Modern Art

Picasso believed lost resurfaces: it's a portrait of Dora Maar, auctioned for 8 million

A work thought to be lost by Pablo Picasso was recently unveiled at theDrouot Auction Hotel in Paris and will be auctioned on Oct. 24, with an estimate around eight million euros. The painting, titled Buste de femme au chapeau à fleurs, is an ...
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A still life by Vincent Van Gogh at auction at Sotheby's: a $40 million piece

An important work by Vincent van Gogh (Zunder, 1853 - Auvers-sur-Oise, 1890) will be featured in Sotheby's Modern Evening Auction, scheduled for November 2025 in New York. It is Romans Parisiens (Les Livres jaunes), a rare and luminous still life pai...
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Futurism and women in early 20th century art: the proposal of 800/900 for Art and Collecting Rome

Rome returns to host Arte e Collezionismo, one of the most eagerly awaited exhibitions for thehigh antiques market, and among the stands that promise to be the most promising in this edition is that of the 800/900 Artstudio gallery in Livorno. The ex...
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Between the 19th and 20th centuries, Antonacci Lapiccirella's masterpieces at Palazzo Barberini

Antonacci Lapiccirella Fine Art Gallery confirms its presence again in 2025 at Arte e Collezionismo, the national fair dedicated to Italy's antiquarians to be held Sept. 18-23 in the halls of Palazzo Barberini in Rome. At the second edition of the ev...
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Secol-Art gallery unearths a splendid work by Morgari that has not been seen since 1884

From Sept. 20-23, 2025, Turin-based Secol-Art Antiques gallery returns to Rome to participate in the second edition of Arte e Collezionismo Roma, hosted in the spaces of Palazzo Barberini."We love to introduce beauty by offering rare and timeless wo...
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Piero Manzoni Foundation and Hauser & Wirth donate two immersive environments by Piero Manzoni to Magazzino Italian Art

Magazzino Italian Art (Cold Spring, New York) announces that it has received the gift of two life-size immersive environments designed by Piero Manzoni in 1961, thanks to the generosity of the Piero Manzoni Foundation and the Hauser & Wirth Galle...
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After decades of absence, Vincenzo Vela's Liberty returns to Milan's Monumental Cemetery

After decades of absence, Liberty, a work in marble by Vincenzo Vela (Ligornetto, 1820 - Mendrisio, 1891) returned yesterday morning, Aug. 14, to occupy the place it was originally intended for, inside the Crypt of the Famedio of Milan's Monumental C...
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Spoleto, Teatro Nuovo's historic curtain returns: restored after 25 years thanks to Art Bonus

The historic curtain of Spoleto's Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti, created in 1860 by painter Francesco Coghetti (Bergamo, 1802 - Rome, 1875), has returned to public view after a quarter of a century. The work, which had been removed and kept in stor...
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The civic collections of the Municipality of Ferrara are enriched with an important work by Achille Funi

Thanks to Luciana Malavasi's bequest, Ferrara's artistic heritage is enriched with a precious testimony to the visual culture of the 20th century. Last May 27, at the Il Ponte Auction House in Milan, the City of Ferrara was awarded one of the most si...
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A major exhibition at the Louvre on Jacques-Louis David, the painter of the revolution and Napoleon

In Paris, the Louvre is planning a major exhibition devoted to Jacques-Louis David (Paris, 1748-Brussels, 1825), a great painter associated with the Neoclassical movement, the leading one in Napoleonic France. Curated by Sébastien Allard, Gene...
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Barcelona, rear facade of Casa Batlló restored: reconstructed to original appearance

Casa Batlló, one of the most emblematic masterpieces of Barcelona's modernist architecture designed by the genius of Antoni Gaudí, has recently completed a major restoration of the rear facade and inner courtyard, which began during the...
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A lost Vlaminck resurfaces: fauve masterpiece to be auctioned at Capitolium Art in Brescia, Italy

A masterpiece thought to be lost, signed by one of the greatest protagonists of European Fauvism, surprisingly resurfaces in Italy. On Thursday, June 26, 2025, the Capitolium Art auction house in Brescia will present to the public and auction an unpu...
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Florence, two works by Borrani and Ussi enrich the Galleria dell'Accademia

The Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence renews part of its exhibition layout with two works from the Tuscan 1800s: The Gallery of Old Paintings by Odoardo Borrani (Pisa, 1833 - Florence, 1905) and Interior with Odalisque by Stefano Ussi (Florence, 18...
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Musée d'Orsay, restoration on view for Gustave Courbet's monumental Funeral at Ornans

The Musée d'Orsay has begun the restoration of A Funeral at Ornans, a monumental masterpiece created by Gustave Courbet between 1849 and 1850. Considered one of the most significant works in the famous Parisian museum's collection because of i...
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Two masterpieces by Boccioni and Pellizza enrich the Pinacoteca Divisionismo in Tortona

The Pinacoteca Divisionismo in Tortona confirms itself as a center of excellence for the study and appreciation of Italian art at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, announcing two new, significant acquisitions that add to its already prestigiou...
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MarteS Sorlini Art Museum acquires Pietro Bellotti's La Vecchia popolana, rediscovered in private collecting

The MarteS Museo d'Arte Sorlini of Calvagese della Riviera (Brescia) has acquired La Vecchia popolana by Pietro Bellotti (Roè Volciano, 1625 - Gargnano, 1700), which will thus enter its collection. It is an oil on canvas dated between 1680 and...
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