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"The Fourth Estate',  Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo (1901) This fascinating painting hangs as an introductory and special exhibi...

'La Traviata' opens at La Scala The most sought-after ticket in opera is to the opening night of La Scala's season in Milano...

Umberto Boccioni's "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913" -- striding into Futurism  (source) The  Museo del Novecen...

Milan - far from the sea.  (source) Milan is situated more or less in the middle of northern Italy - or if not quite in the middle,...

Giovanni Bellini's 'Pieta' (c. 1460) The  Brera Gallery  in Milan is a treasure trove of Italian religious art, leavened wit...