On the night of October 4, 1226, Francis of Assisi, surrounded by his brothers, breathed his last; having been ill for some time and extremely debilitated, he was in the infirmary adjacent to the Porziuncola, one of the places that…
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Interviews Ancient art Museums
Since 2014, Davide Gasparotto has served as Senior Curator of Painting and Chair of Curatorial Affairs at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. The institution, founded in 1954 by J. Paul Getty, has been governed since 1976 by a much more…
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Exhibition reviews Abstract Expressionism American Abstract Expressionism Florence Mark Rothko Modern Art Strozzi Palace Twentieth Century
"Oh no, I've got the wrong exhibition!": let us be allowed a joking incipit before delving into the rooms of the Mark Rothko exhibition currently underway in Florence. The joke, admittedly a bit exaggerated, springs from the feeling one…
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Exhibition reviews Ancient art Modern Art
It rarely happens that, chatting among art historians, critics, and specialized journalists, a unanimous consensus emerges on an exhibition project. But about the exhibition Tarot. The Origins, the Cards, the Fortune a currently underway…
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Exhibition reviews Ancient art Baroque baroque art Contemporary art Modern Art Six hundred
What is Baroque? It is an attitude, and as such it transcends time, becoming a category. This is argued by Cristina Acidini, one of the curators of the exhibition recently opened at the Museo Civico San Domenico in Forlì. If we no…
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Exhibition reviews Anselm Kiefer Contemporary art
If there is one thing Anselm Kiefer is not afraid of, it is confrontation with the past: whether it is his personal experience or the installation of works in historically highly connoted contexts, the artist always manages to trigger…
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Exhibition reviews Ancient art Cremona Five hundred Lombardy Renaissance
On September 27, 2023, a painting depicting two saints, a bishop and a portrait of the patron made its appearance at theMillon auction held in Cremona: it was the only surviving fragment of Boccaccio Boccaccino's so-called Fodri…
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Travel Emilia Romagna Museums Reggio Emilia
If there is one aspect for which Reggio Emilia is famous throughout the world, it is the "Reggio Emilia Approach," an educational philosophy that is based on the strong developmental potential of children and their being considered as…
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