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Surf Italiano: Two Films About Surfing in Italy

Watch the trailers of “Peninsula” and “Bella Vita,” two documentaries on surfing in Italy.
From Veronese to Futurism: Italian Art in the NYRB

Excerpts from the Art Issue of the New York Review of Books. Reviews on Veronese, Piero della Francesca, and Futurism. There’s also a Michelangelo poem.
Adopt a Spire on the Milano Duomo

Help preserve the Gothic spires of the Milano Duomo via the Adopt a Spire initiative.
There’s Only One Rome [Video]

Pretty, dreamy, well-edited little vimeo of Rome.
Venice Hosts Biggest Leonardo da Vinci Show in 30 years

The exhibit “Leonardo da Vinci, The Universal Man” will be at Venice’s Accademia, which owns 30 Leonardo works. It will bring together 27 other Leonardo masterpieces from various European museums such as the Uffizi, the National Gallery of Parma, the British Museum, and the Louvre. The iconic “Vetruvian Man” will be one of many highlights.…
August in Italy: The Things You’ll Need

The prevailing travel wisdom about Italy has always been to avoid going to the country in August. “Don’t go to Italy in August!” they say, because it’s hot, many shops and restaurants are closed, and the cities are emptied out of residents and replaced by other tourists. All of this is quite true. But if…
Writer’s Block, Italian Style

This is what happens when you have writer’s block and you are supposed to write about Italy.