The bell tower is gone, the roof has been consumed by flames, and in the center of the facade—where the clock had stood just a few hours earlier—there is now a gaping hole through which the sky is visible. This is the current state ofthe…
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The agreement between the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Health paves the way for research into the effects that cultural heritage and artistic activities have on health: if culture becomes part of treatment plans, accessibility…
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The two Renoirs stolen on September 8 from the museum dedicated to the artist in Cagnes-sur-Mer, on the French Riviera, were recovered on October 9—almost exactly one month after the theft. DNA evidence proved decisive. However…
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There is a profound distortion in the way we view things we do not know; it is present in our perspective on cultural heritage and even on human relationships: it is the tendency to distort their meaning and, above all—in the case of works…
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The 34th edition of the International Antiques Biennial (BIAF)—Italy’s oldest and most prestigious exhibition and market dedicated to antique art—concluded yesterday in the halls of the historic Palazzo Corsini in Florence. This…
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The direction changes, the secretary changes, some of the antique dealers change, but the Florence International Antiques Biennale remains the same: Palazzo Corsini is still there, on the banks of the Arno, waiting for the dozens of…
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Rome, 1621. That year, the physician, scholar, and collector Giulio Mancini took an interest in a large canvas by Rutilio Manetti (Siena, 1571–1639) that had recently arrived in the city: it wasthe Allegory of the Four Seasons…
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News Focus Ancient art Four hundred Leonardo da Vinci Renaissance Tuscany
“It’s impossible. The mounting system of the panels of the San Gregorio Polyptych makes it impossible to remove them in the two or three minutes during which, according to press reports, the theft took place.” The…
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News Focus Ancient art Books Renaissance
For the past five years, the summer antiques fair has been held in Sarzana, where , back in 2023, the city decided to dust off its National Antiques Exhibition—held at the Firmafede Fortress—after a ten-year hiatus: the experiment had…
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News Focus Ancient art Archaeology Calabria Returns
The case of the two panels by Antonello da Messina stolen on August 15 from the “Maria Accascina” Regional Museum in Messina draws attention back to a long history of thefts in Sicily with deep-rooted origins. The Madonna and…
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News Focus Archaeology Contemporary art Fabrizio Plessi video art
For over thirty years, the catalog of Claudio Ridolfi’s works in the Marche region has remained essentially unchanged. Today, however, an exhibition in Corinaldo compels us to reevaluate attributions, contexts, and even the role that…
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News Focus Ancient art Five hundred Paris Bordon Renaissance Veneto
An artist’s archive does not merely preserve letters, notes, newspaper clippings, receipts, envelopes, and scattered documents. When systematically examined, it can breathe new life into an entire historical figure, freeing it from…
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News Focus Aftermath Blue Palace Macchiaioli Modern Art Nineteenth century Pisa Twentieth Century
What makes the Venice Biennale model unique in the world? As the world’s first biennial international art exhibition format, founded in 1893 and inaugurated in 1895 (in a recently unified Italy, still ruled by the House of Savoy)…
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News Focus Five hundred Florence Mannerism Pontormo Tuscany
The dream came true in 1931: it was in fact October 11 of that year when the Ricci Oddi Gallery in Piacenza was inaugurated to the public in the presence of the princes of Savoy, Umberto II and Maria José. Curiously, however, the…
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News Focus Ancient art Five hundred Genoa Liguria Rolli Days Six hundred
On Dec. 10, 2024, in the Capitolium auction room in Brescia, a painting was hammered out with an estimate of 2-3,000 euros and a generic attribution: "16th-century Lombard artist." Nothing more. Yet Enrico Cavaliere, founder of Hippeus Art…
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News Focus 61. International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia Contemporary art Venice Biennale
This city is not a hotel, one might say, and as of a few hours ago it has had a ruling that puts it in black and white. In Florence, Mayor Sara Funaro spoke of a "historic day," rebuked by Forza Italia, which spoke of "foolish jubilation,"…
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