Friuli: Voucher to ‘Refund’ Tickets for Shows Canceled due to the Coronavirus Emergency.

Teatro Romano in Trieste

In Northern Italian Region Friuli Venezia Giulia theatre organizers are going to issue vouchers for spectators due to shows canceled. These “vouchers” will have to be used within one year from the date of issue and they will offer the possibility to attend the shows scheduled for the next theater season 2020/2021. The CSS, a theatre organization routed in the Region, has send out a press release with detailed information on how to request a voucher.

Read the Italian press release from CSS.  

MoMA offers Online Classes directly from Curators, Artists and Designers

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The Museum of Modern Art will probably be closed for a while therefore they have adjusted to the lock down situation by offering podcast’s tour of the collection or online visits and by its free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on Coursera. Its offerings are online classes directly from curators, artists and designers, and exploring the works featured in MoMA‘s collection and exhibitions.

More info on Coursera

Van Gogh’s The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring Has Been Stolen.

The rectory garden in Nuenen with female figure

Singer Laren museum in Laren was closed to the public when at around 3:15 a.m on March 30th some thieves smashed a large glass door at the front of the museum to access the building. According to the local authorities perpetrators had vanished by the time Police arrived, stealing Dutch master’s painting. The painting was on loan from the Groninger Museum in Groningen, the Netherlands, and it was painted when Van Gogh was living in Neunen, where his father was a pastor. Police have launched a criminal investigation and are requesting any security footage captured by cameras in the neighborhood and questioning local residents. Anna Singer established The museum  in 1954 and it includes works by Dutch artists Chris Beekman, Jan Toorop and Herman Kruyder, among others.

More info about the The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring