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

"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

The Accademia dei Lincei said Mr Longley had won for "the extraordinary relevance of his themes and their cultural implications, as well as the very high stylistic quality of his oeuvre".

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2022

When the Accademia del Cimento was formed in 1657 its motto was a tag from Dante, provando e riprovando, and they tested and tested again.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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