{"id":72313,"date":"2015-11-19T10:21:45","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T09:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/pin\/week-november-6-11\/"},"modified":"2015-11-19T10:21:45","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T09:21:45","slug":"week-november-6-11","status":"publish","type":"pin","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/pin\/week-november-6-11\/","title":{"rendered":"The week of November 6 \u2013 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Economy<\/strong> \u2013 Italy\u2019s economy is on the up. So said the Wall Street Journal<\/em> on November 6 in a piece entitled – Italy\u2019s Economy: Turning the Corner<\/a>*, in which it reported on the positive figures shown in the last few weeks; the \u201cbest in Europe\u201d it said. On the same day, Bloomberg Businessweek<\/em>   expressed the same opinion, based on a statement by the Bank of Italy declaring that more credit would be available next year –  Italy’s Lending to Rise in 2016 Amid Recovery, Central Bank Says<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As foreign businesses \u2013 such as Ageas, the Belgian Insurance company \u2013 are starting to look with interest at what is happening on the Italian market, as reported by Reuters <\/em>on November 6 – Belgian insurer Ageas mulls options for 2.5 bln euros cash pile-CEO<\/a>, the foreign press have also been writing about how Italian groups are performing at the moment, with Poste Italiane,<\/strong> for example, practically doubling in the first nine months of the year, also reported by Reuters<\/em>, but on November 9 – Poste Italiane says 9-mth net profit nearly doubles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Art<\/strong> \u2013 The art world has given the press much to report on this week. On November 5, the New<\/em> York Times<\/em> ran a piece on Carlo Crivelli,<\/strong> a little known 15th century Venetian painter – Carlo<\/a> Crivelli, an Overlooked Renaissance Master, in Boston<\/span>, whilst on November 9, the Wall Street Journal<\/em> chose to focus on another great Italian artist, Giorgio Morandi<\/strong>, this time from the 20th<\/sup> century, and an exhibition in New York dedicated to his work –  \u2018Giorgio Morandi\u2019 Review: Still Lifes That Find the Sublime<\/a>*.<\/p>\n

On November 6, the Financial Times,<\/em> on the other hand, wrote a more general piece about Italian art and how it has been attracting great interest in recent auctions in both New York and  London – The Art Market: Italians in NYC<\/a>*, a fact confirmed in a follow-up piece it published 3 days later reporting on the price just paid for a Modigliani<\/strong> – Chinese billionaire buys Modigliani nude for $170m at Christie\u2019s<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Art, in the guise of one of Italy\u2019s most important art galleries, the Galleria Continua<\/strong>, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, featured in the November 8 edition of Liberation<\/em> – Galleria Continua, gotha \u00e0 la cr\u00e8me<\/a>, and the next day, the Wall Street Journal<\/em> dedicated an article to the work of Dom Quartuccio,<\/strong> photographs providing a revealing insight into New York\u2019s Italian community, on show at the Italian American Museum right there in the Big Apple – Little Italy\u2019s Revered Photographer<\/a>*.<\/p>\n

Leading Lights<\/strong> \u2013 On November 9, Les Echos<\/em>, published a profile of Andrea Munari<\/strong>, the BNLs new CEO and member of the Executive Board of the bank\u2019s parent company, BNP-Paribas – Un Italien au profil international \u00e0 la t\u00eate de BNL<\/a>. A few days later, on November 12, Die Welt <\/em>chose instead to feature the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi – <\/strong>Italiener Grandi wird neuer UN-Fl\u00fcchtlingskommissar<\/a>. Meantime in Spain, El Mundo<\/em> dedicated an article, published on November 7, to the communicative charm of Lapo Elkann<\/strong> – El encanto del hombre canalla<\/a> along with another piece on the same day that focused instead on Italian music, featuring an in-depth interview with popular singer Laura Pausini <\/strong>– Laura Pausini, la voz que no calla<\/a>.  On November 9, one of Spain\u2019s other papers, El<\/em> Pais, <\/em>wrote about the phenomenon that is Elena Ferrante<\/strong>, the pen name used by a highly successful novelist whose true identity remains unknown – Elena Ferrante: \u201cEscribir es una apropiaci\u00f3n indebida\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tourism & lifestyle<\/strong> \u2013 Tourism, along with aspects of Italian lifestyle also warranted a mention this week, with the Washington Post<\/em> explaining, on November 9, that Milan <\/strong>and New York have got together to promote travel to both cities – NYC, Milan announce tourism partnership<\/a>. Meantime on November 6, the New York Times<\/em>, wrote about the search for eternal life going on in one of the towns on Lake Garda\u2019s<\/strong> breathtaking shoreline – Limone Sul Garda: Where to Find the Secret to a Long Life?<\/a>* Tourists, albeit of a very particular kind, also made the press, with an article published by Bloomberg Business<\/em> on November 9 about those who head for Fiorano in order to indulge in lessons on how to drive a Ferrari –  Six Tricked-Out Driving Schools for Luxury Auto Nuts<\/a>. <\/p>\n

As to lifestyle,  M, Le magazine du Monde<\/em> ran a piece on November 6 that described how, in the 1950s,  Piaggio<\/strong>\u2019s Vespa 400 economy car was introduced specifically to compete with Fiat\u2019s 500 – Vespa 400, la plus fran\u00e7aise des petites italiennes<\/a>*.<\/p>\n

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