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...The villa is open to the public, thus respecting the wishes of the Necchi sisters, who in 2001 entrusted the dwelling to the Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI), the Italian non-profit foundation established in...
...Known as the father of modern Italian design, Ponti joined Ginori as a young architect, serving as artistic director in the 1920s and 1930s and continuing to be linked to the company for more than six decades...
..., Museo di Roma This exhibition traces the modes and contexts in which women made art in Rome across three centuries, from painters such as Lavinia Fontana and Artemisia Gentileschi to less-well-known artists...
...Rinaldo Alessandrini and his Concerto Italiano are among today’s leaders in the field, excelling in everything from Renaissance Italian composers to Bach and Handel....
...a sucker for any shell motif, and I can also never have enough drinking glasses....
...It has newspaper cuttings dating to 1927 and oddities such as a complete set of Italy’s Tennis Italiano, which the magazine itself does not have....
...“He is still not well known even in Italy,” confirms Leonardo....
...in Russia, and that makes it much harder because you're essentially having to sell to people who are very closely tied to the Kremlin....
...of four “museum houses” in Milan administered by Fondo Ambiente Italiano, Italy’s answer to the National Trust....
...“It’s what we’re known for throughout the world and younger generations want a future in fashion.”...
...The Faemina (from £4,570) may count as being a domestic appliance, but it cuts no corners, complying meticulously with standards set by the Istituto Espresso Italiano....
...including Baladin, Birra Turbacci, Birrificio Italiano and Birrificio Lambrate first turned on their taps....
...Museo del Design Italiano in Triennale....
...(None of which is to say you can’t get a bubble coffee if you really crave one; you’re in Singapore, after all.)...
...Think £350,000 for perfection – but be mindful that “perfection” in a De Tomaso varies car-to-car. Remember also that they’re uncomfortable for taller drivers. And can be tricky handlers....
...UniCredit also moved as a client to UBS with Mr Orcel when he switched from Merrill Lynch in 2012....
...His son Francesco died four years later, also in a car crash. Trussardi also named Giuseppe Pinto, previously at Sergio Rossi and Pomellato, as chief operating officer....
...Oriente Italiano – a Chinoiserie pattern in malachite green, citrus yellow and candy-floss pink....
...I’ve also included Parmesan. Eating cheese with seafood is, of course, controversial in Italy, but I eat Parmesan with just about everything Italiano (and just about everything in general)....
...That includes the €21bn merger between Credito Italiano and UniCredit in 1998, which gave the bank its start as the country’s only influential financial institution....
...The transaction also comes at a time when family-owned businesses, which have traditionally been reluctant to sell to private equity, are increasingly looking at financial sponsors as sources of capital....
...I’m an art collector, and I find inspiration at places such as Gallery Massimo di Carlo; it’s a fantastically inspiring space by Piero Portaluppi who also designed the famous Villa Necchi....
...Could someone please go back in time and tell Columbus, in Taino there is no word for gold. Christopher Columbus, in Italiano Cristoforo Colombo, en español Cristóbal Colón....
...The wines also tend to mature rather earlier than Barolo, which is useful. Oh, and they are cheaper. Like Alto Piemonte, Valtellina was once extremely significant as a wine producer....
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