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1762 from Canaletto’s agent Joseph Smith, British Consul in Venice.
The exhibition displays a selection of eigh- teenth-century Venetian art, with Canaletto’s greatest works shown alongside paintings and works on paper by other artists, such as Sebastiano and Marco Ricci, Francesco Zuc- carelli, Rosalba
Carriera, Pietro Longhi and Giovanni
Battista Piazzetta. The paintings at the ex- hibition include the Grand Canal and St Mark’s Square, the city’s festivals, theatre and masked carnival.
PARIS
VALENTIN DE BOULOGNE, RÉINVENTER CARAVAGE
22 February to 22 May
Hall Napoléon Louvre Museum
Special exhibition on a French painter, who was considered one of the best French artists after Caravaggio. He also spent several years in Rome, where he was
commissioned by Pope Urban VIII.
Sérénissime ! Venise en fête de Tiepolo à Guardi
25 February to 25 June Cognacq-Jay Museum
A curious paradox when Venice of the 18th-century experiences a golden age of culture.
FOOD AND WINE EVENTS IN ITALY
SPRING
Spring is when nature starts celebrating with fairs, food and wine festivals.
FRITTO MISTO
22 April – 1 May
Ascoli Piceno, Le Marche
This event celebrates everything that is “fried” and typically regional, such as: Marche’s “olive ascolane meat and deep fried), Sicily’s “arancini” (rice “cannoli ricotta), “ ” (lightly fried mixed
www.frittomistoallitaliana.it
SAGRA DEL PESCE
14 May
Camogli (Genoa), Liguria
In the natural, picturesque, and exclusive set- ting of the small square of the port, the largest and tourists, during the most typical Ligurian feast: the Sagra del Pesce. This traditional festival, started in 1952, is linked to the cen- turies-old festival of San Fortunato, patron
The people of Camogli, from the two districts of Porto and Pinetto, build proper, large scale - lenge one another in terms of creativity and beauty, on the two sides of the beach.
www.camogliturismo.it
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