May 12, 2020 - 6:57 am in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Food for thought @en, Home @en, interview, Literature @en, massimo gava, Nonno Panda tales @en, Politics @en, Travel @en, Window of the soul @enTHE LAST AFRICAN COLONY
The Spanish Empire was one of the first great colonial empires and one of the largest. Here Professor Alberto Maestre Fuentes talks about its former colony in Africa, The Spanish Sahara, which is…
April 29, 2020 - 8:24 am in Art and Culture @en, Business, design, Design @en, Fashion @en, Health @en, Home @en, massimo gava, Nonno Panda tales @en, technology, Travel @en, Window of the soul @enGreen Revolution – How Cities Can Rise to the Challenge
Flavio Lirussi for DANTE explains how cities around the world are leading the charge against climate change in fascinating and innovative ways. The ‘100 Resilient Cities’ network defines urban…
January 19, 2020 - 5:21 pm in Home @en, Travel @enRio Voluptuoso, Rio Carinhoso
Rio is famous world-wide for a sensuality that is brash, joyous, uninhibited, sometimes violent, nearly cliched. But that voluptuousness can also be found in the interstices between moments, in a…
September 17, 2019 - 8:17 pm in Art @en, book, Food for thought @en, Home @en, Literature @en, massimo gava, Mens sana in corpore sano @en, Travel @en, Window of the soul @enA la recherche du temps perdu…
Finding himself at a dead end after retiring from a high-flying career, DANTE contributor, Nigel Parsons is inspired by an old photo album and goes in search of long-lost friends. Andy Warhol talked…
May 31, 2019 - 10:33 am in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Film @en, Home @en, massimo gava, Mens sana in corpore sano @en, Music @en, Nonno Panda tales @en, Style @en, technology, Travel @en, Uncategorized @enMusic, Environment and Vedute Sonore.
Suonifreschi – or Fresh Sound - is a cultural association based in Venice, Italy, that believes that at the centre of music composition are the sounds produced by every day life. It takes its queue…
April 24, 2019 - 5:42 am in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Business, design, Home @en, massimo gava, Mens sana in corpore sano @en, Nonno Panda tales @en, Photography, Style @en, Travel @enArt Fair’s Fare
Cape Town has recently held another successful art fair but Heidi Erdmann asks whether the financial stakes involved are undermining their representative nature and clouding correct attribution of…
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 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…
