If you were at Borgo di Vagli in your Tuscan residence in the coming month, below are a few attractions oyu would consider visiting.
Giorgio de Chirico and Portraiture
An exhibition in Montepulciano, Tuscany
08-06-13 | 30-09-13
The exhibition, "Giorgio de Chirico - Portraiture: Figure and Form" curated by Katherine Robinson, presents 68 works from the Collection of Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, Rome, in Montepulciano's Poliziana Fortress. Dedicated to the extraordinary inventor of Metaphysical Painting, the exhibition adds to the series of summer exhibitions that began in 2011 with the Macchiaioli Collection and continued last year with "The Dragon and the Butterfly: Images from China in Montepulciano".
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An Idea of Beauty
La Strozzina, Florence Palazzo Strozzi
Open until 28 July 2013
An Idea of Beauty, on view at the Centre for Contemporary Culture Strozzina (CCCS) at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, sets out to explore the work of eight contemporary international artists - Vanessa Beecroft, Chiara Camoni, Andreas Gefeller, Alicja Kwade, Jean-Luc Mylayne, Isabel Rocamora, Anri Sala and Wilhelm Sasnal - and will encourage visitors to reconsider the concept of beauty and to question not only the 'need' for it but also its function, value and purpose.
Today's world is heir to an historical and philosophical process that has separated art from beauty, in the sense of a world vision incapable of expressing the complexity and inconsistency of the modern era. At the same time, the term 'beauty' in daily use has become more trivialised and debased, and is often used as a synonym for appreciation (like/don't like) or as the mark of a hedonistic and superficial approach typical of today's trend towards extreme aestheticisation.
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Umbria Jazz Festival 2013
Perugia
5-07-13 | 14-07-13
Held since 1973 and one of Europe's leading jazz events, the Umbria Jazz Festival takes over the Renaissance hill city of Perugia for ten days. It has always attracted big names, including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett, together with an audience of more than 200,000 from around the world. Artists this year include Jan Garbarek, John Legend, Simona Molinari, Pino Daniele, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Ramsey Lewis, Cecile Mclorin. Many performances take place outdoors, including those at the main venue, the 4,500-seat Giardini del Frontone, and Perugia's picturesque streets and squares host free shows by marching bands and blues, rock and gospel groups.
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