The Umberto Eco Library opens in Bologna, featuring over 32,000 volumes from his home and study News

The Umberto Eco Library opens in Bologna, featuring over 32,000 volumes from his home and study

02/07/2026, 23:58:02
Spain: A painting by Diego Velázquez has been discovered—it is a portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares Ancient art

Spain: A painting by Diego Velázquez has been discovered—it is a portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares

02/07/2026, 22:04:55
Hamilton's record-breaking "Laocoön": It is the most expensive neoclassical sculpture ever sold at auction Modern Art

Hamilton's record-breaking "Laocoön": It is the most expensive neoclassical sculpture ever sold at auction

02/07/2026, 21:24:31
Florence: A calendar discovered that predates the Gregorian Reform by seven centuries News

Florence: A calendar discovered that predates the Gregorian Reform by seven centuries

02/07/2026, 18:18:38
The Hidden Castle of Racconigi: Special Tours of the Less-Known Rooms of the Savoy Residence Museums

The Hidden Castle of Racconigi: Special Tours of the Less-Known Rooms of the Savoy Residence

02/07/2026, 16:38:02
Elisa Bonaparte and Mimì Pecci Blunt in Lucca: Two Biographies Centered on Villa Reale Exhibitions

Elisa Bonaparte and Mimì Pecci Blunt in Lucca: Two Biographies Centered on Villa Reale

02/07/2026, 16:36:12
Pollaiolo’s *Battle of the Nudes* up for auction at Christie’s: it is the first signed engraving in the history of Italian art Market

Pollaiolo’s *Battle of the Nudes* up for auction at Christie’s: it is the first signed engraving in the history of Italian art

02/07/2026, 13:42:40
Kandinsky in Rome: A Major Exhibition at Palazzo Bonaparte Celebrates the Father of Abstract Art Exhibitions

Kandinsky in Rome: A Major Exhibition at Palazzo Bonaparte Celebrates the Father of Abstract Art

02/07/2026, 13:06:57
Registration is now open for AStArte, a new national association of art historians News

Registration is now open for AStArte, a new national association of art historians

02/07/2026, 13:04:25


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New ways to communicate museums: here are some that are standing out in the second wave

New ways to communicate museums: here are some that are standing out in the second wave

Federico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta 21/11/2020

Works and artists
Vincenzo Vela's Victims of Labor, a powerful and moving memorial to those who died at work

Vincenzo Vela's Victims of Labor, a powerful and moving memorial to those who died at work

Federico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta 28/07/2018

A rich selection of Joaquín Sorolla's masterpieces: what the centennial exhibition in Valencia looks like Exhibition reviews

A rich selection of Joaquín Sorolla's masterpieces: what the centennial exhibition in Valencia looks like

19/08/2023, 16:13:21
Daniele da Volterra: d'Elci paintings on display at Corsini Gallery Exhibition reviews

Daniele da Volterra: d'Elci paintings on display at Corsini Gallery

12/03/2017, 15:36:11
What was sex like in the sixteenth century? Made of orgies, dildos and acrobatic copulation: ask Giulio Romano and colleagues Exhibition reviews

What was sex like in the sixteenth century? Made of orgies, dildos and acrobatic copulation: ask Giulio Romano and colleagues

24/11/2019, 14:51:46
Grotesque heads and motions of the soul, Leonardo da Vinci drawn by Wenceslaus Hollar at the Pedretti Foundation Exhibition reviews

Grotesque heads and motions of the soul, Leonardo da Vinci drawn by Wenceslaus Hollar at the Pedretti Foundation

26/03/2019, 15:26:29
Florentina Holzinger's Austria Pavilion: a derivative work, a postmodern patchwork Exhibition reviews

Florentina Holzinger's Austria Pavilion: a derivative work, a postmodern patchwork

21/05/2026, 20:40:20
Plinio Nomellini, the song of the most lyrical symbolism on display in Versilia Exhibition reviews

Plinio Nomellini, the song of the most lyrical symbolism on display in Versilia

25/10/2017, 23:25:15

Works and artists
Paolo Uccello's Equestrian Monument to Giovanni Acuto, a symbol of the Renaissance

Paolo Uccello's Equestrian Monument to Giovanni Acuto, a symbol of the Renaissance

Federico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta 25/11/2022

Tour Guides Send Open Letter to Minister: “Our Profession Has Been Sold Off” Opinions

Tour Guides Send Open Letter to Minister: “Our Profession Has Been Sold Off”

02/07/2026, 15:30:07
Museums Closed Due to Heat, Museums Open Due to Heat Opinions

Museums Closed Due to Heat, Museums Open Due to Heat

28/06/2026, 17:26:55
Who really profits from blockbuster exhibitions? Opinions

Who really profits from blockbuster exhibitions?

27/06/2026, 14:21:57

Caravaggio in the Feluca. An Overlooked but Exquisite "San Giovannino" Works and artists

Caravaggio in the Feluca. An Overlooked but Exquisite "San Giovannino"

02/07/2026, 16:45:52
Ferrara: The Rediscovered, Vibrant Nobility of Palazzo Prosperi Sacrati Works and artists

Ferrara: The Rediscovered, Vibrant Nobility of Palazzo Prosperi Sacrati

01/07/2026, 13:54:03
Ottone Rosai and the Wounded Social Fabric of the Tavern Works and artists

Ottone Rosai and the Wounded Social Fabric of the Tavern

26/06/2026, 17:13:57