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At Gagosian Gallery
and at the Cerere Foundation
“Candide”, irony and wit
Hirst, paintings
and postcards
R
T
wo separate exhibitions in
Rome celebrate the work of
cutting edge contemporary artist
Damien Hirst. The first (at Gagosian Gallery, Via F. Crispi 16), is
part of a larger exhibition conceived
to take place simultaneously in
each of Gagosian Gallery’s eleven
locations across the world. It features Hirst’s spot paintings which
are considered to be among the
most distinctive in contemporary
art, a symbol that is recognized
universally, cutting across boundaries of culture and language.
From 18th at Teatro dell’Opera
ome’s Opera Theatre opens
the New Year with “the best
of all possible worlds” in which
irony and wit come to life to the
notes of Bernstein’s comic operetta: “Candide”. First performed
in 1956, and with a libretto by
Lillian Hellman and others after
Voltaire, the story focuses on the
figure of Dr. Pangloss who has
taught the Westphalian nobleman
Candide and his beloved Cunegonde that this is “the best of all A scene from “Candide”
possible worlds”. In this belief
they go off on their travels – and experience exile, war, rape, the Inquisition
and frequent betrayals. In the end they realize that they must come to terms
with reality and “make their gardens grow”. On the podium, the British
conductor Wayne Marshall who has worked with Choir director Roberto
Gabbiani, and a cast that includes Michael Spyres, Bruno Taddia, Jessica
Pratt, Derek Welton, Jane Henschel. From 18th to 24th January at Teatro
dell’Opera, Piazza Gigli. Info www.operaroma.it
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Antonio Pappano on the podium
Happy 70th Maestro Polllini
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“Famotidine”, a work by Damien
Hirst (Photographed by Prudence
Cuming Associates © Damien Hirst
and Science Ltd. All rights reserved,
DACS 2011, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery)
The exhibit includes the first spot
painting created by Hirst in 1986,
his monumental canvases where
no single colour is ever repeated,
and his most recent works The second exhibition (at Fondazione
Pastificio Cerere, Via degli Ausoni
7) is entitled “Postcard from…
Damien Hirst” and features “Nucleohistone” a poster by Hirst installed in the Fondazione’s courtyard. For info www.gagosian.com
and www.pastificiocerere.it
TROVAROMA
he Orchestra di Santa Cecilia and conductor Antonio Pappano celebrate the great pianist Maurizio Pollini’s 70th birthday with the
performance of Mozart’s Piano Concert K488 with Pollini in the
leading role. This Concert was finished, according to Mozart's own catalogue, in March 1786, around the time of the premiere of his opera,
“The Marriage of Figaro”. Scored for piano solo and an orchestra, it
was one of three subscription concerts given that spring and was
probably played by Mozart himself
at one of these. The rest of the
programme foresees the symphony
from Rossini’s “Silken Ladder”
and Haydn’s “Sinfonia Concertante” n. 105. It’s a special occasion,
not only because it celebrates Pollini’s incredible lifelong career of
artistic excellency, but also because
all proceeds go to Umberto Veronesi’s Foundation for scientific research. Concert on Wednesday
18th at Auditorium Parco della
Musica, Viale P. de Coubertin, tel.
068082058, www.santacecilia.it
Maurizio Pollini and Antonio Pappano
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DJ SET
JAZZ
Steve Grossman
Wolfgang Flur
EXHIBITIONS
GUERCINO 1591-1666.
MASTERPIECES
FROM
CENTO AND FROM ROME
On display a selection of precious works highlighting the milestones of the life and career
of Francesco Barbieri, known
as “Guercino”, born in the city
of Cento and one of the most
significant protagonists of 17th
century Italian art. Until 29th
April at Palazzo Barberini. Open
from 9am to 7pm. Closed on
Mondays. Info and booking tel.
0632810, www.mostraguercino.it
MUSIC
S
teve Grossman is acclaimed as a master of tenor
sax. Although he started out playing in fusionoriented settings, Grossman developed into an excellent hard bop tenor in
the tradition of Sonny Rollins, although he developed
his own sound. His career
really started at the top as
Wayne Shorter’s replacement with Miles Davis. Grossman then went on to play
with Lonnie Liston Smithin,
Elvin Jones, Barry Harris,
Mcoy Tyner, Kenny Dorham,
Chick Corea and many
others as well as leading
his own bands and recording for all the big labels.
Concert on 14th and 15th
January at Gregory’s Jazz
Club, Via Gregoriana 54/a,
tel. 066796386.
ARTE POVERA
Rome's Gallery of Modern Art
participates in a major multivenue exhibition that involves
several Italian museums celebrating Arte Povera: a contemporary visual arts movement
which made a major contribution
to the world of art. Until 4th
March at Galleria Nazionale
d'Arte Moderna, Viale delle Belle Arti 131, tel. 0632298221.
8.30am to 7.30pm. Mondays
closed.
I BORGHESE E L’ANTICO
T anks to an exceptional collaborative effort of the Louvre,
the Borghese Gallery presents
the exhibition “I Borghese e
l’Antico” which gathers 60 masterpieces currently belonging
to the Paris Museum. The works
in question were collected by
the Borghese family and especially by Cardinal Scipione Borghese from the 17th century
on, and although most of the
precious collection remains intact and on display in Rome, a
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On Sunday 15th at Parco della Musica
Morricone: music for film and for today
his concert inaugurates the Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta’s new
season entitled “Musical Offering”. A long-time friend and supT
porter of the Rome ensemble, composer Ennio Morricone, is on the
podium for the event with a programme dedicated to his own
music. Morricone is a household name throughout the world thanks
above all to the scores he has written for hundreds of films including box office hits such as Cinema Paradiso, The Good The Bad and
The Ugly, The Untouchables. But – Morricone points out – he is first
and foremost a composer of what he calls “absolute music”, and it is
to this genre the first part of the programme is dedicated. The
Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta, which was founded in 1993, continues
to collaborate with Rome’s Tor Vergata University and with a host of
international artists such as Luis Bacalov, Nicola Piovani and others.
Concert on Sunday 15th at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P.
de Coubertin, tel. 06802412281.
the best
G
erman musician and dj Wolfgang Flur is back in
Rome with one of his electrifying dj and video
performances. Flur is a former member of Kraftwerk,
the pioneer band of electronic
minimalism in the '60s, '70s,
and '80s, credited with having
redefined pop music. Today
Flur is the founding member
of Yamo and djs in clubs playing tech, house and electro.
As well as having published
an autobiography entitled “I
was a robot”, Flur has also
accompanied the German
synthpop duo, Dyko, in live
shows as an electronic percussionist, and on a single released in 2009. Djset and video performance on Saturday
14th at Animal Social Club,
Via di Portonaccio 23/e,
www.animalsocialclub.com Wolfgang Flur
Ennio Morricone
TROVAROMA
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CLASSICAL MUSIC
Fazil Say
T
urkish-born star pianist Fazil Say is back in Rome with
a carefully thought up programme. He begins with Busoni’s transcription of Bach’s
“Chaconne” and
continues
with Zimm e r mann’s
“Enchiridion” and
Beethoven’s piano
sonata n’
32 opus
111, providing the
public
with
a
chance to
savour Say’s extraordinary
interpretative and technical
versatility as well as his flamboyant – and sometimes controversial - personality. Concert on Tuesday 17th at the
Aula Magna of Rome’s Sapienza University, Piazzale
Aldo Moro 5, tel. 063610051,
www.concertiiuc.it
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significant sale of classical
sculpture was made under duress to the Louvre in 1807.
Until April 2012 at the Borghese
Gallery, Piazzale Scipione Borghese 5. Booking is necessary
tel. 0632810, www.ticketeria.it
DAYS OF THE DINOSAUR
A touring interactive exhibition
that aims to provide visitors
with a first-hand experience of
the world of the gigantic animals
that owned Earth tens of millions of years ago. The exhibition features over fifty life sized
dinosaur robots, complete with
moving eyes, tongue and claws,
as well as skeleton replicas
and an interactive area where
children get to become palaeontologists for one day. In addition to the great thrill of watching dinosaurs in motion, the
exhibit provides related information throughout the entire
tour. Until 18th January daily
from 10am at Nuova Fiera di
Roma,
Via
Por tuense
1645/1647. Reduced family
tickets
available.
Tel.
TROVAROMA
0665074200. For information
www.daysofthedinosaur.it
ROME IN CARAVAGGIO’S
TIME
T his exhibition explores the life
and art of the Eternal City during
a particularly critical time following the political and social
upheavals of the Protestant Reformation and the efforts of the
popes to restore the power and prestige of the
Catholic
Church. By
bringing together
some
140 paintings
from
museums and
galleries
around the
world,
the
show traces
the influence
of the two great ar tists at
the turn of the
XVII centur y,
the classical painter Annibale
Carracci from Bologna and the
revolutionary Caravaggio from
Milan. Until February 5th, open
10am to 7pm, closed on Mondays, details and bookings on
06-32810.
PIET MONDRIAN
This is a major retrospective
that aims to cover the over 30
years of Piet Mondrian’s activity.
More than seventy oil paintings
and drawings by the Dutch artist
who is considered to be one of
the founders of abstractionism,
as well as an important representative of neo-plasticism, highlight the overall coherence of
an artist whose capacity for renewal and artistic growth remained constant throughout his
career. Until 29th January 2012
at Complesso del Vittoriano,
Via San Pietro in Carcere. For
information tel. 066780664.
Open Monday to Thursday
9.30am - 7.30pm; Friday and
Saturday 9.30am - 11.30pm;
Sunday 9.30am - 8.30pm.
MICHELANGELO
AND LEONARDO
This exhibition at the Capitoline
Museums offers, for the first
time, a chance to compare and
contrast drawings and sketches
by the two great masters of the
Italian Renaissance, Leonardo
and Michelangelo, through some
sixty of their works on display
until February 19th 2012. Opening hours from 9am to 8pm,
closed on Mondays, tickets euro
6 or euro 12 for joint entrance
to the exhibition and museums,
details on 06-0608.
FILIPPINO LIPPI AND
SANDRO BOTTICELLI IN
15TH CENTURY FLORENCE
This exhibition aims to shine
the light on the approximately
34 years of Lippi's career. Lippi
was an extremely prolific artist
and his work ranged from panels, to frescoes, from drawings
on coloured paper to paintings.
The works on show are from
leading international museums
and private collections. A selection of works by Botticelli
also provides the public with
an opportunity for stylistic comparison with his master, his
friend, and ultimately his rival.
Until 15th January at Scuderie
del Quirinale, Via XXIV Maggio,
tel. 0639967500.
THE RENAISSANCE
IN ROME
Entitled “The Renaissance in
Rome” this exhibition explores
ar tistic, architectural and urban planning in 16th century
Rome. Seven sections bear
witness to an extraordinarily
fertile and sophisticated period
in the history of art which started off still imbued in classical
culture, and developed within
the influence of a new and enthralling religious spirituality. It
includes masterpieces by Raphael, Michelangelo and
others. Until 12th February at
Palazzo Sciarra, Via M. Minghetti 22, tel. 0639967888.
9am-6pm. Saturday 9am-2pm.
Sunday closed.
HOMO SAPIENS
‘Homo Sapiens: the great story
of human diversity’ is the title
of this interactive exhibition
which runs Until February 12th
at Palazzo delle Esposizioni in
Via Nazionale 194. Divided into
six sections, it has been put together by a team of geneticists,
linguistic specialists, anthropologists and paleo-anthropologists to examine the origins of
the human race, some two million years ago, followed by the
development of homo sapiens
who migrated, colonised and
settled on the different continents. Open 10am to 8pm or
10.30pm on Friday and Saturday, closed Mondays, details
and
bookings
on
0639967500.
con la collaborazione
di Linda Bordoni