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Canova's Colossal Horse comes back to life after more than 50 years in storage

Canova's Colossal Horse comes back to life after more than 50 years in storage

The Colossal Horse by Antonio Canova (Possano, 1757 - Venice, 1822), one of the most representative works in Bassano's collections, finally returns to show itself in its entirety after more than 50 years spent in storage at the Civic Museums of Bassa...
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The Uffizi acquires a masterpiece by Giacomo Ceruti, the Moorish Beggar

The Uffizi acquires a masterpiece by Giacomo Ceruti, the Moorish Beggar

An important acquisition for the Uffizi Galleries: in fact, a masterpiece by Giacomo Ceruti (Milan, 1698 - 1767), the Moorish Beggar, enters the collection of the Florentine museum. The artist, famous for his depictions of the poor and humble, create...
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Young scholar Luca Maschio wins the Sir Denis Mahon Prize 2025

Young scholar Luca Maschio wins the Sir Denis Mahon Prize 2025

It is the young Salento scholar Luke Male (Poggiardo, 1997), a doctoral student in Cultural Heritage Sciences at theUniversity of Salento, who is the winner of the 2025 edition of the "Sir Denis Mahon" 2025 International Essay Prize, an award establi...
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U.S. transfer for Giovanni Bellini's Pieta from Rimini City Museum

U.S. transfer for Giovanni Bellini's Pieta from Rimini City Museum

U.S. transfer for Rimini's Bellini. In fact, from January 15 to April 19, 2026, Giovanni Bellini 's Pietà preserved at the Museo della Città di Rimini will be exhibited for the first time in the United States: the exhibition will be hel...
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Venice, Palazzo Grimani welcomes Luca Giordano's Samaritan woman at the well, restored masterpiece

Venice, Palazzo Grimani welcomes Luca Giordano's Samaritan woman at the well, restored masterpiece

A new masterpiece joins the permanent collection of the Museum of Palazzo Grimani in Venice. From November 11, the public will be able to admire the Samaritan Woman at the Well by Luca Giordano (Naples, 1634 - 1705), a painting that after careful res...
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Carved and painted wooden Madonna of Mercy from Camerino restored

Carved and painted wooden Madonna of Mercy from Camerino restored

Completed the restoration of Our Lady of Mercy, a wooden sculpture from the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Camerino, overseen by theOffice of the Special Superintendent for the areas affected by the Aug. 24, 2016,earthquake. The sculpture, made ...
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Luca Giordano's restored Samaritan Woman at the Well enters the itinerary of Palazzo Grimani in Venice

Luca Giordano's restored Samaritan Woman at the Well enters the itinerary of Palazzo Grimani in Venice

As of Tuesday, November 11, 2025, the Museum of Palazzo Grimani - National Archaeological Museums of Venice and the Lagoon welcomes Luca Giordano's Samaritan Woman at the Well to its exhibition itinerary, which officially becomes part of its collecti...
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Luigi Pampaloni's terracotta Venus acquired by the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence. An exhibition for the occasion

Luigi Pampaloni's terracotta Venus acquired by the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence. An exhibition for the occasion

From November 4, 2025 to February 1, 2026, the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence will host the exhibition Venus Entering the Sea Bath by Luigi Pampaloni in the temporary exhibition hall. A New Acquisition for the Florence Academy Gallery and Bargel...
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Venice, Doge's Palace hosts a rare example of Francesco Guardi's portraiture: the story of Lazzaro Zen

Venice, Doge's Palace hosts a rare example of Francesco Guardi's portraiture: the story of Lazzaro Zen

The Ospiti a Palazzo project returns to the Doge 's Palace in Venice, once again opening the rooms of the Quadreria - in the Sala del Magistrato alle Leggi - to a new "guest." In fact, until April 14, 2026, Francesco Guardi's Portrait of Lazzaro Zen ...
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Siena, the Thebaid rediscovered: restored 14th-century frescoes by Lippo Vanni

Siena, the Thebaid rediscovered: restored 14th-century frescoes by Lippo Vanni

In Siena, in the heart of the monumental complex of Santa Maria della Scala, an important chapter of 14th-century painting returns to view. After a long and careful restoration, the fresco cycle of the Thebaid, attributed to the Sienese painter Lippo...
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USA, rediscovered esoteric masterpiece by Fedele Fischetti painted for Raimondo di Sangro

USA, rediscovered esoteric masterpiece by Fedele Fischetti painted for Raimondo di Sangro

A masterpiece by Neapolitan painter Fedele Fischetti (Naples, 1732 - 1792), The Triumph of Night, circa 1765, has re-emerged from the oblivion of history, offering a rare visual record of intellectual and occult life in 18th-century Naples. The work ...
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Mantua, the Chamber of Cupid and Psyche shines: the masterpiece returns to view after restoration

Mantua, the Chamber of Cupid and Psyche shines: the masterpiece returns to view after restoration

Mantua rediscovers one of its masterpieces: the ceiling of the famous Chamber of Cupid and Psyche in Palazzo Te. The impressive pictorial cycle, the work of Giulio Romano and his workshop, created between 1526 and 1528, has been the subject of an ext...
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The Royal Palace of Caserta completes the restoration of the ruined Temple in the English Garden

The Royal Palace of Caserta completes the restoration of the ruined Temple in the English Garden

The restoration of the Temple diruto and the swan shelter, two of the most recognizable elements of the English Garden of the Royal Palace of Caserta, has been completed. After about four months of work, the structures overlooking the Lake of the Wat...
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The restoration of Florence's Teatro della Pergola, the first example of an Italian-style theater

The restoration of Florence's Teatro della Pergola, the first example of an Italian-style theater

The Teatro della Pergola represents one of the most important places in Italian and European theatrical history. Located in the center of Florence, it is considered the first great example of Italian-style theater, an architectural model that has inf...
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Two restorations in Bolsena (Viterbo) unearth masterpieces by Benedetto Buglioni

Two restorations in Bolsena (Viterbo) unearth masterpieces by Benedetto Buglioni

An extraordinary opening of two restoration sites involving important Renaissance glazed and polychrome terracotta works attributed to Florentine sculptor Benedetto Buglioni (Florence, 1461 - 1521) was held in Bolsena (Viterbo) on Sunday, Oct. 26. Th...
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Possagno (Treviso) celebrates Sartori: international conference and restoration at Canova Museum

Possagno (Treviso) celebrates Sartori: international conference and restoration at Canova Museum

Possagno, in the province of Treviso, is preparing to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Giovanni Battista Sartori (Crespano, 1775 - Possagno, 1858), half-brother and principal heir of the famous sculptor Antonio Canova, with a multiface...
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