Exhibitions

"The Lens of Time": An Exhibition in Rome on Eyewear, Combining History, "Made in Italy," and Cinema

From the earliest vision-correcting devices to accessories that have shaped the history of fashion, all the way to eyewear that has become instantly recognizable on the big screen: the history of eyewear is also a story of culture, creativity, and id...
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Pontormo: A massive exhibition featuring over 130 works opens at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome 

From today through February 7, 2027, the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome will host the first major monographic exhibition dedicated to Jacopo da Pontormo (Pontorme, Empoli, 1494 – Florence, 1557) ever staged outside of Florence. The exhibition, sponso...
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Piero Gilardi, from Art to Social Activism: An Exhibition on His Political Work at the PAV in Turin

On Friday, October 30, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., the PAV Parco Arte Vivente in Turin will open the exhibition *Piero Gilardi. “From Art to Life,” an exhibition curated by Marco Scotini, is dedicated to a crucial period in the career of Turin-based artist P...
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The Friends of Brera Celebrate Their 100th Anniversary: An Exhibition Chronicles Acquisitions and Donations to the Museum

One hundred years after its founding, the Friends of Brera are celebrating their history with an exhibition dedicated to the works acquired and donated to the Pinacoteca di Brera over the years, along with a program of events that will continue throu...
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Giandomenico Tiepolo, the Genius Beyond His Father: An Exhibition in Vicenza Rediscovers the Painter’s Originality

How can everyday life be transformed into a representation that conveys the desires, emotions, and contradictions of existence? This is one of the questions that runs through the work of Giandomenico Tiepolo, the focus of the exhibition *Giandomenico...
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Men in Art, from Titian to Boldini: The Depiction of Male Identity in Brescia

From January 23 to June 13, 2027 , Palazzo Martinengo in Brescia will host *Men in Art: From Titian to Boldini*, an exhibition dedicated to the depiction of the male figure in the history of Italian art from the dawn of the Renaissance to the thresho...
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Italian Renaissance Woodcuts at the British Museum: The Giorgio Cini Foundation’s Atlas on Display

Ten years of research and cataloging have culminated at the British Museum, where Italian Renaissance woodcuts are the focus of a major exhibition. The project, sponsored by the Giorgio Cini Foundation’sInstitute of Art History and curated by L...
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Vicenza: Italian Art Engages with Europe in a New Trilogy of Exhibitions

“Inspiration Europe: Artistic Dialogues Between the 19th and 20th Centuries” is launching in Vicenza —a three-year exhibition project sponsored by the City of Vicenza and dedicated to Italy’s cultural and artistic ties with Germany, France, and...
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Giuseppe Guidi, the artist beloved by d’Annunzio, on display in Alassio

From October 17 to 27,the former Anglican Church in Alassio (Savona) will host an exhibition featuring Giuseppe Guidi (1881–1931). “The Sign and Alchemy” is a retrospective exhibition dedicated to Giuseppe Guidi (Castel Bolognese, 1881 – ...
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Whistler: Dandy and Rebel—The First Dutch Retrospective on the Painter at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam

An elegant and provocative artist who challenged the conventions of his time and questioned the very boundaries of art. James McNeill Whistler (Lowell, 1834 – London, 1903) is the focus of “Whistler: Dandy and Disruptor,” an exhibition that the...
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Monumental Mimmo Rotella: 25 major works from the 1980s to 2005 on display in Catanzaro

For Mimmo Rotella (Catanzaro, 1918 – Milan, 2006), tearing was never merely a gesture: removing a poster from a wall meant appropriating an existing image, taking it out of its context, and transforming it into something else. In the final deca...
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Florence and the First Wave of Globalization: Francesco Carletti’s Journey Around the World on Display

Even before the world truly became “global,” people, goods, knowledge, and cultures were already crossing the oceans along trade routes that connected distant continents. It is from this perspective that *Florence Global: The World of Fra...
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Richard Avedon: The Complete “In the American West” Series in Rome—110 Portraits

From October 9, 2026, to January 31, 2027,Palazzo Esposizioni Roma presents *Richard Avedon. In the American West, 1979–1984, an exhibition dedicated to the historic series of portraits created by American photographer Richard Avedon (1923&ndas...
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Nebojša Despotović brings 40 works exploring the craft of painting to Bassano del Grappa

THE BANK ETS Foundation—Institute for Contemporary Painting Studies in Bassano del Grappa, in the province of Vicenza—presents *The Painter’s Craft*, an exhibition dedicated to Nebojša Despotović (Belgrade, Serbia, 1982) and curated by C...
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Georg Baselitz: “Heroes” Return to London—The 1965–1966 Series on View at Thaddaeus Ropac

Georg Baselitz’s “Hero” series, created in 1965 and 1966, comes to London in an exhibition that brings together some of its most significant paintings. From October 13 to December 18, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac’s Ely House will host “Georg Baselitz: The H...
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Guido Guidi, 101 Photographs for the Centennial of the IUAV University of Venice

To mark the centennial of its founding,the IUAV University of Venice is dedicating an exhibition to Guido Guidi, a photographer who has been part of the university’s history—first as a student, then as a lab technician, and finally as a profess...
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