At Gagosian Gallery and at the Cerere Foundation

Hirst, paintings and postcardsTwo separate exhibitions in

Rome celebrate the work ofcutting edge contemporary artistDamien Hirst. The first (at Gago-sian Gallery, Via F. Crispi 16), ispart of a larger exhibition conceivedto take place simultaneously ineach of Gagosian Gallery’s elevenlocations across the world. It fea-tures Hirst’s spot paintings whichare considered to be among themost distinctive in contemporaryart, a symbol that is recognizeduniversally, cutting across boun-daries of culture and language.

The exhibit includes the first spotpainting created by Hirst in 1986,his monumental canvases whereno single colour is ever repeated,and his most recent works The se-cond exhibition (at FondazionePastificio Cerere, Via degli Ausoni7) is entitled “Postcard from…Damien Hirst” and features “Nu-cleohistone” a poster by Hirst in-stalled in the Fondazione’s cour-tyard. For info www.gagosian.comand www.pastificiocerere.it

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Happy 70th Maestro PollliniThe Orchestra di Santa Cecilia and conductor Antonio Pappano ce-

lebrate the great pianist Maurizio Pollini’s 70th birthday with theperformance of Mozart’s Piano Concert K488 with Pollini in theleading role. This Concert was finished, according to Mozart's own ca-talogue, in March 1786, around the time of the premiere of his opera,“The Marriage of Figaro”. Scored for piano solo and an orchestra, it

was one of three subscription con-certs given that spring and wasprobably played by Mozart himselfat one of these. The rest of theprogramme foresees the symphonyfrom Rossini’s “Silken Ladder”and Haydn’s “Sinfonia Concer-tante” n. 105. It’s a special occasion,not only because it celebrates Pol-lini’s incredible lifelong career ofartistic excellency, but also becauseall proceeds go to Umberto Vero-nesi’s Foundation for scientific re-search. Concert on Wednesday18th at Auditorium Parco dellaMusica, Viale P. de Coubertin, tel.068082058, www.santacecilia.it

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“Candide”, irony and witRome’s Opera Theatre opens

the New Year with “the bestof all possible worlds” in whichirony and wit come to life to thenotes of Bernstein’s comic ope-retta: “Candide”. First performedin 1956, and with a libretto byLillian Hellman and others afterVoltaire, the story focuses on thefigure of Dr. Pangloss who hastaught the Westphalian noblemanCandide and his beloved Cune-gonde that this is “the best of allpossible worlds”. In this beliefthey go off on their travels – and experience exile, war, rape, the Inquisitionand frequent betrayals. In the end they realize that they must come to termswith reality and “make their gardens grow”. On the podium, the Britishconductor Wayne Marshall who has worked with Choir director RobertoGabbiani, and a cast that includes Michael Spyres, Bruno Taddia, JessicaPratt, Derek Welton, Jane Henschel. From 18th to 24th January at Teatrodell’Opera, Piazza Gigli. Info www.operaroma.it

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Antonio Pappano on the podium

A scene from “Candide”

“Famotidine”, a work by DamienHirst (Photographed by Prudence Cuming Associates © Damien Hirstand Science Ltd. All rights reserved,DACS 2011, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery)

Maurizio Pollini and Antonio Pappano

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EXHIBITIONSGUERCINO 1591-1666.MASTERPIECES FROMCENTO AND FROM ROMEOn display a selection of pre-cious works highlighting the mi-lestones of the life and careerof Francesco Barbieri, knownas “Guercino”, born in the cityof Cento and one of the mostsignificant protagonists of 17thcentury Italian art. Until 29thApril at Palazzo Barberini. Openfrom 9am to 7pm. Closed onMondays. Info and booking tel.0632810, www.mostraguerci-no.it

ARTE POVERARome's Gallery of Modern Artparticipates in a major multi-venue exhibition that involvesseveral Italian museums cele-brating Arte Povera: a contem-porary visual arts movementwhich made a major contributionto the world of art. Until 4thMarch at Galleria Nazionaled'Arte Moderna, Viale delle Bel-le Arti 131, tel. 0632298221.8.30am to 7.30pm. Mondaysclosed.I BORGHESE E L’ANTICOT anks to an exceptional colla-borative effort of the Louvre,the Borghese Gallery presents

the exhibition “I Borghese el’Antico” which gathers 60 ma-sterpieces currently belongingto the Paris Museum. The worksin question were collected bythe Borghese family and espe-cially by Cardinal Scipione Bor-ghese from the 17th centuryon, and although most of theprecious collection remains in-tact and on display in Rome, a th

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Wolfgang Flur

DJ SET JAZZ

German musician and dj Wolfgang Flur is back inRome with one of his electrifying dj and video

performances. Flur is a former member of Kraftwerk,the pioneer band of electronicminimalism in the '60s, '70s,and '80s, credited with havingredefined pop music. TodayFlur is the founding memberof Yamo and djs in clubs pla-ying tech, house and electro.As well as having publishedan autobiography entitled “Iwas a robot”, Flur has alsoaccompanied the Germansynthpop duo, Dyko, in liveshows as an electronic per-cussionist, and on a single re-leased in 2009. Djset and vi-deo performance on Saturday14th at Animal Social Club,Via di Portonaccio 23/e,www.animalsocialclub.com

Steve GrossmanSteve Grossman is acclaimed as a master of tenor

sax. Although he started out playing in fusion-oriented settings, Grossman developed into an ex-

cellent hard bop tenor inthe tradition of Sonny Rol-lins, although he developedhis own sound. His careerreally started at the top asWayne Shorter’s replace-ment with Miles Davis. Gros-sman then went on to playwith Lonnie Liston Smithin,Elvin Jones, Barry Harris,Mcoy Tyner, Kenny Dorham,Chick Corea and manyothers as well as leadinghis own bands and recor-ding for all the big labels.Concert on 14th and 15thJanuary at Gregory’s JazzClub, Via Gregoriana 54/a,tel. 066796386. Wolfgang Flur

This concert inaugurates the Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta’s newseason entitled “Musical Offering”. A long-time friend and sup-

porter of the Rome ensemble, composer Ennio Morricone, is on thepodium for the event with a programme dedicated to his ownmusic. Morricone is a household name throughout the world thanksabove all to the scores he has written for hundreds of films inclu-ding box office hits such as Cinema Paradiso, The Good The Bad andThe Ugly, The Untouchables. But – Morricone points out – he is firstand foremost a composer of what he calls “absolute music”, and it isto this genre the first part of the programme is dedicated. TheOrchestra Roma Sinfonietta, which was founded in 1993, continuesto collaborate with Rome’s Tor Vergata University and with a host ofinternational artists such as Luis Bacalov, Nicola Piovani and others.Concert on Sunday 15th at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P.de Coubertin, tel. 06802412281.

MUSICMorricone: music for film and for today

Ennio Morricone

On Sunday 15th at Parco della Musica

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94significant sale of classicalsculpture was made under du-ress to the Louvre in 1807.Until April 2012 at the BorgheseGallery, Piazzale Scipione Bor-ghese 5. Booking is necessarytel. 0632810, www.ticketeria.itDAYS OF THE DINOSAURA touring interactive exhibitionthat aims to provide visitorswith a first-hand experience ofthe world of the gigantic animalsthat owned Earth tens of mil-lions of years ago. The exhibi-tion features over fifty life sizeddinosaur robots, complete withmoving eyes, tongue and claws,as well as skeleton replicasand an interactive area wherechildren get to become palae-ontologists for one day. In ad-dition to the great thrill of wat-ching dinosaurs in motion, theexhibit provides related infor-mation throughout the entiretour. Until 18th January dailyfrom 10am at Nuova Fiera diRoma, Via Por tuense1645/1647. Reduced familytickets available. Tel.

0665074200. For informationwww.daysofthedinosaur.itROME IN CARAVAGGIO’STIMET his exhibition explores the lifeand art of the Eternal City duringa particularly critical time follo-wing the political and socialupheavals of the Protestant Re-formation and the efforts of the

popes to re-store the po-wer and pre-stige of theC a t h o l i cChurch. Bybringing toge-ther some140 paintingsfrom mu-seums andg a l l e r i e saround theworld, theshow tracesthe influenceof the two gre-at ar tists atthe turn of theXVII century,

the classical painter AnnibaleCarracci from Bologna and therevolutionary Caravaggio fromMilan. Until February 5th, open10am to 7pm, closed on Mon-days, details and bookings on06-32810.PIET MONDRIANThis is a major retrospectivethat aims to cover the over 30years of Piet Mondrian’s activity.More than seventy oil paintingsand drawings by the Dutch artistwho is considered to be one ofthe founders of abstractionism,as well as an important repre-sentative of neo-plasticism, hi-ghlight the overall coherence ofan artist whose capacity for re-newal and artistic growth re-mained constant throughout hiscareer. Until 29th January 2012at Complesso del Vittoriano,Via San Pietro in Carcere. Forinformation tel. 066780664.Open Monday to Thursday9.30am - 7.30pm; Friday andSaturday 9.30am - 11.30pm;Sunday 9.30am - 8.30pm.MICHELANGELO AND LEONARDO This exhibition at the CapitolineMuseums offers, for the firsttime, a chance to compare andcontrast drawings and sketchesby the two great masters of theItalian Renaissance, Leonardoand Michelangelo, through somesixty of their works on displayuntil February 19th 2012. Ope-ning hours from 9am to 8pm,

closed on Mondays, tickets euro6 or euro 12 for joint entranceto the exhibition and museums,details on 06-0608.FILIPPINO LIPPI ANDSANDRO BOTTICELLI IN15TH CENTURY FLORENCEThis exhibition aims to shinethe light on the approximately34 years of Lippi's career. Lippiwas an extremely prolific artistand his work ranged from pa-nels, to frescoes, from drawingson coloured paper to paintings.The works on show are fromleading international museumsand private collections. A se-lection of works by Botticellialso provides the public withan opportunity for stylistic com-parison with his master, hisfriend, and ultimately his rival.Until 15th January at Scuderiedel Quirinale, Via XXIV Maggio,tel. 0639967500.THE RENAISSANCEIN ROMEEntitled “The Renaissance inRome” this exhibition exploresartistic, architectural and ur-ban planning in 16th centuryRome. Seven sections bearwitness to an extraordinarilyfertile and sophisticated periodin the history of art which star-ted off still imbued in classicalculture, and developed withinthe influence of a new and en-thralling religious spirituality. Itincludes masterpieces by Ra-phael, Michelangelo andothers. Until 12th February atPalazzo Sciarra, Via M. Min-ghetti 22, tel. 0639967888.9am-6pm. Saturday 9am-2pm.Sunday closed.HOMO SAPIENS‘Homo Sapiens: the great storyof human diversity’ is the titleof this interactive exhibitionwhich runs Until February 12that Palazzo delle Esposizioni inVia Nazionale 194. Divided intosix sections, it has been put to-gether by a team of geneticists,linguistic specialists, anthropo-logists and paleo-anthropolo-gists to examine the origins ofthe human race, some two mil-lion years ago, followed by thedevelopment of homo sapienswho migrated, colonised andsettled on the different conti-nents. Open 10am to 8pm or10.30pm on Friday and Satur-day, closed Mondays, detailsand bookings on 06-39967500.

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Fazil SayTurkish-born star pianist Fa-

zil Say is back in Rome witha carefully thought up pro-gramme. He begins with Bu-soni’s transcription of Bach’s“Chacon-ne” andcontinueswith Zim-m e r -m a n n ’ s“Enchiri-dion” andBeethove-n’s pianosonata n’32 opus111, pro-viding thep u b l i cwith achance tosavour Sa-y’s extra-ordinaryinterpretative and technicalversatility as well as his flam-boyant – and sometimes con-troversial - personality. Con-cert on Tuesday 17th at theAula Magna of Rome’s Sa-pienza University, PiazzaleAldo Moro 5, tel. 063610051,www.concertiiuc.it

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