Accademia

British

/ akkaˈdɛmja /

noun

Full name: Galleria dell' Accademia. an art gallery in Venice housing a collection of paintings by Venetian masters from the 13th to 18th centuries

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Harding, 50, who currently serves as director of Italy's Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, will make his Los Angeles debut in the 2027/2028 season.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

He has worked since 2007 with set designer Paolo Fantin, his former student at Venice’s Accademia di Belle Arti.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

“It’s very interesting, and now it’s surely necessary to carry out further investigations,” said Cecilie Hollberg, the director of the Accademia Gallery in Florence.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2024

"Legal language is not the right place for minoritarian innovative experimentations," the Accademia said in a six-page opinion that Reuters reviewed on Monday, after the Corriere della Sera newspaper first reported on it.

From Reuters ● Mar. 20, 2023

Both were founder members of the short-lived Accademia del Cimento, founded in Florence the following year, and Borelli studied anatomy around this time.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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