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Riace bronzes with boas and loincloths: whose responsibility is it?

Riace bronzes with boas and loincloths: whose responsibility is it?

We have already discussed that the Riace bronzes adorned with boas and leopard-print loincloths create more harm than good for the fight against homophobia: adorning ancient statues according to the most boorish homosexual stereotypes, in fact, does ...
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Riace bronzes with boas and leopard-print thongs don't break down prejudices about homosexuals: they fuel them

Riace bronzes with boas and leopard-print thongs don't break down prejudices about homosexuals: they fuel them

July 28 was Marcel Duchamp's birthday: he was the first artist to revisit a masterpiece of the past in a desecrating way to denounce thehypocrisy of contemporary society. It was 1919, Duchamp's work was L.H.O.O.Q., his gesture scandalized the well-wi...
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MiBACT seeks free workers: unworthy, offensive and dangerous

MiBACT seeks free workers: unworthy, offensive and dangerous

In the famous final scene of the 1988 film Fantozzi va in pensione (Fantozzi retires),Italy's most famous accountant, retired but prey to nostalgia for when he used to work and eager to resume his now old daily routine, makes a pact with the Mega-Dir...
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The girl with the pearl earring will never travel again

The girl with the pearl earring will never travel again

Those who were in Bologna on the occasion of the much-discussed exhibition curated by Goldin can still say that they participated in a once-in-a-lifetime event: yes, because we learn from an article in the Guardian yesterday that Johannes Vermeer '...
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MiBACT reform: far from revolutionary. Few good ideas, many doubts

MiBACT reform: far from revolutionary. Few good ideas, many doubts

To comment on the MiBACT reform presented on July 16 by Minister Dario Franceschini, I will begin with a statement by the minister himself, made on the same day the reform was presented. Said the minister the other day,"in Italy we have gold mines ev...
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Thinking of going to work in an Italian museum? Don't.

Thinking of going to work in an Italian museum? Don't.

The post you are reading is my translation of an article written by Anna Somers Cock that appeared the day before yesterday, July 15, in The Art Newspaper. Here is the link to read the original. It is certainly a thought-provoking article about the s...
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Paolo Salvati, contemporary artist, leaves us

Paolo Salvati, contemporary artist, leaves us

Paolo Salvati, a contemporary artist whom we here on Finestre sull'Arte had the pleasure of interviewing last year, has left us: at this link is the post with the interesting interview and the painter's thoughts on art. Paolo Salvati passed away last...
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Carelessness and lack of respect for culture claim victims

Carelessness and lack of respect for culture claim victims

It was bound to happen sooner or later:neglect and disrespect for culture have claimed a victim, and a young victim at that, Salvatore Giordano who, just 14 years old, was killed by a collapse of a piece of cornice in the Umberto I Gallery in Nap...
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... and they dared to call it an exhibition. But blame must be sought elsewhere

... and they dared to call it an exhibition. But blame must be sought elsewhere

In Carrara, the 2014 edition of Marble Weeks began a few days ago, and in yet another highly original way, there was an exhibition on the plaster casts of theAcademy of Fine Arts. The third in the last four years-I'm just amazed that last year they s...
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Another library faces closure: the library of Rovigo's Accademia dei Concordi

Another library faces closure: the library of Rovigo's Accademia dei Concordi

A few days ago we told you about the library of the Warburg Institute in London, which is in danger of being dispersed because of a dispute with the University of London. Today we return to the subject of libraries because there is another one, m...
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Art that exposes environmental havoc, but institutions don't like it (by Carrara)

Art that exposes environmental havoc, but institutions don't like it (by Carrara)

Finally some real art was seen in Carrara. Although it was very short-lived and we at Finestre Sull'Arte didn't get to see it in time. I'm referring to the installation Marble R.I.P., conceived and created by the two artists Robo (stage name of R...
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Warburg Institute library in London risks dispersal

Warburg Institute library in London risks dispersal

As was the case in 2010, the library of the Warburg Institute in London is in danger of being dispersed these days. But before we delve into the news, let us understand what the Warburg Institute is, and what its importance is. It is a research insti...
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Milo Moiré's performance: is it possible to talk about art?

Milo Moiré's performance: is it possible to talk about art?

The performance that Milo Moiré gave in Basel at the contemporary art exhibition Art Basel caused a stir: the artist showed up at the entrance to the fair completely naked, and with the names of the clothing worn on various parts of the body writt...
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States General of Culture? No, of rhetoric and chatter

States General of Culture? No, of rhetoric and chatter

Let's say that for the first live tweeting of Finestre Sull'Arte we were hoping for slightly more interesting topics. But the fact remains that the first live tweeting that we conducted on our Twitter profile took place this morning on the occasi...
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Wonderful news: the Bridal Chamber in Mantua reopens.

Wonderful news: the Bridal Chamber in Mantua reopens.

Wonderful news for art lovers: a statement released this morning on the website of the Ducal Palace in Mantua lets us know that the Bridal Chamber with Andrea Mantegna's magnificent frescoes, of paramount importance to art history, will be reopened t...
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Florence Baptistery becomes an advertisement for a French multinational. But who paid for it?

Florence Baptistery becomes an advertisement for a French multinational. But who paid for it?

One of the most important lessons left to us by George Brummell, the greatest dandy in history, is thatelegance consists in being inconspicuous, inconspicuous. So, it goes without saying that we certainly cannot speak of elegance for the setting ...
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