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Parmigianino's self-portrait on display at Parma's Pilotta (or maybe not)

Parmigianino's self-portrait on display at Parma's Pilotta (or maybe not)

From Oct. 18, 2025 to Jan. 11, 2026, the Complesso monumentale della Pilotta in Parma opens to the public, in Room 14 of the National Gallery, a dossier exhibition that invites a direct comparison between two rarely seen works kept in the museum's st...
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Fully restored the Triptych of Moulins. It will be displayed in the Louvre

Fully restored the Triptych of Moulins. It will be displayed in the Louvre

The restoration of Jean Hey's Triptych of Moulins, one of the greatest masterpieces of French painting at the dawn of the 16th century, has been completed. The intervention, conducted between 2022 and 2025, represents a key moment in the appreciation...
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British Museum starts fundraiser to save rare gold pendant of Henry VIII

British Museum starts fundraiser to save rare gold pendant of Henry VIII

The British Museum has announced the launch of a national campaign to secure permanent ownership of the so-called Tudor Heart or Tudor Heart, an enameled gold pendant attributed to the reign of Henry VIII and linked to his marriage to Catherine of A...
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In Turin, the exhibition on Guido Reni in the Savoy collections

In Turin, the exhibition on Guido Reni in the Savoy collections

From Oct. 11, 2025 to Jan. 18, 2026, the Spazio Scoperte of the Galleria Sabauda, on the second floor of the Royal Museums of Turin, will host the exhibition Il "divino" Guido Reni nelle collezioni sabaude e sugli altari del Piemonte. The exhibition,...
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Attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi painting that will go to auction in Brescia

Attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi painting that will go to auction in Brescia

A painting has been attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi (Rome, 1593 - Naples, 1654/1656) that will go up for auction at Capitolium in the 250-plus-lot auction sale to be held Oct. 14 and 15, 2025. The attention of international collectors and art his...
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Michelangelo's River God returns to Florence's Accademia delle Arti del Disegno

Michelangelo's River God returns to Florence's Accademia delle Arti del Disegno

From Oct. 19, 2025, Florence welcomes back one of the most extraordinary models of the Renaissance. The Fluvial God byMichelangelo, designed for the Medici tombs in the New Sacristy of San Lorenzo, returns to theAccademia delle Arti del Disegno, wher...
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Lorenzo Lotto's Portrait of Lucina Brembati arrives at the Capodimonte Museum on a trip from Bergamo

Lorenzo Lotto's Portrait of Lucina Brembati arrives at the Capodimonte Museum on a trip from Bergamo

Lorenzo Lotto 's Portrait of Lucina Brembati (c. 1521-1523), a masterpiece from theCarrara Academy in Bergamo, is the new guest at the Capodimonte Museum and Real Bosco, from Oct. 2, 2025 to Jan. 6, 2026. A new opportunity to compare important works ...
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Varallo, restoration of Gaudenzio Ferrari's famous and spectacular Tramezzo kicks off

Varallo, restoration of Gaudenzio Ferrari's famous and spectacular Tramezzo kicks off

The restoration of the Stories of the Passion by Gaudenzio Ferrari (Valduggia, c. 1475 - Milan, 1546), one of the absolute masterpieces of the Piedmontese Renaissance, housed in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, has officially begun in Varallo ...
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Marseille, donated to Musée des Beaux-Arts work by Louis Finson sold at auction for 416 thousand euros

Marseille, donated to Musée des Beaux-Arts work by Louis Finson sold at auction for 416 thousand euros

The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Marseille is enriched by an extraordinary work: the Saint Sebastian by Louis Finson (Bruges, c. 1580-Amsterdam, 1617), a key figure in European Caravaggism, which officially entered the city's collections thanks to ...
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Germany, Rembrandt masterpiece from Frankfurt's Städel Museum goes for restoration

Germany, Rembrandt masterpiece from Frankfurt's Städel Museum goes for restoration

The Städel Museum in Frankfurt has announced the start of a major restoration and conservation project of one of the most significant works in its collection: The Blinding of Samson, painted by Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden, 1606 - Amsterdam, 1669)...
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Major acquisition by the Regional Museum of Messina: Antonio de Saliba's Saint Sebastian arrives

Major acquisition by the Regional Museum of Messina: Antonio de Saliba's Saint Sebastian arrives

The Regional Museum "Accascina" of Messina enriches its collection with a new and significant acquisition: the arrives in the collection the Saint Sebastian by Renaissance painter Antonio de Saliba (Messina, 1466 - 1535), pupil and collaborator of An...
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Naples, restoration of San Ludovico, a masterpiece by Simone Martini, begins at Capodimonte

Naples, restoration of San Ludovico, a masterpiece by Simone Martini, begins at Capodimonte

The restoration of the great altarpiece of Saint Louis of Toulouse, a masterpiece by Simone Martini (Siena, 1284 - Avignon, 1344), as well as one of the most important works of the 14th century, linked to the city's Angevin period, has begun at the C...
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Vatican Museums acquire a painting depicting a lost ancient crucifix

Vatican Museums acquire a painting depicting a lost ancient crucifix

It is not often that a painting brings to light the memory of a lost masterpiece. However, this is the case of the Crucifix by Prospero Mallerini (Carcare, 1761 - Rome, 1836), a painter linked to the powerful Barberini family, which has just entered ...
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Spain, Seville Cathedral acquires important painting by Ludovico Gimignani

Spain, Seville Cathedral acquires important painting by Ludovico Gimignani

In Spain , an important purchase by the Chapter of Seville Cathedral, which has bought, from the Madrid gallery Magalhaes & Santos, a relevant painting attributed to Ludovico Gimignani (Rome, 1643-1697), with a subject closely linked to the histo...
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Brescia, Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo acquires important work by Giacomo Francesco Cipper

Brescia, Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo acquires important work by Giacomo Francesco Cipper

Brescia 's Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo enriches its permanent collection with a new masterpiece. It is the Gypsy Concert by Giacomo Francesco Cipper (Feldkirch, 1664 - Milan, 1736), a naturalized Austrian-Italian artist active in the late 17th and fi...
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Corciano lions leave village after seven centuries for historic restoration

Corciano lions leave village after seven centuries for historic restoration

For the first time in seven centuries the lions of Corciano, historic guardians of the Umbrian village in the province of Perugia, are leaving their city to undergo restoration. The operation, entrusted to specialized restorers and authorized by Peru...
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