Business people
Business & Innovation

Sharpshooting Luca Scribani-Rossi

Luca Scribani-Rossi is a man of many accomplishments, and, some might say, identities: a proud Italo-Australian, Olympic champion, and captain of business. We meet Luca, the outgoing president of the ICCI Melbourne.

by

Martin Plowman

on

9/1/2023

Art
Art & Culture

The Birth of Venus

Two of the most famous paintings from the Italian Renaissance feature women. One of them is the Mona Lisa. The other is The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, currently held in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

by

Martin Plowman

on

6/2/2023

Culture
Art & Culture

Suspended between war and peace

30 years of Studio Ghibli's Porco Rosso. Porco Rosso is now considered a powerful anti-war film. But can an animated film about a man cursed with a pig’s head actually deal with politics in the real world?

by

Martin Plowman

on

3/4/2023

Culture
Art & Culture

The many faces of the puppet who wanted to be a real boy

Pinocchio might have been written for children and interpreted as a coming-of-age story, but it has always been a story about coming into being.

by

Martin Plowman

on

2/5/2024

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