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All Ready for D’Artagnan
[:en]After a whole year of preparatory work, the Ele D’Artagnan Exposition is ready for its inauguration on the 7th of November. Many thanks to all who participated and who will participate in the complete realisation of this important event of ours. [:pt]Depois de mais de um ano de trabalho a exposição de Ele D’Artagnan esta…
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D’Artagnan in Deutschland
Our ever-faithful friend Steve Whitton sends this great report on last Friday’s bash. An Evening in Limburg, Germany Every year before Christmas, Lahn Artists (www.lahnartists.de) has an Annual Exhibition in the Historical Town Hall, one of the most interesting buildings within the Limburger Altstadt. Built in the 14th Century, it was the Town Hall for…
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More D’Artagnan News from Amsterdam
Our great friend Ella Arps and her historic gallery (www.arpsgallery.com) organized the D’Artagnan event last Friday. She kindly contributes this complete report of the event, together with some exciting new developments that have arisen in the wake of it. We started at 8.30 p.m. The theatre of the Foundation Perdu was made up beautifully and…
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D’Artagnan Centenary Hits Three Continents on Friday
The whole ICBIE project is linked to the life and works of a Venetian orphan named Michele Lombardi, who, under the pseudonym of Ele D’Artagnan, managed to climb into the highest artistic circles while living a precarious vagrant’s life. His exalted and tragic presence throughout Pietro Gallina’s childhood and the subsequent inheritance of the maestro’s…
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Pietro, D’Artagnan & ICBIE in the News!
This is a great surprise. In today’s edition of Il Foglio, a daily Italian newspaper, there is a full two-page centerfold article about D’Artagnan and Pietro, showing how their friendship led to the foundation of the ICBIE. What a perfect way to kick off D’Artagnan’s centennial year (he was born in 1911). The lengthy article…
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D’Artagnan Show for ICBIE Theater
Last night at the Mocobo Cultural Center in Rome, Pietro held a special private showing of selected artworks by Ele D’Artagnan (1911-1987), “the painter of the Dolce Vita,” in order to raise funds for the burgeoning ICBIE Theater Project. Besides original artworks, the show also contained beautiful life size reproductions of the D’Artagnan pieces that…
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A Special Invitation to ICBIE Friends in Rome
Next Friday, June 11th, from 4 PM to 9 PM, there will be a special event for all our friends in Rome. Pietro Gallina will give a first-ever private showing of selected works by Ele D’Artagnan (“the painter of the Dolce Vita”) and offer a limited number of signed reproductions of the D’Artignan works that…
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D’Artagnan in Berlin?
Special thanks to our good friend Gesa Chomé for this exciting news regarding Pietro’s efforts in Germany. After the very successful presentation of the pictures of D’Artagnan by the MOMA in New York and by the Italian Institute of Culture together with the Fil museum in Amsterdam, it is now envisaged by the Management Board…
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The President’s “State of the ICBIE” Address
(English translation below) L’inaugurazione del Progetto Oficina di Rua E’ con grande piacere che vorrei dare un annuncio finalmente positivo per il Progetto D’Artagnan Scuola Internazionale di arte e lingue dell’ICBIE, informando sia la nostra comunità locale che quella che ci segue fuori del Brasile: il Comune di Bologna in collaborazione con l’ARCI Solidarietà…
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A Flurry of Comings and Goings
It’s that time of year; schools are out in the northern hemisphere, and it seems like everyone is flying all over the world, despite the economic pinch and stratospheric fuel costs. Just to keep track of everyone is quite a task! ICBIE President Pietro Gallina, after his brief stay in Salvador in the wake of…