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World press photo 2008

The photo show which exposes the World press photo 2008 , award pictures about photography and journalism, was held on 8 th of May in Carla Sozzani gallery, in Milan.

Among the lot of photos we find images that surprised, that made people reflect, that shocked, that stimulated the entire world, we find images that excited, that injected heroism, images that we never wish to see, and images that instead we wish to see every day of our lives. The just gone-by year best pictures have been all made with Canon cameras. This year edition’s winner is an Englishman Tim Hetherington, who made a picture for Vanity Fair America, painting an American soldier exhausted by war in Afghanistan. The show will be open until 25^th of May.

мај 12th, 2008 Posted by Marco Feliciani | photos, , Milan, articles, tim hetherington, world press photo 2008 | no comments

The best ambients and design of Salone internazionale del mobile 2008

This year , International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition, “Salone internazionale del mobile” in Milan is again a showcase for excellence covering all types of domestic furnishing, from single pieces to coordinates, and every conceivable style, from classic to design to modern.

We choose the best photos of ambients and design: from living furniture to kitchen, workspace and bathroom furniture.

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април 20th, 2008 Posted by Tatjana Djordjevic | Milan, italy, articles, Design, Design Week, international furnishing accessories exhibition, salone internazionale del mobile 2008 | no comments

The New Contemporary Art Museum in Milan

The project for the new Contemporary Art Museum in Milan was finally unveiled.

It will take place in the area once renowned for the fair that has been moved quite recently to another part of the city and it is supposed to be ready within Spring 2011.

At the press conference the main guest was Daniel Libeskind the polish architect already responsible, together with Zaha Hadid and Arata Isozaki of the 3 new towers of Milan, called City Life. Daniel Libeskind is the hand behind tower C, shaped as half of a sphere. The new area was born in 2007 and should be complete in 2014. Part of the project includes also this brand new museum of Contemporary Arts designed by Mr. Libesking realized especially and exclusively for Milan, “the best city for architecture”.

The structure is inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci and his theory of balance and will bound together a circle and a square but incorporating modern elements such as a suspended garden and thermal baths.

At the press conference there were also Letizia Moratti, major of Milan, and Vittorio Sgarbi, responsible of cultural events for the city of Milan, who has been already promoting some of the most shocking art exhibitions Milan has ever had.

They all agreed saying this is an important step for the internationalization of the city and will finally focus the attention on contemporary art, a secret passion Milan has been growing for years, thanks to private collectors and temporary exhibitions.

We will finally have a brand new museum dedicated exclusively to contemporary art that will help Milan to shine within the best cities in Europe for art of any kind. Everybody was excited and extremely satisfied, now we only have to wait until the official opening!

март 19th, 2008 Posted by Chiara Cerami | Milan, Architecture, articles, city life, daniel libeskind, leonardo da vinci, museum of contemporary art | no comments

“Bad Dolls and Broken Dreams” by Maurizio Rosazza Prin, Milan

The exposition of pictures “Bad Dolls and Broken Dreams” by the artist Maurizio Rosazza Prin held in exclusive local “Le Biciclette” in Milan, we still can see it tomorrow when exhibition will be closed .The paintings of this young artist causing anxiety, empathy and a lot of curiosity.

The works on display are a dozen, all with references surreal within our dreams or our deepest nightmares. But, the real massage of the artist could be : have you ever wondered where are going to finish your dreams?

Further more, this exposition show us the creativity which explode in its honest form, then could be said this is a real contemporary art.

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март 11th, 2008 Posted by Marco Feliciani | Milan, Art, italy, articles, contemporary art, Bad Dolls and Broken Dreams, Maurizio Rosazza Prin, pictures | no comments

Italy goes burlesque with sick sick girls!

It’s time for a brand new and still old kind of entertainment. It’s time for burlesque.

It all started in the mid 90s with a new generation of nostalgic for the spectacle and perceived glamour of the old times determined to bring burlesque back. This revival was pioneered independently by Billie Madley’s “Cinema” in New York and Michelle Carr’s “The Velvet Hammer Burlesque” in Los Angeles.

Few years later Dita Von Teese, ex wife of the renowned rocker Marilyn Manson, made burlesque go big with her brilliant 1930’s cabaret style striptease in a giant glass of absinth complete with sponge sugarcubes. All of a sudden the world was back to the past and discovered the pleasure of a strip which is not simply taking clothes off but a real performance.

And the burlesque fever started spreading all over the globe in the blink of an eye.

Burlesque refers to theatrical entertainment of soft and parodic humor, which usually consists of comic skits and a striptease, never leaving the performer completely naked. Originally, burlesque featured shows that included comic sketches, often lampooning the social attitudes of the upper classes, alternating with dance routines. It developed alongside vaudeville around 1840.

A couple of years ago Burlesque shows started taking place in Europe aswell, especially in the UK and France and right now is this phenomenon is spreading, no longer underground, in Italy aswell.

The biggest team in Italy is certanly SickGirl, born as a tiny photographic project in 2004 and evolved fastly in a website featuring glamorous photosets of pin up girls since the beginning of 2005.

Currently this web based community hosts more than 3.000 users, 2.000 guests per day,about 90 “sick girls”, at least one new photoset a week and, above all, a burlesque show that already touched 40 venues all over Italy, from Milan to Palermo, covering the whole territory and attracting more and more people as time goes by with increasing success.

The tour is crossing the national borders soon, with a show in Slovenia on March 19th that promises to be just the first one of a series of international performances, but you still have many chances to see the show in Italy, the next one is scheduled for March 8th in Nova Gorica and more italian dates will be added soon.

Feathers and fans, shimmering seductive and ironic women, retro music and funny skits, nothing is missing to the sickgirl burlesque show … do you really want to miss it?

фебруар 25th, 2008 Posted by Chiara Cerami | italy, articles, burlesque, entertainment, glamour, sickgirl | no comments