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IN THE PRIVATE DINING ROOM – Noma restaurant, Strandgade 93/1401 Copenhagen

Copenhagen is still Scandinavia s gastronomic capital, and the Michelin Guide (until same years ago) have 12 restaurants in Copenhagen, together 13 Michelin stars. Yes, Copenhagen’s restaurants have more Michelin stars than any other Scandinavian city. Copenhagen restaurant Noma (Strandgade 93, 1401 København), has been named the best restaurant in the world. It’s The S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Noma/Restaurants, …

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART / NEW DELHI – European Traveller Artists

Jaipur House, India Gate, New Delhi. Welcome at the NGMA where you find the distinct character of modern and contemporary Indian art. Uniquely positioned, it is a powerful synthesis of western aesthetic values, and conceptual elements of Indian art, of different mediums and sensibilities, of a long and vibrant history steeped in art, philosophy and culture. Visiting European Traveller Artists, …

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INDIAN RECIPES – Explore the best of Indian cooking with top-rated recipes

Indian Cooking has two different traditions. The first (widespread in the North), which makes use of meat and the second (widespread in the South), essentially vegetarian. South Indian cuisine, is one that is characterized by the great use of spices used to flavor dishes and accompanying vegetables. In Indian cuisine, extensive use is made of eggs, milk and dairy products. …

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STREET ART, BANKSY & COMPANY. – Bologna / Palazzo Pepoli, until June 26, 2016

The urban graffiti phenomenon has found great creative development. Urban graffiti invaded the cities of the world. Until June 26 if you want to know the creative process and growth of this art form, you can go to the Museum of the History of Bologna (Via Castiglione 8), entering the halls of the Palazzo Pepoli, to surprise you with the …

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JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT, WITH EYES OF LEE JAFFE – Bologna: Photo exhibition until June 15, 2016

Jean-Michel Basquiat was one of the most important exponents of American graffiti art, managing to bring this movement from metropolitan streets to art galleries. The Andy Warhol and Keith Haring influences, Pablo Picasso, Robert Rauschenberg and Jean Dubuffet – in short 28 years of his life – are stylistic fingerprints of Graffiti, Contemporary Art, Neo-Expressionism and Primitivism, highly visible in …

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THE TORTELLINI SOUP IN OSTERIA BOTTEGA – Bologna, Via Santa Caterina 51

Whatever is the flight that brought you up to Bologna, to see an art exhibit or attend a conference, when you’re in town you will have some urgent things to do: find where to sleep and where to eat. The two urgencies, perhaps one will be undeferrable, because even your stomach seems to have woken up in the city where …

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BOLOGNA WHERE HE PLAYS – International museum and library of music, Bologna

Many reasons for an unforgettable visit. In the music library are nearly 100,000 documents: scores, books, letters, printed books and manuscripts. A unique heritage of five centuries of music. Mozart met in Bologna Father Giambattista Martini, a great theorist and composer. Wolfgang spends the summer of 1770 to study with his teacher. Watch music straight in the eye? In Bologna …

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THE QUIET AFTER THE STORM – Reggio Calabria / Italy: the long wait of the Riace Bronzes

For some time now, the Riace Bronzes breathe the air of Italy, in the Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria. After a long journey and a storm of which the memory was lost, they look at you calmly, in a room that is equipped with a climate control system (held on 20 degrees during the winter and around 25 in the …

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THE BRONZES OF RIACE IN REGGIO CALABRIA, ITALY – Next to the sea and after a long journey, they waiting for you

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MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / FLORENCE – Masaccio: the payment of the tribute

The “Tribute Money” is a wonderful pictorial creation of the Italian painter Masaccio http://meetingbenches.com/2015/06/masaccio-14011428-italian-painter-shades-of-giotto-brunelleschi-and-donatello-for-vivid-landscapes-and-figures-perfect/. The fresco, is part of the decoration of the Brancacci Chapel (in the Carmelite church of Santa Maria in Florence). The work was born around 1425, and depicts a scene of the stories of St. Peter. In the fresco, Jesus invites Peter to pay tribute, as …

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