Tag Archives: Academia Gallery

Lasagna is one of the many Italian dishes that have become famous around the world. Easy to pre-prepare for dinner parties and events, filling, delicious and if you are lucky to have any remaining, great to have as left-overs the … Continue reading →

In Lisa Clifford’s new book, she counts down the lead up to the murder of Artemino, brutally killed a century ago in a small Tuscan village. With each turn of the page, Lisa provides insights into the way the lower … Continue reading →

The Artviva office is located in the Odeon cinema building (on the street around the left-hand side of the cinema entrance in fact). This past week in fact, Artviva staff have felt the ground tremor below them with each screening … Continue reading →

Visiting a new country when on holiday allows you to see the main features of a destination, experience the setting, the sounds, the tastes of a foreign land. It will hopefully broaden your horizons, increase your knowledge, and if you’re … Continue reading →

Once a year in Florence’s ‘Fortress’, Fortezza da Basso, the Festival della Creatività is held. Exhibitions, concerts, art and artists, not to mention live music, great food ? and perhaps a little wine ? are all enjoyed inside one of … Continue reading →

Artviva director Rose Magers is not the only lovely thing to make it all the way from Australia to Italy. Now there is also the Dress for Dance Exhibition presented by NIDA COSTUME in conjunction with COSTUME COLLOQUIUM, Florence 2010. … Continue reading →

The last instalment of the latest musings from Lorenzo Carcaterra to be published. His latest book ‘Midnight Angels’ is out, and is set in Florence. Lorenzo Carcaterra is the famed author of titles Sleepers (1995), Apaches (1997), Shadows (1999), Gangster … Continue reading →

Be it fun and exciting, be it frustrating and tiring, think of public transport as part of the travel experience, a grass-roots cultural activity, and whatever happens, just remember you’ll be laughing about it in a few months’ time! When … Continue reading →

Artviva offers guided tours in Venice and the surrounding Veneto area. But once you have done your Gondola Tour*, the San Marco guided tour* and the Doges Palace tour*, not to mention a Grand Canal tour*, what else can you … Continue reading →