Charles I: King and CollectorRoyal Academy 27 January – 15 April 2018 If you were born, like me, in Venice and raised in Florence by scholarly parents, you would...
Amedeo Modigliani - Tate ModernAmedeo Modigliani - Tate Modern 23 November 2017 – 2 April 2018 Sometimes, when artists have such an iconic style, as is certainly...
The EY Exhibition: Impressionists in London, French Artists in Exile (1870-1904)Tate Britain, 2 November 2017 – 7 May 2018 “France! what horror! to see a star fade in the heavens!/ I feel the lugubrious ascent of...
The Corinthia NightThe title of this blog post is a homage to Aulus Gellius's The Attic Nights, a book, or, more precisely, 20 books, that my father...