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Story of Lucretia, the rape that radically changed the politics of ancient Rome

Lucretia 's is a tragic story. It is a story of rape in ancient Rome, but also of honor violated. And it is a story that ends in tragedy because so strong is the shame at the thought of being unjustly considered an adulteress, she who was completely...
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Interview with Roberto Bolle and Mauro Bigonzetti: "This is why we brought Caravaggio to the theater."

In May, choreographer Mauro Bigonzetti's ballet Caravaggio was presented for the first time in Italy, seventeen years after its debut in 2008 in Berlin. It fell to étoile Roberto Bolle to interpret Caravaggio, who took the show on stage at the...
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The Venice Biennale of 2026 will be called "In Minor Keys": it will be a jazz biennale devoted to listening

It will be titled In Minor Keys ("In Minor Key"), the Venice Biennale's 2026 international exhibition, which will run from May 9 to Nov. 22, 2026. Curated by the late Koyo Kouoh, who passed away only a few days ago, it was unveiled this morning in V...
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Enrico Amici, when photography is resonance and relationship with what surrounds us

"What is essential is invisible to the eyes," wrote Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. This is the secret that the fox reveals to the Little Prince, an invitation to go beyond what is seen on the surface, which may perhaps at first glance seem insignif...
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Alessandra Di Castro (Apollo Group), "Need art-related tax reform: Italy deserves a different future"

Alessandra Di Castro, an antiquarian with a long and relevant experience, has been chairing since 2024, and until 2026, the Apollo Group, which represents the art industry in Italy and brings together antiquarians, art dealers, galleries of ancient, ...
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The Splendors of the Farnese Collection. What the Capitoline Museums exhibition looks like

"All the statues of marble and metal and of every other matter, the office of the Madona illuminated in gold by the said Giulio Clovio et all his libraria in his palace in Rome from whence they cannot be moved or lent or sold or alienated in any way"...
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The Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi, the Savoy residence of unexpected wonders

What is a deer doing on the dome of one of Piedmont's most fascinating Savoy residences ? Imposing and regal with its stage of well-branched antlers, the animal that has become the symbol of the Stupinigi Hunting Lodge stands out in the sky as if it ...
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In how many ways can silence be depicted? What the Hammershøi exhibition in Rovigo is like.

In what different places and in how many different ways can silence be depicted in a painting? In fact, silences are not all the same: there is the silence of domestic quiet, there is the silence of contemplation, the silence of anticipation of a joy...
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