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...exquisite Musée Jacquemart-André, in the former mansion of 19th century banker Edouard André and his artist wife, Nélie Jacquemart, houses their exceptional collection of furniture, paintings, porcelain and objets d'art. The current temporary show, like the museum, is a small gem, although the title From Caillebotte to Picasso is a little misleading. Only one Picasso and two Caillebottes are on display. The rest of the 85 paintings and sculptures, all from the Oscar Ghez collection at Geneva's Petit Palais, cover modern art between 1870 and 1950: Impressionists, Neo-Impressionists, Nabis, Fauves...
...Rodham Clinton came to Palermo in 1999, her visit put the official stamp of approval on the Sicilian capital as a secure tourist destination. After decades of open Mafia war, the city was finally quelling crime, restoring order and emerging as yet another not-to-be missed Italian cultural gem. Clinton - then the First Lady, now a Senator from New York - was most interested in ingratiating herself with Sicilian-American voters back home. But she was telling the truth when she praised Palermo's efforts to get out from under the Mafia's shadow, which have led to a drop...
...felt it was important to pursue my academic interests as well,” she says. “[Dance at Harvard] is kind of a hidden gem. I don’t think people understand the depth of the dance community...
...classic The Adventures of Pinocchio - there have been two competing versions of the little wooden guy's story: one headquartered in Italy, where people rightly regard the original as a work of dark genius; and one in the U.S., where generations raised on Disney's moody animated gem don't even know a more somber version exists. So when Italy's biggest star, Roberto Benigni, chose Pinocchio as the follow-up to his triple-Oscar global hit Life is Beautiful (1997), fans of the pinewood protagonist wondered which Pinocchio would show up on their screens...
...classic The Adventures of Pinocchio - there have been two competing versions of the little wooden guy's story: one headquartered in Italy, where people rightly regard the original as a work of dark genius; and one in the U.S., where generations raised on Disney's moody animated gem don't even know a more somber version exists. So when Italy's biggest star, Roberto Benigni, chose Pinocchio as the follow-up to his triple-Oscar global hit Life is Beautiful (1997), fans of the pinewood protagonist wondered which Pinocchio would show up on their screens...