October 24, 2019 - 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:…
July 5, 2019 - 9:33 am in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Food for thought @en, Health @en, Home @en, massimo gava, Mens sana in corpore sano @enArt is Good for Your Health
Dr. Flavio Lirussi unravels the links between cultural joys and longer life – and looks to the future. It has long been known that admiring art and beauty is not just a relief for…
June 3, 2019 - 10:03 am in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Business, design, Home @en, Uncategorized @enCelebrating the Display of Chen Li’s work at The British Museum
The Woodblock Prints of Chen Li Chen Li hails from China’s frontier Yunnan Province. Bordering Burma, Laos, Shangri-la, and close to Tibet, it is a place of spectacular landscapes…
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…
The Magical Worlds of Mamuka Dideba
Georgia is an ancient land of inspiration, diversity, and artistic mastery. It is the home of Mamuka “Dideba” Didebashvili. Opening Russian Art Week London 2019, Katrine Levin Galleries…
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…
December 22, 2018 - 5:02 pm in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Events @en, Home @en, massimo gava, Nonno Panda tales @en, riffi khanOh Yes It Is! Oh No It’s Not! – The Great Muslim Panto?
Riffi Khan gets over her shock and rushes to see a new phenomenon and reports back for DANTE on a unique event. Yes, it took me a few seconds of shock to absorb such an entity existed. I quickly…
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…
