Italian art: Agostino Iacurci's street art
WTI Magazine #81 2016 July 15Author : Enrico de Iulis Translation by: The last few years mark the beginning of a new "school" in the contemporary art. It's a current born in the metropolitan areas but now it's reaching important proportions even for the art market, albeit very late compared with USA, France and Great Britain. It is a...
Italian fashion: Frida Giannini, no surprises, I have so much more to give
WTI Magazine #39 2014 July, 16Author : Donatella Perrone for PoisonDrops.com Translation by: Frida Giannini leaves Gucci? No way, the denial comes from the designer herself, who in an interview with WWD puts an end to the rumors that wanted her to resign at the dawn of her first ten years with the label.
It and US: 2014 Italian Flame Awards!
WTI Magazine #42 2014 September, 3Author : Tiziana Ciacciofera Triolo Translation by: The celebration was highly contagious at the "ITALIAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER'S REACHING OUR VISION, GALA AND CASINO NIGHT", held at Westin Houston Memorial City Hotel on august 23. The evening, organized by the Italian Cultural & Community Cent...
Italian little Italies: Atrani, A Smiling Crescent of Houses on the Coast
WTI Magazine #65 2015 July, 24Author : I borghi più belli d'Italia Translation by: The beauty of Atrani lies in the choreography of the beach around it and the intricate maze of houses, built practically on top of each other, that make it look like a nativity scene, especially at night with the lights glimmering. In the daytime, the...
Italian language: No Need to Kiss the Ring, Just Use “Lei”
WTI Magazine #81 2016 July 15Author : Giulia Casati for the Italian School NJ Translation by: English and Italian grammar are very different. Anybody that studies Italian can tell that the Italian and English grammar, specifically the verb tenses and the nouns, are completely different. But the most foreign concepts to English speake...
Italian wine: Wines of the Alto Adige wine region
WTI Magazine #39 2014 July, 16Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin Translation by: It's getting to be that time of year where the weather is warming up and days out in the sun and I don't know about you, but I typically drink mostly whites once warm weather hits, including rose', which I will cover soon in another blog.enjoying time outs...
Italian report: Rapporto I.T.A.L.I.A. – Geographies of the new Made in Italy
WTI Magazine #65 2015 July, 24Author : Fondazione Symbola, Unioncamere, Fondazione Edison Translation by: There is an Italy which we often do not know that does things every Italian should be proud of. The Rapporto I.T.A.L.I.A. - Geographies of the new made in Italy edited by Fondazione Symbola, Unioncamere and Fondazione Edison was...
Italian land and nature: Versilia
WTI Magazine #81 2016 July 15Author : italia.it Translation by: Versilia, a zone both fun and cultured, is known to many for its gossip pages. Yet this stretch of land (in the Province of Lucca), that runs past the slopes of the Apuan Alps and the Park of San Rossore, is famous for its beaches. Lying between the cities of Forte dei M...
Italian art: Agostino Iacurci
WTI Magazine #23 2014 Mar, 28Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti The last few years mark the beginning of a new "school" in the contemporary art. It's a current born in the metropolitan areas but now it's reaching important proportions even for the art market, albeit very late compared with USA, France and Gre...
Italian art: Baccio Bandinelli
WTI Magazine #39 2014 July, 16Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: In Florence, in conjunction with the exhibition dedicated to Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino at Palazzo Strozzi, there is also another very interesting exhibition; the one about Baccio Bandinelli. For the first time, in a comprehensive way, all the works of the Flor...
Italian politics: Changing the system from the top
WTI Magazine #42 2014 September, 3Author : Francesca Papasergi Translation by: Summer is going to end in 20 days, and even if it hasn't been as warm as usual till now, the Italian Parliament had a very sweaty August. The Senate is going to change. On August 8th, the "Boschi Reform" got its first approval from the Senate itself. It wi...
Italian art: Pompeii awakened
WTI Magazine #65 2015 July, 24Author : Enrico de Iulis Translation by: "You often hear people say that what Pompeii need today is routine maintenance. The experience gained in the past year allows me to say that, that is certainly right, but what Pompeii really needs more than anything is an extraordinary intervention to solve the ma...