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Italian climate change protesters turn Venice’s Grand Canal green
Read more: Italian climate change protesters turn Venice’s Grand Canal greenItalian environmentalists used a dye to turn Venice’s Grand Canal green on Saturday in protest at what they said was a lack of progress at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. The protesters from the Extinction Rebellion group, dangling from…
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Gucci model stages mental health protest at Milan fashion week
Read more: Gucci model stages mental health protest at Milan fashion weekIf fashion is a reflection of the times it is little wonder that the current round of shows have often felt discombobulating. Gucci’s show on Sunday night was particularly surreal, opening with a series of models being propelled along a…
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Dramatic Dissent: the Occupation of Rome’s Teatro Valle
Read more: Dramatic Dissent: the Occupation of Rome’s Teatro ValleIn 2009, conservative Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi demoted the publicly-funded Italian Theatre Insitute (or ETI) to “disposable” status, hacking funding for the arts considerably. ETI promoted Italian companies abroad, managed the Teatro della Pergola in Florence, the Duse theatre in…