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One of the largest open-air paint exhibitions in Italy. Second weekend in May.

This art gallery is actually opened by the neighboring town of Forio, with the aim of making known Villa Visconti. So we admire a painting of the director, the eye in the viewfinder. The quality of the chosen artists makes this gallery a mandatory detour for all art lovers. Held by Lina Vicario, a kind local who spent more than twenty years in France. Moreover, the French tourists who go to this place leave only long after: coffee, chat and coffee, time passes fast with Lina.

Lac Art Studio is an art gallery specialized in the sale of colours and fortes. These engravings represent, in general, Venice's views. The most famous graveur in Venice is Cadore. Its engravings are now an integral part of local heritage. Since 1977, this artist has been looking at the city and communicating it through the acid, the metal plate and the colour of the aquatint. Surprising clear-obscure, light, transparency… he has been able with genius to recreate the Venetian soul, light, atmosphere and atmosphere. At Lac Art you will find these small works of art at relatively affordable prices (around 100 € for an engraving of 30 cm per 50 cm). You can also choose very beautiful postcards from the works of the same artist. It will change some of the usual postcards (yet deliciously kitsch, we must admit). However, the engravings do not have the monopoly of exposure and sale at the gallery of the Bac Art Studio. It also contains work of other types: paintings, photos, photos developed on paper, sculptures… Venice does not have a monopoly of subjects… The staff is not often friendly, but when you are under the charm of a work of art, you adapt it. The vast collection of impressions is therefore worth a small visit, especially if you go to the Guggenheim Museum: The gallery is on the right side of the road leading to this temple of modern art.

Located on the famous and popular Via Nazionale, also known as "Rugapiana", this gallery exhibits in a room dating from the 11th century pictures of Cortona and its region, taken by local photographers. The most surprising thing is surely the well ( "pozzo" in Italian, from which the gallery takes its name) which is located in the middle, probably of Etruscan origin. Watercolours, prints, engravings and ceramics are also on display, and pretty hand-bound notebooks are on sale.

This former railway factory (hence the name) has become an important cultural center, just a stone's throw from Chinatown. Managed by the city of Milan, the venue hosts eclectic, high-quality exhibitions throughout the year. Among the most recent are those devoted to Andy Warhol and advertising, Zerocalcare, a Roman cartoonist, and photographers Guido Harrari and Sebastião Salgado. Visit the website to find out more about the program. A cultural space that enriches Milan's already rich offering, and is definitely worth a visit!

Symbol of the mining epic of Bruggerru, the Henry Gallery was dug into the rock in 1865. It was used to transport minerals in steam locomotives from the excavation sites to the washing stations. Today, an electric train takes over the route and takes visitors to the bottom of the kilometre-long gallery. The return journey is via the old mule track that runs along the inside of the cliff. Large openings allowing natural light to enter had been dug and create spectacular viewpoints.

The former slaughterhouse in Rome, opened in 1887 and abandoned in 1975. Since then, Mattatoio has been considered one of the pieces of Roman industrial architecture and has undergone several renovations before becoming a cultural centre. Today, it is divided into different pavilions where there is the Faculty of Architecture, a cultural laboratory where courses and conferences are organised and a vast exhibition space which hosts festivals such as the Romaeuropa Festival in October/November, where the best in contemporary artistic production takes place.