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Andrea Carandini: FAI is calling for the transit of boats over forty thousand tonnes to be prohibited with immediate effect

In 2015, FAI organised a photography exhibition by Gianni Berengo Gardin in the Olivetti Showroom called ‘Monsters in Venice’, a condemnation through images of the violence that the lagoon endures every day. Today, four years on, we want to stigmatise and fight this menace: our cry for help is louder than ever. Continue reading An Endless Farewell – FAI Against the Sea Monsters in Venice’s Lagoon [..]

To grant oneself a holiday in one of the lodgings managed by the Landmark Trust in FAI’s properties is also a generous gesture towards protecting the landscape’s beauty. Continue reading Discover the Lodgings in FAI Properties [..]

The Garden on the Hill of ‘The Infinite’ was inaugurated on Thursday 26 September, the first FAI property in the Marche region, situated in Recanati on a hilltop that since 1837 has been named after one of the greatest poems in Italian literature, ‘The Infinite’ by Giacomo Leopardi. Continue reading Orto sul Colle dell’Infinito [..]

The lovely Georgian building that houses the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art opened in London in 1998. Not everybody is familiar with this delightful place, where one can have snacks and coffee, bask in the pleasant garden giving a thought to the generosity of the Estorick family: this is the only gallery in Britain devoted to Italian modern art. Continue reading Italian Futurism [..]

This, being the 500th year since Leonardo da Vinci’s birth, I thought that architecture is the one aspect of Leonardo’s huge artistic and creative work that had been overlooked. Continue reading Leonardo the Architect [..]

We can honestly say that our Neapolitan visit was as fascinating as the fascinating city of Naples itself, and great were also our FAI UK travellers; they were travellers and not tourists. Continue reading FAI UK in Naples [..]

From 23rd to 27th May 2019, FAI UK members, including supporters from US and the Netherlands, experienced full immersion in the culture, art and history of Turin and the surrounding Piedmont region. Continue reading A Spring tour of Turin and Piedmont: from the pharaohs to the race course in ‘The Italian Job’ [..]

Giuseppe Panza’s Wunderkammer or Cabinet of Curiosities is on display in the Negozio Olivetti on Piazza San Marco, Venice.

Continue reading Shows not to miss at FAI properties: Giuseppe Panza’s Wunderkammer [..]

A wide-ranging exhibition of the work of Filippo de Pisis seen through a great collection, on show at the Villa Necchi Campigli.

Continue reading Shows not to miss at FAI properties: Filippo de Pisis [..]

Sean Scully opens at Villa Panza with his exhibition Long Light and his new site-specific installation Looking Outward.

Continue reading Shows not to miss at FAI properties: Sean Scully [..]