During COVID-19, let Art wash away life’s dust — join us for a virtual Italian weekend in San Gimignano, the magnificent towering hill town, from the comfort of your home.
The Month of April
Master Wenceslas’s vibrant April fresco at Trento’s Torre Aquila captures a flourishing 15th-century spring — farmers, elegant ladies and fertile landscapes celebrating nature’s awakening under wise governance.
Still Life à la cafetière
Van Gogh’s Still Life à la cafetière, a symphony of blues, yellows and oranges, showcases his extraordinary mastery of colour — transforming humble everyday objects into vibrant, moving art.
Virtual Spanish Weekend
Dedicated to Juan, fighting COVID-19 in Spain — discover happiness within through a virtual Toledo weekend, meeting El Greco’s genius, from the comfort of your home.
Celebrating the Greek War of Independence
Celebrating Greece’s War of Independence Bicentennial — honouring the revolutionary fighters of 1821 who sacrificed everything, so future generations could live in freedom and dignity.
Panagia Kosmosotira in Feres
Founded by Sevastokrator Isaakios Komnenos in 1152, Panagia Kosmosotira in Feres stands as a magnificent Byzantine treasure — his final resting place, adorned with exquisite 12th-century Constantinopolitan frescoes.
Correggio’s Jupiter and Io
Correggio’s Jupiter and Io masterfully twists Renaissance harmony into Mannerist excitement — Io’s sensuous, entwining body against Zeus’s dark cloud creating an unforgettable contrast of texture, colour and desire.
Hegeso, daughter of Proxenos
Hegeso’s magnificent 5th-century funerary stele, attributed to Kallimachos, captures an elegant Athenian woman in a timeless everyday moment — a graceful reminder that human life is fleeting and precious.
A Tiffany Drawing and the final product!
Tiffany’s luminous enamel-on-copper bowl, crafted by Julia Munson’s all-women workshop, dazzles with three-dimensional plums among leaves — a rare, shimmering masterpiece of extraordinary craftsmanship and organic beauty.
What a life you had Bianca Cappello!
Born Venetian nobility, Bianca Cappello chose passion over propriety, rising dramatically to become Grand Duchess of Tuscany — beloved, powerful, and controversial until her mysterious death alongside Francesco de’ Medici.