Thursday, February 23, 2012

Hotel St. George invites you to visit the “Pinacoteca di Brera“, which is now hosting masterpieces from the Pushkin Museum in Moscow until 5 February 2012. The show presents paintings by many world famous artists that have influenced the way art is seen today including: “White Water Lilies” by Claude Monet; “Pierrot and Harlequin” by [...]

The Contemporary Art Gallery in Milan presents the exhibition “PIXAR – 25 years of Animation“. The exhibition, which has arrived in Europe after a long international tour that included the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, premieres in Milan until 14 February 2012. Over 500 works will demonstrate how Pixar Studios blends creativity, [...]

Opening night at Teatro alla Scala, which takes place every year on 7 December, is a grand, classy event that draws many celebrities and offers an illustrious repertoire honouring the most famous opera theatre in the world. The 2011 season offers something very new: starting on 15 November, the theatre will sell the tickets that [...]

Hotel St. George is pleased to inform you about the exhibition “From Bacon to the Beatles. New Images in Europe During the Years of Rock”, which is running until 12 February 2012. It presents the history of modern figurative art inspired by Giacometti, Bacon and many other great artists of that time. The show displays [...]

Palazzo Reale is hosting an exhibition entitled “Transavanguardia” (the Transavantgarde movement is the Italian version of Neo-expressionism) from 10 November 2011 to 29 January 2012 with works by: Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi, Nicola De Maria and Mimmo Paladino. The event both celebrates 150 years of Italian Unity and is part of a series of six [...]

Hotel St. George invites you to discover an interesting exhibition entitled “Mal d’Africa” (Nostalgia for Africa) running until 30 September 2012. This upcoming year offers you an opportunity to fall in love with Africa; a continent that has been attracting the attention of Europeans since the early 1900s with its tribal artefacts and which inspired [...]

Hotel St. George informs its guests about “Scouting Forum“, the second edition of a world event dedicated to football (soccer) scouting reserved for team managers, scouts and FIFA agents. This is a unique opportunity for networking and market development thanks to B2B encounters with high level companies and professionals. The event has a scheduled agenda [...]

The famous Italian singer Jovanotti, whose real name is Lorenzo Cherubini, is now touring Italy to promote his new album dedicated to his recently deceased mother entitled “Ora” (Now). Where: at the Mediolanum Forum in Via Di Vittorio in the city of Assago (MI). When: on 9 December 2011 at 9:00 pm.

At that same time [...]

Hotel St. George is pleased to inform its guests about the opening ceremony of the “Gallerie d’Italia” (Galleries of Italy) on 3 November 2011 in Piazza La Scala. The museum, owned by the banking group Intesa Sanpaolo, will house the prestigious 19th -century collection of the “Fondazione Cariplo”, which includes 242 paintings and sculptures.

The collection [...]

The Poldi Pezzoli house-museum will celebrate Halloween for families by decorating its rooms and displays with pumpkins, skulls and skeletons.
Where: the “Museo Poldi Pezzoli” in Via Manzoni no. 12, Milan.
When: Saturday 29, Sunday 30 and Monday 31 October 2011.

• Milan’s horse racetrack is hosting a mega dance party with nine different dance floors and food areas. Masks or costumes are obligatory. Where: at the “Ippodromo del Trotto” in Piazzale dello Sport no. 6, Milan. When: on 31 October 2011 from 10:00 pm to 5:00 am.
• For its annual Halloween party, one of Milan’s most famous [...]

Hotel St. George invites you to spend the Halloween and All Saints’ Day long weekend in Milan and enjoy the many events happening in the city; in particular opera, which is rooted in Italian tradition and so representative of the country.
“Il Rigoletto”, one of Giuseppe Verdi’s most famous operas (along with “La Traviata” and “Il [...]

The Hotel St. George informs its guests about the Milan stop of the travelling exhibition “Arte Povera from 1967 to 2011“, an anthology dedicated to the Italian art movement of the same name. More than 50 works will be displayed in a 3,000 square metre room outlining the artistic evolution of the movement from 1967 [...]

It comes as no surprise that the Hotel St. George is inviting its guests to the 23rd edition of a gastronomic festival in the province of Lodi, as our love for our land must include good food. The event (entitled “Rassegna Gastronomica del Lodigiano” in Italian) is running until 27 November 2011 and offers a [...]

Hotel St. George invites you to visit the most recent exhibition at the Palazzo Reale, “Cezanne. Les Ateliers du Midi“, opening on 20 October 2011 and running until 26 February 2012. The show pays homage to Cezanne, the great painter born in Aix-en-Provence, and to his extraordinary and individual style; which was so misunderstood and [...]