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Simone Vallerotondo playing Santiago de Murcia
These are busy times in Siena. Culturally speaking. With the SIENAFESTIVAL in full swing (e.g. with the baroque concert of Simone Vallerotondo) and the presence of Sienna Miller during the TERRA DI SIENA film festival announced, the rest of the city doesn't sleep. On Tuesday, 25th of September the Siena Art Institute organizes the second artist talk of the month, this time with Japanese painter Satoko Motouji from Kyoto, Japan. The artist has a deep link to the city of Siena and the landscape surrounding it (the famous Crete Senesi). Her recent works in handmade paper and ink are an expression of her inquiry into Japan's artistic and philosophical traditions. On Saturday afternoon (September, 29) Siena's natural history museum, called L'Accademia dei Fisiocritici, will have a special opening to celebrate the 2012 European Heritage Days. Entrance to the museum will be free. The core concept of the European Heritage Days is in fact free museum entrance to spur the public to visit (or re-visit) Italy and Europe's state museums. This is a great chance to visit Siena's Pinacoteca Nazionale (the museum is home to some of Sienese art's master pieces), which offers free entrance on Saturday and Sunday. Via Tommaso Pendola, 37 - Tel 0577 532001
Presentation in English. The meetings are for free.
Saturday, 29th of September, 9.30pm
SIMONE VALLEROTONDO, Santa Maria degli Angeli Check out the website of SIENAFESTIVAL for more events (exhibitions, guided visits to Siena's library and concerts, dance & theater performances). Saturday, 29th of September, 3-5pm Free visits to the museo dei Fisiocritici piazzetta Silvio Gigli, 2 (Prato di Sant'Agostino) Saturday, 29th and Sunday 30th September Free visits to Siena's Pinacoteca Nazionale You can find the museum opening times on our Siena Museum Page. However, it may be wise to check their website or ask at the tourist office about special opening times in regard to the European Heritage Days. |
From toddlers to octogenarians, when in Siena I schlepp everybody to see Ambrogio Lorenzetti's 'Buon Governo'. The long title of the painting is 'The Allegory of Good and Bad Government in the City and the Countryside' and it is exactly that - namely an accurate depiction of daily life in medieval Siena. The detailed and elegant fresco cycle is a rarity not just in regard to Lorenzetti's style and technique, but mainly due to its subject matter. In the 14th century, paintings and frescoes focus on stories and characters from the old and new testament and not on the day-to-day tasks of builders and farmers. Medieval Siena depicted on one of the walls of Ambrogio Lorenzetti's fresco cycle in the Palazzo Pubblico (©Wikipedia) And this is exactly why it's so much fun to spend some time in front of the fresco cycle in the civic museum in Siena's Palazzo Pubblico. Whether its kids - or meat lovers - looking for the famous Cinta Senese pig ...