On the occasion of the Italian presidency of the G20 and the B20 Women Empowerment initiative focused on enhancing the role of women in the economic sector,
the Bracco Foundation has created a special edition of the books related to the #100esperte project, presenting a series of interviews with the most representative women of Italian society.
Type: Science
A life between two worlds” tells the story of Plinio Rossi, a pioneer of interventional radiology in America first and then in Italy, an outstanding figure not only among radiologists but in the medical community at large. The “two worlds” of the title
refer to Italy and the United States, two interlacing realities in the life of this man.
To celebrate the anniversary of the issuing in 313 A.D. of the “Milan Edict”, the exhibition Constantine 313 A.D. was held. It was conceived by the Milan Diocesan Museum, and Bracco Foundation was the Main Partner.
Background
Bracco Foundation has been running the “Culture and Health” project for some years now. It is aimed at evaluating the impact that cultural participation has on the perception of individual psychological well-being.
Text by Luciano Caramel, Kevin McManus, Stefano Aloisi. The book, which accompanied the rich Milanese retrospective organised by Bracco Foundation in collaboration with the Municipality of Milan, rediscovers the artistic activity of Angiolo D’Andrea (1880-1942), a maestro originally from Friuli but Milanese by adoption.
racco Foundation celebrates International Women’s Day with a festival of taste, melodies and good health, in a thematic and multidisciplinary approach designed to discover the beneficial properties of wine.
Correct lifestyles, culture and the intelligent use of free time have assumed an increasingly important value and role. The perception of one’s well-being depends on a plurality of factors not exclusively related to material elements but rather to aspects linked to lifestyle, the chance for cultural enrichment and the time dedicated to one’s body.
Recent development of Company Foundations, difficulties in the Italian and international economic contexts, a shrinking capacity for public investment in safeguarding and developing cultural and scientific knowledge, the need for a new lines of policy making.
Bracco Foundation was in 2011 official sponsor of the restoration carried out by the Soprintendenza PSAE e per il Polo Museale di Roma of the 17th century Gallery of Pope Alessandro VII Chigi in the Palazzo nel Quirinale, official residence of the Presidency of the Republic.
The exhibition “Objectively better. Taking care of oneself: ideas for greater well-being” is promoted by Bracco Foundation in collaboration with Domus Academy and CDI, and is the second appointment in an organic and ambitious project.