Travel is lovely, especially when you return with abundant inspiration and energy to infuse into daily work and life.
This is precisely what QG Directors Soula and Theo Mantalvanos enjoyed throughout September.
Travelling through Italy during a cooler-than-usual September, they enjoyed all that Italian culture offers: food, wine, art and design, glorious vistas, and the utmost hospitality from friends and locals everywhere they visited.
From their base in Cortona with dear friends, Soula and Theo caught the comfortable and speedy Italiarail to Verona, Venice, Bologna, Montepulciano, and San Gimignano before their grand finale in Milan.
Of course, the Biennale di Venezia was a primary destination, as was seeing endless glorious artworks and architecture of churches and Italy’s museums.
Feeling restored and wholly nourished of culture, the QG Directors are back and ready to deliver exhibitions and your new acquisitions.
Below is a very small collection of highlights Soula and Theo Mantalvanos gathered from their recent Italian mini-sojourn.
To view more details, visit the QG social media accounts, and to follow Soula’s Italian work progress, visit soula.com.au or Soula’s socials (@soulamantalvanos).
Sketching on Italiarail
Painting prep, sketching in Verona
Painting prep, sketching in Verona
Sketching in Verona before lunch
Cortona rooftops
Painting prep, sketching in Cortona
Venezia Pavillion Biennale di Venezia
archie moore statement Biennale di Venezia 2024 (Winner Golden Lion for Best National Participation)
Australian Pavillion Biennale di Venezia
archie moore Biennale di Venezia 2024 (Winner Golden Lion for Best National Participation)
archie moore Biennale di Venezia 2024 (Winner Golden Lion for Best National Participation)
Sketching by night Basilica Santa Maria della Salute, Venice from Riva Bar.
Biennale di Venezia
Giulia Andreani Biennale di Venezia
Giulia Andreani Biennale di Venezia
Giulia Andreani Biennale di Venezia
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Juvenal Ravelo, Venice Biennale
Juvenal Ravelo, Venice Biennale
Pietro Ruffo biennale di venezia
Pietro Ruffo biennale di venezia
Vittorio Marella at Biennale di Venezia
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Safet Zec studio
Safet Zec Biennale di Venezia 2024
Safet Zec Biennale di Venezia 2024
Safet Zec’s work at the Biennale di Venezia 2024
Safet Zec’s studio at the Biennale di Venezia 2024
Theo looking at Serban Savu at the Biennale di Venezia
Serban Savu at the Biennale di Venezia
Serban Savu at the Biennale di Venezia
Theo and Soula at Peggy Guggenheim Venice
Peggy Guggenheim Venice
Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna
Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna
MARCO DENTE (Ravenna, 1493 circa – Roma, 1527) and GIOVANNI JACOPO CARAGLIO (Verona, 1505 circa – Parma, 1565) Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna
A Greek lunch at Tavernaki in Bologna
Museo Morandi – Casa
Museo Morandi – Casa
Museo Morandi – Casa
Museo Morandi – Casa
A quick sketch before the past arrives, Bologna
MAMbo Bologna
Museo Morandi
Museo Morandi
Museo Morandi
Museo Morandi
Museo Morandi
Museo Morandi
Natura Morta 1957 oil on canvas by Morandi
How long does memory last? – XX Contemporary Day MAMbo Bologna
How long does memory last? – XX Contemporary Day MAMbo Bologna
Sketching (with Mortadella) in Arezzo
Sant’Agostino, San Gimignano
Sant’Agostino, San Gimignano
Theo chatting to QG Patrons from San Gimignano
Soula enjoying a Milanese bruschetta and Prosecco
Soula & Theo at Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, Milan
Soula & Theo at the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Milan
Restoration room Pinacoteca di Brera Milan
Canaleto’s Venice at the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Canaleto’s Venice at the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Munch at Palazzo Reale, Milan
Munch at Palazzo Reale, Milan
Munch 'jigsaw' print at Palazzo Reale, Milan
Munch at Palazzo Reale, Milan
Munch at Palazzo Reale, Milan
Munch at Palazzo Reale, Milan
Encouraging printmaking at Munch at Palazzo Reale, Milan
Encouraging printmaking at Munch at Palazzo Reale, Milan
Theo at Fornasetti, Milan
