A treasure chest of jewels of queens and princesses whose dazzling beauty is fabled, works of art by goldsmiths from halfway across Europe, which has been admired only once since 1946. We are talking about the crown jewels of the House of Savoy: some...
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Italian museums with more than 60 million visitors, revenues that almost reached 400 million euros: numbers that, for state museums, had never been seen before this year. Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli therefore did not hesitate to speak of "the b...
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It's just art, or rather architecture, in the case of the Venice Biennale 2025, some will say. But in the international exposition, which opens this year on May 10, as in a bit of all spaces that tell the story of the world, from the Expo to the Olym...
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"Rude tourism": that's how 8 p.m. Tg1 anchor Alessio Zucchini introduced the topic, summing up with an adjective-sentence the cases that marked the May Day holiday. From butt-stabbed tourists at the Colosseum to endless queues on the Amalfi Coast, fr...
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The Upper Garda Museum (MAG) in Riva del Garda now presents itself with a profoundly renewed visit itinerary, the result of a multi-year work, the Visions on Garda project, which has involved the management, staff and local community in a process of ...
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This morning, April 21, 2025, at 7:35 a.m., Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, passed away: the first pope from the American continent in history left behind him a legacy articulated not only on a spiritual level, but also in the cultural and ...
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Serendipity, the British would say. It is the word they use to refer to those totally unexpected discoveries, exceeding expectations, that come when you were looking for something else. It is more than a fortuitous finding: it is a surprising outcome...
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Starting April 9, 2025, the United States will introduce a 20 percent tariff on a wide range of imports from the European Union. It's one of the first muscular moves of Donald Trump's second term, billed as an "economic liberation day," but one that ...
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From April 4-6, 2025, Milan returns to the center stage ofcontemporary art with the 29th edition of miart, the international fair that brings together artists, gallery owners, collectors and enthusiasts from around the world. Hosted atAllianz MiCo, t...
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In Calban, Romagna, there is a luthier who collects resin from trees. He personally fetches it in Trentino to build his finest instruments, Italian guitars and violas, the old-fashioned way. He, Elvis Moro, uses not only resin but also animal glues a...
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The stereotypical version of the museum or art gallery, the one often recognized by the public, would be about a permanent chronologicaldisplay, with an exhibition itinerary matching a timeline, often not all-encompassing, made up of autograph works,...
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Who hasn't wondered, "When did I stop playing?" At some indefinable moment of transition between childhood and adolescence we abandoned puppets and balloons in our bedrooms-at least those of us who had one to ourselves-to devote ourselves to what see...
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Qatar will have its own permanent pavilion at the Giardini of the Venice Biennale: it will be centrally located, straddling Finland's pavilion, Denmark's central pavilion, and Stirling's book pavilion. He announced this on February 12, in a statement...
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Modenantiquaria is one of the most important events in the Italian and international antiques scene, and the 2025 edition, running from Feb. 8 to 16, will not disappoint the expectations of enthusiasts and experts in the field. The fair, held every y...
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It has now been 40 years since the first nomination of a city as European Capital of Culture, an initiative that rewards those entities capable of contributing to the strengthening of the European "spirit" and cultural ties of the people living in EU...
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Almost two hundred galleries, more than half a century old, four curated sections, nine prizes, hundreds of works to see, evaluate, try to understand, try to like. Arte Fiera arrives at 2025 without feeling the burden of its 48 editions and its 51 ye...
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