April 12, 2019 - 6:02 am in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Food for thought @en, Home @en, massimo gava, Mens sana in corpore sano @en, Music @en, Travel @en, Window of the soul @enJoseph Tawadros. Breaking Boundaries With the Oud
The flamboyant Joseph Tawadros is a multi-instrumentalist, best known for playing the oud. Massimo Gava meets the virtuoso and discovers more about his instrument of choice. Joseph Tawadros…
February 7, 2019 - 9:15 am in Architecture @en, Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Business, design, Design @en, Home @en, massimo gava, Style @en, Travel @enA Week in HONG KONG
Some art fairs, among a surfeit of those worldwide, are particularly well-known and point the way to the future. Gallerist Heidi Erdmann visits one of the key entrants, Art Basel Hong Kong, which…
January 21, 2019 - 1:03 pm in Architecture @en, Art @en, Art and Culture @en, design, Home @en, jewellery, massimo gavaAll About My Mother, HELAINE BLUMENFELD
The TV producer and coach Remy Blumenfeld reflects on his sculptor mother. In Hollywood, they say that you should never work with children or animals. As a producer, I was fairly confi dent…
January 21, 2019 - 11:12 am in Film @en, Home @en, Literature @en, massimo gava, pano masti, Politics @en, Uncategorized @enIn Extremis. – A Life Lived
A new book takes us deep inside the remarkable life of intrepid war-correspondent Marie Colvin, who blazed trails for reporting the truth agianst the odds - and for independent fearless women. Susanne…
January 18, 2019 - 12:02 pm in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Cover @en, design, Design @en, Fashion @en, Food for thought @en, Home @en, massimo gava, Window of the soul @enThe 11th commandment: DO NOT FORGET!
A good traveller has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving - (Lao Tzu, ancient Chinese philosopher). Artist and photographer Mustafa Sabbagh chooses Italy as his perfect hideaway. Yet he wanders…
January 2, 2019 - 5:17 am in Art and Culture @en, Business, Business @en, design, Home @en, interview, massimo gava, Mens sana in corpore sano @en, Style @en, Travel @en, Uncategorized @enCity to City Capsule : THE 6
Being a high flying woman is not easy these days, especially when you want to look your best for every occasion and only have a few hours to prepare to fly - literally - from one meeting to another…
November 11, 2018 - 11:01 am in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Film @en, Home @en, Literature @en, massimo gava, Mens sana in corpore sano @en, pano masti, Politics @en, Travel @en, Uncategorized @enFemale Gaze East
Pano Masti’s latest literary pilgrimage takes him to Jordan. Never mind Oscar Wilde or T. E. Lawrence, the words that echo in his mind are from women: Marie Colvin, Martha Gellhorn, Gertrude Bell…
November 4, 2018 - 10:05 am in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Events @en, Featured @en, Home @en, massimo gava, Travel @en, Uncategorized @enLEVAN LAGIDZE, the iconic Georgian painter, returns to London.LONDON
LEVAN LAGIDZE, the iconic and reclusive Georgian painter , returns to London for the first time in 20 years with a major exhibition of new works Lagidze is known for his highly structured and layered…
October 24, 2018 - 8:30 pm in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Home @en, massimo gava, Mens sana in corpore sano @en, Window of the soul @enBefore Halloween, the Filò
The word Halloween is first attested in the 16th century. It represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All Hallows Even, the night before All Hallows (or All Saints) Day. By Massimo Gava Photos:…
June 18, 2018 - 6:21 am in Architecture @en, Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Food for thought @en, Home @en, massimo gava, Mens sana in corpore sano @en, Travel @enThe New Tbilisi Art Fair is so Much More than a Fair
The first edition of the Tbilisi Art Fair (TAF), which took place 17 – 20 May. 2018, aimed to place Georgia firmly back on the world’s map of art and culture. Katrine Levin reports back from the…
