{"id":72443,"date":"2016-09-19T11:54:01","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T09:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/pin\/week-september-9-15\/"},"modified":"2016-09-19T11:54:01","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T09:54:01","slug":"week-september-9-15","status":"publish","type":"pin","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/pin\/week-september-9-15\/","title":{"rendered":"The week of September 9 \u2013 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

Economy \u2013 <\/strong>Financial news about Italy this week has focused on the plans for growth announced by major groups. Eni<\/strong>, for example has just made a 30 year deal with the government of Montenegro allowing it to research and extract hydrocarbons in the Adriatic (Reuters<\/em>, September 14 – Montenegro signs 30-year oil concession deal with Eni, Novatek<\/a>). However, it was Generali<\/strong> that featured in an article in France\u2019s Les Echos<\/em> which set out its plans for future development (September 9 – Generali lance un nouveau plan de d\u00e9veloppement en Italie<\/a>*).<\/p>\n

Art & design \u2013 <\/strong>There were several pieces involving art and design this week. El Pa\u00eds<\/em> wrote about the inflatable boats that can be seen on the facade of the Palazzo Strozzi<\/strong> in Florence as part of the exhibition about to open there dedicated to the work of Ai Wewei (September 15 – Ai Weiwei cuelga lanchas del Palazzo Strozzi<\/a>). Meanwhile the New York Times<\/em> had so-called \u201cArte Povera<\/strong>\u201d on its mind, running a piece about two American collectors of the genre about to open a space, in the state of New York, dedicated to the subject (September 14 – You Don\u2019t Know What Arte Povera Is? They Can Change That<\/a>*). The same paper featured another article on Italian art, the Cab chair, by Mario Bellini<\/strong>, which New York\u2019s MoMa has described as one of the most significant pieces of 20th century furniture (September 9 – Design classic: Mario Bellini\u2019s Cab chair<\/a>*).<\/p>\n

There is also a significant Italian connection in the massive sculpture known as \u201cVessel\u201d that it was made in Monfalcone although it will eventually make its way to a recently created district of New York (news and photos September 14 – New York Times<\/em> – A $150 Million Stairway to Nowhere on the Far West Side<\/a>; Bloomberg Business<\/em> – Related Unveils Design for Towering $150 Million ‘Vessel’ in Hudson Yards<\/a>; Washington Post<\/em> – Plans for huge sculpture in New York public plaza unveiled<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Tourism<\/strong> \u2013 A subject always featured in the news somewhere is tourism with le Monde<\/em> that was in Pompeii<\/strong> to talk about the way new technology is able to show us what life was like in the Roman city at the foot of Vesuvius before disaster struck (September 9 – Pomp\u00e9i, la vie r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9e au scanner<\/a>*). On the other hand the New York Times<\/em> told readers about the \u201cculinary secrets\u201d of Norcia<\/strong> (September 14 – Umbria, Italy\u2019s Best-Kept Culinary Secret, Is Budding<\/a>*). Moreover, a beautiful sunrise over Mont Blanc featured in the Financial Times <\/em>in its web-based Photo Diary (September 9 – Mont Blanc sunrise<\/a>) whilst the luxury property for sale section of the print edition featured a villa for sale in the hills around Lucca (September 9 – Five homes for sale with formal gardens<\/a>). For Bloomberg <\/em>it was the tortuous roads around Lake Garda<\/strong> that kept the reporter testing Maserati\u2019s new SUV busy (September 12 – Conquer the Hills of Italy in a Maserati Levante<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Leading figures<\/strong> \u2013 Two Italians featured in separate New York Times<\/em> articles the first, Daniele Gatti<\/strong>, who has just been appointed Chief Conductor for Amsterdam\u2019s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (September 11 – Daniele Gatti, Creative Risk-Taker, Picks Up Baton at Royal Concertgebouw<\/a>*) whilst the second was all about Isabella Dalla Ragione<\/strong>, sometimes described as \u201can arboreal archaeologist\u201d, who saves Umbria\u2019s ancient species of trees from becoming extinct (September 11 – Italian Grows Forgotten Fruit. What She Preserves Is a Culture*).<\/a><\/p>\n

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Economy \u2013 <\/strong>Financial news about Italy this week has focused on the plans for growth announced by major groups. Eni<\/strong>, for example has just made a 30 year deal with the government of Montenegro allowing it to research and extract hydrocarbons in the Adriatic (Reuters<\/em>, September 14 – Montenegro signs 30-year oil concession deal with Eni, Novatek<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2357,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"freetags":[],"tipologiapin":[2375],"tag_tecnica":[],"temi_aspen":[],"attivita_internaz_in_essere":[],"attivita_internaz_concluse":[],"studi_e_ricerche":[],"class_list":["post-72443","pin","type-pin","status-publish","hentry","tipologiapin-foreign-press-italys-success-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pin\/72443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pin"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pin\/72443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"freetags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/freetags?post=72443"},{"taxonomy":"tipologiapin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipologiapin?post=72443"},{"taxonomy":"tag_tecnica","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tag_tecnica?post=72443"},{"taxonomy":"temi_aspen","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/temi_aspen?post=72443"},{"taxonomy":"attivita_internaz_in_essere","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attivita_internaz_in_essere?post=72443"},{"taxonomy":"attivita_internaz_concluse","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attivita_internaz_concluse?post=72443"},{"taxonomy":"studi_e_ricerche","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/studi_e_ricerche?post=72443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}