In Florence
"Once upon a time..." Pinocchio at Palazzo Pitti. From it's earliest publisher Paggi to it's present day publishers Giunti. Drawings and books from it's publishers
 
"Once upon a time there was... - A king! - my young readers immediately cry out. No, children, you're wrong. Once upon a time there was a piece of wood".
It was 1880, when the "Children's Magazine (Giornale dei bambini)" published the first instalment of "A puppet's story (Storia di un burattino)", a novel that was to elevate the figure of Pinocchio to world fame and to become - with the title of "The adventures of Pinocchio (Le avventure di Pinocchio)" - the most translated book in the world after the Bible.
"Once upon a time a piece of wood". And out into the world bloomed the gentle strictness of the Turquoise Fairy, the bumbling anxiety of Geppetto, the boundless liveliness of Pinocchio and the profound meanings of a fairy tale that beneath it's educational optimism hides the exact opposite, a subtle and sarcastic critique of the very platitudes that imbued those pedagogical intentions.

Florence, Galleria d'arte moderna
from the 25th of November 2006 to the 25th of March 2007
Opening times: Tues - Sun 8.15 am - 6.50 pm
Closed on Mondays, on the 25th of December and the 1st of May
Ticket prices: full price euro 8.50; concessions euro 4.25Art

In Udine
Afro & Italia-America. Incontri e confronti
No preconceived forms. Feelings have no body and therefore, they can't have any physical  representation...
In addition to the paintings one can also admire photographs, period films, drawing and letters that can help to get an idea of his longstanding artistic collaborations, his encounters with famous men and the close ties of friendship that linked Afro to some of the most important figures involved in artistic research during the twentieth century.

Udine, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Chiesa di San Francesco
Pordenone, Museo Civico d'Arte, Palazzo Ricchieri
from the 25th of November 2006 to the 18th of March 2007
opening times: every day from 10.00 am to 7.00 pm ? Closed Mondays
tickets: full price euro 9 ? concessions euro 7
information: tel. 899666805

Vatican City
Laocoon. At the origins of the Vatican Museums
A tale that began with an "accident".
Rome, 1506. In his vineyard on the Colle Oppio, in the vicinity of Titus's spa and the Coliseum...
Vatican City, Vatican Museum
From the 18th of November 2006 to the 28th of February 2007
opening times: Mon ? Fri 8.45 am ? 5.45 pm
Saturday and the last Sunday of each month 8.45 am ? 1.45 pm
30th of December, 13th of January 2007, 20th, 27th January, 3rd, 10th, 17th 24th of February 8.45 am ? 2.45 pm
Closed on Sundays (except the last Sunday of each month); 8th and 25th December; 1st and 6th of January 2007; 11th of February
tickets: Free of charge.

In Bari
San Nicola. The artistic splendour of the West and the East
The evocative power of Asia Minor and the sumptuousness of Byzantium

San Nicola. Splendori d'arte d'Oriente e d'Occidente

Bari, Castello Svevo
From the 7th of December to the 6th of May 2007
Opening times: every day from 9.30 am to 7.30 pm
Tickets (exhibition and castle): Full price euro 9.00
Reduced euro 7.50