“Only two months before the second Abu Dhabi Yacht Show, the news that this elite event will move to the wonderful Yas Marina, on Yas Island, will allow us to show to the world all the top infrastructures for spare time that are in evolution in the territory of our emirate.
Yas Island is a perfect location for the event because it features many harbours” said his Excellence Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, President of Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority, main sponsor of Abu Dhabu Yacht Show, and President of ADNEC (Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center).

Moving to Yas Marina, featuring many docking and mooring structures and a significant number of slots, was necessary due to the need of a huge quay capable to host a bigger edition of the boat show. The latter focuses especially on superyachts and megayachts. The success of the first edition, whose sales reached the value of over 100 million dollars, lets us forecast opportunities for first class business.

The new location is more than adequately equipped to handle the growing number of exhibitors and the number of yachts that will enter the show 2010. The program of the exhibition has been improved and strengthened and they are trying to create the ideal atmosphere to encourage meetings, business and the global interaction among the guests, exhibitors, visitors and potential buyers.

Taking place under the aegis of His Excellence Sheikn Mohammed Bin Zayed Bin Al Nayhan, hereditary prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy captain in chief of the Armed Force of the United Arab Emirates, the show is seen as a fundamental element to crystallize the growing reputation of Abu Dhabi as a nautical destination at an international level.

Among the exhibitors Soraya Yachts, Rodriguez, Platinum Yachts, Perini Navi, Fincantieri Yacht.

www.abudhabiyachtshow.com

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From March 25 to 28, at the Palazzo della Permanente on Via Turati, Milan, ESXENCE – The Scent of Excellence, comes back. An event dedicated to artistic perfumery.

The sector represents a creative activity that gathers history, communication, desire to convey emotions, memoirs, moments, situations. In Italy, is has reached quite a relevant dimension, both in terms of income and in terms of committed distributors and passionate retailers. It has appealed many international operators thanks to a model that respects both quality parameters and distributive-commercial needs.

Esxence – The Scent of Excellence stands as a candidate, for the second consecutive year, to be the international meeting dedicated to each and every brand operating in favour of the spectacular art of olfactory language that rises more and more to fundamental complement of style choices of whoever loves to stand out.

Esxence is conceived to be an international crossroad of opinions, experiences, suggestions, challenges and knowledge: it hosts original brands, as well as Italian and foreign brand distributors, welcoming, press apart, buyers, and Italian and foreign retailers.
Exposition areas and the internal decorations were studied so to value the peculiarities and the identities of each single brand, through a dressing that is rational, elegant and homogenous, so to highlight the preciousness of each single “product-actor”.

The event, for this second edition too, will offer a number of events and educational-informational activities, which will be spread throughout the four-day show, together with meetings and debates where operators of the sector will analyse the evolution of this niche market. Numerous will be the opportunities for whichever brand wishing to better promote its profile and latest news.

During the open days (upon invitation) to the public, experiential moments for discovering the fascinating Art of Perfume will take place.

March 25-28, 2010
Museo della Permanente
Via F.Turati, 34 – Milano
www.esxence.com/it/

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Born in the Seventies among the first international art fairs of modern and contemporary art in the world, the event, stage-managed by Silvia Evangelisti, proposes a wide range of works of art from the beginning of the Twentieth century until the most recent trends; 15000 s-m of exhibition, 200 Italian and international galleries, are only a few of the numbers of this new edition.

A unique occasion to discover popular masters like Carlo Carrà, Felice Casorati, Giorgio de Chirico, Gino Severini, together with the conceptual art of Enrico Castellani, Agostino Bonalumi and Vincenzo Agnetti, or the movements of informal art of Giuseppe Capogrossi, Alberto Burri and Emilio Vedova; the Spatialism of Lucio Fontana and the Poor art of Giovanni Anselmo, Alighiero Boetti, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Giuseppe Penone, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Gilberto Zorio – to whom the Museum of Modern Art of Bologna dedicates an important exhibition until 17th February 2010 – and the representative of the Italian Transvanguard.

Many of the works of art at the fair also offer a wider view on the international stage, with works by Antony Gormley, Wym Delvore, Per Barclay, Tony Ousler, Hans Peter Feldmann, Alfredo Jaar together with the most popular representatives of the English artistic movement like David Ockney, Gilbert&George and Tony Cragg, or the masters of photography like Thomas Russ, Anton Corbijn or Luigi Ghirri. There will also be a collection of works of artists coming from different geographical areas and investigating the state of being contemporary through the use of the most diverse artistic tools like those of the American performer Nick Cave, the installations of the Russian Peter Belvi or the material compositions of the Chinese Zhang Huan.

To the new trends, presented by the emerging Italian and international artists, is dedicated the section Young Galleries, where research galleries with under five years of experience exhibit their works with prices ranging from 500 to 10,000 euros, for collectors just getting close to art or for those who want to discover new talents.

Of course there will also be book launches, meetings and competitions.

For the second consecutive year the International Art Fair Art First dedicates the daily schedule to the theme of collecting: collectors and museum directors will debate on the interaction between private collections and museums and how they enter the Italian and international artistic stage. The goal is to stimulate a dialogue, by inviting also representatives and collectors of the Asia-pacific area due to the synergy with ShContemporary, the first contemporary art fair dedicated to the Asia-Pacific Area organized in Shanghai by the Group BolognaFiere.

The entire city of Bologna will be involved with exhibitions in museums, courts, buildings and streets of the old town. Bologna Art First, an exclusive town itinerary, is at its fifth edition and for the first time it is a project made in collaboration with Julia Draganovic. The project is conceived of as a single big collective town exhibition through a path among images of art and history and it presents from 29th January through the end of February 2010 a series of installations by artists working for the galleries taking part in the exhibition, in order to create a dialogue between contemporary art and unusual locations of the old town and surroundings.

For the third year Arte Fiera OFF will be the frame of several events like exhibitions, concerts, festivals that will take place in Bologna and Emilia Romagna during the Fair.

Saturday 30th January Art White Night turns the old town of Bologna in a big window of contemporary art with the extraordinary opening of museums, galleries, buildings, concerts and exhibitions.

www.artefiera.bolognafiere.it

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Cartier, Boucheron, Chanel, Van Cleef & Arpels confirmed their presence.

Will follow AltaromaAltamoda from 31st January to 2ns February 2010.

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Eighty firms will take part in the Show Room consecrated to the home, with a single goal: to support the made in Italy carrying on the tradition of craftsmanship and the typical manufacture bond to the history of our country.

During this 88th edition there will be several moments thought of in order to proclaim, by enjoying food, the art of cooking and the quality of kitchen utensils, tools and accessorizes, necessary “instruments” through which the ingredients – along with the chef’s skills – turn into a memorable experience of the body and of the senses.

Alongside Regional Treats, a project dedicated to the regional cooking thought of to marvel the palate through the charm of a countryside story or of an old recipe, there will be interesting events organized by Macef in collaboration with Gambero Rosso.

The initiative will take the name of Cooking Show and will involve twenty participants per class.
Chef Luca Ogliotti, with an espert oenologist of Gambero Rosso, will direct these spectacular exhibitions. Each turn will last approximately two hours and the themes covered will be: Finger food, Veggie menu, Main courses of the Roman cuisine, Milk puddings and custards, If one evening at a sudden…, Today for tomorrow.

The program is the following:
Friday 15th at 11:00: Veggie Menu
Friday 15th at 15:00: Today for tomorrow
Saturday 16th at 11:00: Finger food
Saturday 16th at 15:00: If one evening at a sudden
Sunday 17th at 11:00: main courses of the Roman cuisine
Sunday 17th at 15:00: Milk puddings and custards

http://www.macef.it/
http://www.gamberorosso.it/

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From 16 to 19 January 2010, the Italian fashion capital will host the Milan Men’s Fashion edition, dedicated to autumn-winter 2010-2011 collections.
Either coloured or black&white, casual or elegant, accessories or minimal look, four days to discover all the previews dedicated to men.

Here the calendar of fashion shows:
Saturday, 16 January 2010
09,30 CARLO PIGNATELLI OUTSIDE – Via Turati, 34
10,30 ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA STAMPA – Via Savona, 56 A
11,15 ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA BUYER – Via Savona, 56 A
12,00 C.P. COMPANY – Via Savona, 54
13,00 COSTUME NATIONAL HOMME – Via Tortona, 58
15,00 JIL SANDER – Via Beltrami, 5
17,00 EMPORIO ARMANI – Via Bergognone, 59
18,00 BURBERRY PRORSUM – Via Melegari, 3
19,00 LES HOMMES – Via Meda, 24

Sunday, 17 January 2010
09,00 BOTTEGA VENETA – Via Privata Ercole Marelli, 6
10,00 FRANKIE MORELLO – Via Palermo, 10
11,00 GIANFRANCO FERRE’ – Via Pontaccio, 21
12,00 ROBERTO CAVALLI – Via Burigozzo, 2
13,00 SALVATORE FERRAGAMO – Piazza Affari, 6
14,00 VIVIENNE WESTWOOD – Via Turati, 34
15,00 NEIL BARRETT – Viale Alemagna, 6
16,00 GIULIANO FUJIWARA –  Via Pier Lombardo, 14
17,00 GAZZARRINI -  Via Burlamacchi, 1
18,00 PRADA – Via Fogazzaro, 36
19,00 JOHN VARVATOS – Corso Italia, 21

Monday, 18 January 2010
09,30 PRINGLE OF SCOTLAND – Via Clerici, 10
10,15 ENRICO COVERI – Via San Barnaba, 48
11,00 DIRK BIKKEMBERGS – Corso Italia, 58
12,00 GUCCI – Piazza Oberdan, 2/B
13,00 JOHN RICHMOND – Giardini di Porta Venezia – Via Palestro
14,00 ETRO – Via Piranesi, 14
15,00 BYBLOS – Viale Montenero, 55
16,00 CANALI – Via Savona, 56
17,00 VERSACE – Piazza Vetra, 1
18,00 MONCLER GAMME BLEU – Via Tortona, 58
19,00 ALEXANDER MCQUEEN – Via Thaon De Revel, 3
20,00 ALEXANDER MCQUEEN – Via Thaon De Revel, 3

Tuesday, 19 January 2010
10,00 DSQUARED2 – Corso Italia, 58
11,00 GIORGIO ARMANI BUYER – Via Bergognone, 59
12,00 GIORGIO ARMANI STAMPA – Via Bergognone, 59
13,00 ERMANNO SCERVINO – Via Manzoni, 37
15,00 ICEBERG – Via Palermo, 10
16,00 Z ZEGNA – Via Savona, 56 A

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The main purpose of the event is to reverse the rules of the current fairs system by putting a special emphasis on those works of art that will come through fashion and compromises.
Nowadays galleries and fairs have become a real business market, hardly characterized by exclusiveness and rather focused on the importance of the artist’s name rather than on the specific value of the artistic emotional impact.

We decided to give prominence to painting, introducing nine very different artists. The event aims to demonstrate that even in the contemporary art scene there is still an ongoing painting knowledge, although contemporary art seems exclusively focused on important and popular names and on being provocative.

The ideal venue for this event is the Spazio Pergolesi 8, former TV studio, now White Cultural Cube.

The artists called together for this first event are nine. Angelo Cruciani has been going through a spiritual path for years that begins from the character of Christ through the Street art Operations until social exhibitions. Alberto Garbati is a popular fashion director and an artist at the same time. He has worked for years on the figurative-material vision of the metropolis. Gatto Nero, writer of the Old School of Milan, is an international protagonist of the Street Art with over twenty years of experience. Pietro Geranzani is a painter searching for an obscure reality expressed through paintings full of uneasiness and of psychological shadows. Fabio Inverni, instead, followed the strand of hyper realism. Walter Ladislao came to the world of fashion in the seventies and since he has carried on a long relationship with Gianni Versace. In 2000 his great passion for painting led him to tackle a deep analysis of the colour bringing up its utmost emotional and expressive potential. Luca Lillo is an example of artist who went from Graphics to Contemporary Art. Technology and soul found a aesthetic and conceptual compromise in his works of art, that counter childlike intimity with the future. Salvatore Melillo gets lost in torment and in the deforming expression of the image to entrap the reality that often only one’s sensibility can bring into focus. Eventually, Roberto Silvestrini Garcia combines the manga with sacred iconography.

Milan Art Affairs Special Event
By Hamilton Moura Fiho and Grace Zanotto
11-12-13th December 2009
Spazio Pergolesi
Via Pergolesi, 8 – Milan
Phone: +39 02 66986054
milanartaffairs@email.it

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The classic objects of desire – cars and boats, helicopters and design, jewels and watches – will light up for four days this enchanting spot of the Como Lake, but the real luxury of the event will be the donation of the proceeds, collected both from the contribution of the exhibitors and from the sale of the entrance tickets, to nationally and internationally renowned ONLUS.

E20 Como, the non-profit Association organizing the event, couldn’t put up but an initiative strongly charity-oriented: therefore, ethical luxury, sobriety and not ostentation, smart consume and no to wastes.

Therefore, it will those three ONLUS to benefit from the fund raise: AISM – Italian Association Multiple Sclerosis, FFS – Foundation for the research on Cystic Fibrosis and the Foundation Giacinto Facchetti for the study and care of tumors. On 6th December, during the closing ceremony, the funds will be handed to the representatives of the three ONLUS.

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From 4 to 28 November, Spazio FMG in Milan will host “Milano work-in-progress 2,” a truly interesting exhibition.
Luca Molinari and Simona Galateo curated the set up of the projects realized by MABarquitectura, Consalez Rossi, Paolo Pasquini and 5+1AA, at the discovery of Milan to be.

Two are the main themes faced by the exhibition: public housing and retail malls. Very different from each other but both offering interesting prospects for experimental, leading-edge design.

“These are new-generation works, designed by some of the most interesting young architects on the Italian scene, and they convey the concept of a different Milan, which looks out towards Europe and expresses the idea of contemporary architecture responsive to its users’ needs, such as the physical and environmental quality of the complexes created,” comment by the exhibition’s curators Molinari and Galateo.

The winners of “Living Milan,” MABarquitectura and Consalez Rossi put their works on public display on Via Gallarate and Via Civitavecchia. Both projects are currently almost finished.

“Milano work-in-progress 2” also focuses on the subject of new retail developments through the design for the Food Park in the Maciachini area realized by Paolo Pasquini and the Retail ParkArea at Milanofiori by 5+1AA.

“With ‘Milano work-in-progress 2’, Spazio FMG continues its investigation of the near future and reinforces its mission as a space open to quality architecture and a responsible approach to the destiny of our habitat,” concluded Luca Molinari and Simona Galateo.

For further information:
SpazioFMG per l’Architettura
Via Bergognone 27, Milano
4– 28 November 2009
tuesday – saturday h 15:00 – 20:00
Free Entrance
Info: 0039 (0)2 89.41.03.20

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It comes from China the most exclusive Ferrari in the world.

599 GTB Fiorano China Limited Edition was realized by Chinese artist Lu Hao. A unique exemplar was auctioned in Beijing on 3 November during the Gala organized by Ferrari in favour of an educational programme aimed to help Chinese students in the automotive engineering field.

To make this vehicle particularly special are the silver roof and Chinese deco elements that are fully integrated into the overall design. The one-off incorporates a number of the features of the China Limited Edition cars.
The external structure features a finish inspired by ultra-rare Ge Kiln porcelain from the Song dynasty, with a distinctive “cracked” glaze pattern etched into the paint and signed by the artist.

“The 599 China Limited Edition is a true masterpiece, combining rich Chinese artistic heritage with Italian design in a most spectacular way,” commented Marco Mattiacci, Managing Director of Ferrari Asia-Pacific.

The 599 GTB Fiorano China Limited Edition means charity and art all together. This is just the latest example of charitable events organized by Ferrari in China since Ferrari Maserati Cars International Trading – Shanghai Co. Ltd was set up in 2004. Other fund-raising efforts have seen Ferrari donate over €500,000 to local charities.

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From 16 October to 28 February 2010 the Memmo Foundation on Via del Corso in Rome will host the exhibition “The Grace Kelly Years. Princess of Monaco”. After a smash hit in Monaco in 2007, with 135 thousand visitors, the exhibition became a roving one and after Paris and Moscow, it gets to Italy to then head off to the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, only with the fashion section, and then to Japan.

The exhibition starts with a gallery showing magazine covers from the 50s, period in which Grace turned from being an icon of Hitchcock’s films to being the Princess of Monaco. Set or artistic photos, realized by figures such as Howell Conant, Cecil Beaton, Irwing Penn, clothes by Christian Dior, Oleg Cassini, Balenciaga, Chanel – till the famous wedding dress made of ecru silk – jewells by Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels, bags, Hermès of course, posters, magazine covers, film contracts, letters exchanges with Alfred Hitchcock and Cary Grant, Jackie Kennedy and Maria Callas, movies privately shot in important moments.

An intimate portrait of the American actress that became a princess, icon of style as well as perfect mother and wife.

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Paris is a city filled with an exciting and romantic charm. Well-known for her cultural and artistic wealth, the ville lumiere has a rich and vibrating musical heart, with her two opera theatres, the Opéra Garnier and the Opéra Bastille, and the three concert halls (Théâtre du Châtelet, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and Cité de la Musique).

During the week-end 23-25 October 2009, two important musical events will take place there: one of the most loved lyric operas and a refined concern directed by one of the promises of classic music.

On 23rd October, Anna Netrebko will play Mimi in the Boheme by Giacomo Puccini. Considered one of the most fascinating lyric voices, Valery Gergiev discovered her talent when she was cleaning the Marinskij Theater, and later led her to play, within only a few years, roles that were traditionally devolved upon the royal and fussy sopranos of the old school. From Lyudmilla by Glinka to Donizzetti’s Norina and Gilda of the Rigoletto. In 2004 her very first DVD Anna Netrebko – The woman, the voice exceeded, in Europe, the sales of Beyonce and Britney Spears’ DVDs.

The following evening, the enfant prodige of Claudio Abbado, Venezuelan Gustavo Dudamel will direct the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra in a concert entirely dedicated to Čajkovskij.
Final outcome of the FESNOJIV (Fundación del Estado para el Sistema de Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles del Venezuela), the Simón Bolivar Youth Orchestra is one of the most important musical project of the last years, which had a significant impact on the social sphere too. When 16, Gustavo Dudamel became director of the Orchestra symbol of the Sistema, the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra. In 2009, 28 years old, Dudamel took in charge the directorship of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

For a luxury stay, Il Sipario Musicale offers first class tickets for both shows and hotel accommodation for two nights, double bedroom and breakfast included at the Hotel Balzac or at the Jolly Lotti.

www.ilsipariomusicale.com

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