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12 December 2019

FAI UK’s Project of the Year (2019), the restoration of the “Sala delle Tre Finestre” at the Castello di Masino, is complete. Thanks to your support, we have been able to restore this impressive and richly-decorated room to its former glory.

Continue reading We’ve reached our goal! [..]

2 December 2019

As the consequences of Climate Change become increasingly evident in the city of Venice, most recently in the floods of 12 November, FAI has proposed a strategy that approaches this urgent issue with a new perspective: FAI believes that by taking better care of the Lagoon, there is still time to save Venice.

Continue reading Hope for Venice [..]

9 October 2019

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 [..]

9 October 2019

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 [..]

9 October 2019

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 [..]

8 October 2019

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 [..]

8 October 2019

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 [..]

8 October 2019

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 [..]

1 June 2019

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’ [..]

1 June 2019

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 [..]