Category Archives: Exhibitions

The Adorable Snow Women

September 25, 2012

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Be never too busy to be beautiful! When women discovered the fun and sense of freedom that the mountains offered, magazines were quick to reflect this with witty, beautifully illustrated magazine covers. Italy’s National Museum of the Mountains has gathered a large collection of these covers, dated from 1880 to 1940, and curated them into a stunning exhibition ‘Le Innamorevoli Donne delle Nevi’ or ’The Adorable Snow-Women’. The 1932 ’Liberty’ magazine cover used for the exhibition poster is well chosen - our chic heroine casually powders her nose, somewhat oblivious to the straining biceps & triceps of her [...]

Turin’s Treasures

July 8, 2012

Appropriately enough, Italy’s Museum of the Mountains can be found in Turin perched atop one of its peaks - with 360° views over the city and across to the Alps. Housed in part of an old monastery, monks & pilgrims once had the luxury of a small funicular railway to carry them elegantly to the top of Monte dei Cappuccini. With the mercury rising past the mid-30s° we had only a hot, sweaty climb. The view from the top would have been reward enough but I had set [...]

If you are around Grenoble 18th-20th November…

November 8, 2011

Every 3rd weekend in November, the ‘Capital of the Alps’, Grenoble, hosts an exhibition dedicated to the majestic mountains which surround it – the ‘Salon du Livre de Regionalisme Alpin’. Here, you can browse & buy everything from old black & white photographs of Mont Blanc through early woodcuts & lithographs to books, postcards & old resort brochures. At the same time, you can also see an exhibition of 100 rare & precious books curated by Jacques Perret [...]