to new progeny and perpetuate the family. Towards this end, the last section of the exhibition is dedicated to family pride, asserted in stories that recount the foundation of famous families like those of Aeneas and David or that, following the texts of Petrarch, celebrate the Triumphs of Fame, Time and Eternity. These images could also be painted on deschi da parto (birth salvers), which were tondos painted on both sides, offered as ceremonial gifts to women of the upper classes who had just given birth. A particularly famous one is the desco da parto realised on the occasion of the birth of Lorenzo the Magnificent (Triumph of Fame, New York, Metropolitan Museum). Finally, the exhibits feature works by illustrious painters like Botticelli (Story of Virginia Romana, Bergamo, Accademia Carrara), Filippino Lippi (Story of Lucretia, Florence, Galleria Palatina), and Pesellino (Stories of Susanna, Avignon, Musée du Petit Palais), which open an extraordinary view onto the Florentine workshops engaged in the production of these objects that enjoyed their greatest fortune precisely in the fifteenth century. The exhibition has been organised in collaboration with the Museo Horne of Florence which will present an itinerary valorising a consistent nucleus of painted chests (cassoni) from its collection which come from the original collection that belonged to Herbert Percy Horne, for the occasion joined by several works on exceptional loan from private collectors. Academia Tuesday to Sunday, 8,15 – 18,50

June 19 - December 19

Special Family Tours of Museo Gallileo and the Zoology Museums

	GUIDED TOUR: THE GALILEO MUSEUM The Medici and Lorraine collections of scientific instruments housed in the Galileo Museum are among the most important in the world. The visit includes demonstrations of functioning antique instruments. July Saturday 24 at 10.30am-12.00am Sunday 25 at 4.00pm-5.30pm August Saturday 21 at 10.30am-12.00am Sunday 22 at 4.00pm-5.30pm September Saturday 25 at 10.30am-12.00am Sunday 26 at 4.00pm-5.30pm October Saturday 23 at 10.30am-12.00am Sunday 24 at 4.00pm-5.30pm November Saturday 27 at 10.30am-12.00am Sunday 28 at 4.00pm-5.30pm GUIDED TOUR: ZOOLOGY “LA SPECOLA” SECTION History and Science at the Natural History Museum Section of Zoology “La Specola” A visit to the Anatomical waxes (Cere anatomiche) and the Astronomical observatory (“Il Torrino”) June Saturday 19 at 4.00pm-5.30pm Sunday 20 at 10.30am-12.00am July Saturday 17 at 4.00pm-5.30pm Sunday 18 at 10.30am-12.00am August Saturday 28 at 4.00pm-5.30pm Sunday 29 at 10.30am-12.00am September Saturday 18 at 4.00pm-5.30pm Sunday 19 at 10.30am-12.00am October Saturday 16 at 4.00pm-5.30pm Sunday 17 at 10.30am-12.00am November Saturday 20 at 4.00pm-5.30pm Sunday 21 at 10.30am-12.00am December Saturday 18 at 4.00pm-5.30pm Sunday 19 at 10.30am-12.00am Specola and Gallileo museums Various Locations

July 15 - November 2

Paris is Well Worth a Mass! in Florence.

	From the 15th of July to the 2nd of November 2010 at the Museum of the Medici Chapels in Florence, the exhibition "Paris is well worth a Mass! The Medici tribute to Henry IV, King of France" will take place. Four hundred years after the assassination of Henry IV, on May 14, 1610 in Paris, the Soprintendenza of Florence with the Museo delle Cappelle Medicee, in conjunction with the Musée National du Château de Pau, will celebrate the King of France and Navarre with a major exhibition. The fulcrum of the exhibition consists of the 19 monochrome canvases that Cosimo II de´ Medici commissioned to Florentine academic painters to celebrate a funeral service for Henry IV with great pomp on September 16, 1610 in the Basilica of San Lorenzo. Having recently succeeded his father Ferdinando I to the throne, the new Grand Duke had an important funeral held in effigy for the "most Christian King". This decision was part of the consolidated practise that, as of the sixteenth century, saw the Medici family, rulers of Florence, show their political influence in Europe also with scenographic productions tied to the family events of the principal dynasties: births, weddings and deaths. The paintings were arranged along the walls of the church, entirely decked in mourning, but scenographically illuminated by a great number of candles, with elements evoking the King´s triumphs and virtues, so as to perpetuate his glory beyond death. Executed by a till then little known pleiad of painters and artists who trained under Empoli, Curradi and Poccetti, the paintings had subjects dictated by historians and men of letters, and dealt with episodes in which the Medici had played an important role. The exhibition in the two venues is of great, though slightly differentiated importance, for intuitable reasons of communication. While the figure of Henry IV is very clear for Navarre, the same can not be said for Florence, where a didactic presentation will be necessary. A part of the exhibition will therefore be dedicated to the Medici and the family politics which saw Maria, granddaughter of Ferdinando I, marry Henry IV in 1600 and, following the assassination of the King, assume the regency of France for the dauphin. With the magnificence of the funeral ceremony celebrated in Florence, the Medici court emphasised the legitimacy of that regency and of the succession to the throne of Louis XIII. In addition to the paintings, the show will also present books, engravings and drawings for the celebration, the Medici family tree, medals of the principal figures tied to the episode, wedding documents, precious portraits of the King and Queen in painting and sculpture, and a magnificent drawing by Pieter Paul Rubens with Maria de´ Medici Landing at Marseilles, executed as a model for the cycle in the Luxembourg Palace, which Maria commissioned the painter between 1622 and 1624. The installation by the technicians of the Soprintendenza and those of the Musée de Pau will be evocative and respectful of the characteristics of the two venues. Medici Chapels Daily: 8.15-13.50

July 20 - May 15

Vinum Nostrum - Our Wine

	From July 20th, 2010, to May 15th, 2011, at the Museo degli Argenti at Palazzo Pitti in Florence, the exhibition "Vinum Nostrum: art, science and myths of wine in ancient Mediterranean civilisations" will take place. From Mesopotamia to our tables, from the rite of communion to avoidable drunkenness, from distasteful habit to gate of spirituality, wine and the grapevine are the protagonists of the exhibition. Original showpieces, sculptures, frescoes and mosaics, accompanied by multimedia and video installations will recount the millenarian history of the grapevine and of wine, and the important influence they exerted on the culture of the ancients. Following a chronological development, the exhibition will illustrate the origin of wine-growing in the Near East, its full affirmation along with its related symbolic, religious and cultural significance in the Hellenic world, up to its production and large-scale diffusion practised by the Romans. By virtue of the abundant archaeological remains of the Vesuvian cities, the particular case of the vineyards of Pompeii will be illustrated, while the exhibition will devote another section to the extraordinary contribution of the Phoenicians and the Etruscans, who played an essential role in spreading the cultivation of the vitis vinifera throughout the Mediterranean. While inviting visitors to reflect on the evolution of cultivation techniques (reproduction and genetic improvement, ploughing the land, bedding plants, tending the vineyard, theoretical principles and practical instructions for pruning and grafting), specially selected exhibits will also illustrate the religious and cultural values of the grapevine, expressed since the most remote epochs through a very vast series of depictions which speak of the divinities, rituals and festivities of wine. Precious sculptures and painted vases will illustrate the birth and spreading of the cult of Dionysus, capable according to tradition of continuously changing form and substance. Moreover, elegant table-services will clarify how the consumption of wine represented one of the most important moments of conviviality among patricians. A cella vinaria where wine was stored, scenographically reconstructed based on precious finds uncovered at Pompeii and on the precise descriptions contained in Latin literature, will enable the visitor to delve into the reality of the past, as he walks amidst tools for the vineyard, wine amphorae and wooden barrels, baskets for harvesting, carts and all of the necessary equipment. The exhibition itinerary aims not only at scientifically documenting the entire cycle of wine, from harvest to consumption, but also at stimulating taste, smell and sight, the senses that have a close relationship with wine which emerge at different historical and social levels. open 8:15am - 6:50pm Palazzo Pitti, Museo degli Argenti www.unannoadarte.it/inglese/default.html

August 29 - November 21

Vennice Biennale for Architecture

	The 12th Intl. Architecture Exhibition, directed by Kazuyo Sejima and titled People meet in architecture, 12th International Architecture Exhibition People meet in architecture This 12th International Architecture Exhibition, directed by Kazuyo Sejima, will be held at the Giardini and at the Arsenale (preview August 26, 27 and 28, 2010), and in various other venues in Venice. After a series of editions of the Architecture Biennale directed by eminent critics and historians, this Sector is once again in the hands of an architect, Kazuyo Sejima. The first woman to direct the Architecture Sector of the Biennale, Sejima has recently been awarded the prestigious Pritzker (preview the 26th and 27th) See the Attache for more information. Biennale Architecture Architecture Saturdays A series of conversations and opportunities for discussion held weekly with architects, critics and figures from the world of architecture in Italy and abroad for the entire period of the Exhibition’s opening. 35 years after the first architecture exhibition, the cycle of “Architecture Saturdays” intends to explore the history of the exhibitions that have been held since then, inviting the directors of those editions to a meeting with the audience. To view the participating architects.... www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/exhibition/participants/ Giardini and at the Arsenale,Venice and throughout the city

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