retrospettiva itinerante

English translation: travelling retrospective exhibition

22:27 Jan 9, 2002

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary

Italian term or phrase: retrospettiva itinerante

Al suo lavoro sono state dedicate mostre in tutto il mondo; fra le tante ricordiamo le participazioni alle Biennali di Venezia del 1980, 1905 e 1991 e una retrospettiva itinerante organissata dal.......

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Local time: 09:43

English translation:travelling retrospective exhibition

Explanation:
e.g.:

"John Muafangejo spent much of the last six months of his life preparing for a major travelling retrospective exhibition to be shown at twelve venues across South Africa and Namibia, sponsored by the Standard Bank Festival of Arts in Grahamstown in 1988."

HTH,

Serge L.

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Serge L
Local time: 09:43

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Thanks so much for your help
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travelling retrospective exhibition

Serge L

4 +1

touring retrospective

Anna Beria

itinerant retrospective

Hazel Whiteley

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5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

travelling retrospective exhibition

Serge L
Local time: 09:43
PRO pts in pair: 122

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Thanks so much for your help

7 mins confidence:

itinerant retrospective

Explanation:
This wasn't my first choice because I thought it sounded too arty/pompous but the Google search found examples that seem to suit your context.

Reference: http://www.google.com/search?num=20&q=%22itinerant+retrospec...

Hazel Whiteley
Local time: 08:43
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 133

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

touring retrospective

Explanation:
I propose "touring" for which Google finds a good number of hits in decent English. It is not necessary to specify "exhibition": a "retrospective", in an art context, will suffice.

Ciao!

Anna Beria
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:43
PRO pts in pair: 156

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