One of the exhibitions will be «Americans in Florence: Sargent and the American Impressionists» presented at the Piano Nobile of Palazzo Strozzi exploring the American impressionists» relationship with Italy, and with Florence in particular, in the decades spanning the close of the 19th and dawn of the 20th centuries. (morganlehmangallery.com)
For his Venice Biennale presentation, UK painter and printmaker Stephen Chambers has conjured a cast of 101 imaginary courtiers, whose quietly introspective, quizzical visages adorn the white walls of the Piano Nobile of Casa Dandolo, a 17th - century palazzo overlooking the Grand Canal, much as the typical court or ancestral portraits of the «great white male» adorn the walls of Europe's institutions and mansions. (studiointernational.com)
We'll start with primo ingredients, a little flurry of activity, perhaps a glass of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, and soon we'll be carrying platters out the door. (kobo.com)