Fabrizio Da Prato – Pistoia, then Palermo and now …. Beijing

replacing advertising with pictorial art
During 2017, the artist Fabrizio Da Prato installed his work RICHIAMI in Pistoia, the city chosen by the artist for the values which – being the Italian Capital of Culture 2017 – it was officially promoting (article here) In a studio, Fabrizio Da Prato painted works of art on a support comprised of discarded promotional […]
Five plane trees on Fosso cut down

the plane trees with the canker stain fungus are cut down
In March of 2008 we published an article entitled ” Timing of pruning Plane trees questioned” In that article we said sometimes the only thing one can do is cross your fingers and hope. Only four days previous to those words we wrote an article about the plight of the plane trees in this area […]
Massimo Salotti – Nello spazio del sogno

The Lynchian mind explored in the Teatro dei Differenti in Barga Vecchia - thinking inside the box or looking outside ?
David Lynch likes to say, “The world is as you are, “ a reflection of your inner self. Works of art reflect their maker. Lynch, a fiercely independent, personal, visionary artist, plumbs the deep waters of his subconscious for ideas, images and sounds that no one’s ever seen before. This afternoon at the Teatro dei […]
Waulking of a new tweed in Barga

Bookings are now being taken for the Hamish Moore School of Traditional Song, Music and Dance which runs from 31st August – 7th September 2019
Something different for the Barga summer this year as during the Annual Barga School of Scots Music, Song and Dance event there will be presented a new tweed which will have been hand woven by Jimmy Hutchison and Erika Cragg of Newburgh Hand Loom Weavers from Newburgh, Fife, Scotland on a hundred year old loom which Jimmy […]