Modern Art

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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Modena, restored thanks to Lions Club The Alcoholic attributed to Giuseppe Molteni

After five months of restoration, The Alcoholic attributed to Lombard painter Giuseppe Molteni (Milan, 1800-1860) returns to enrich the Campori Room of the Museo Civico di Modena. It is thanks to the generous contribution of the Lions Club, offered a...
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Gustav Klimt work resurfaces: it is a portrait of an African prince

A work by Gustav Klimt whose trail had been lost reappears at the Tefaf in Maastricht, the major international antiques fair. It is the portrait of an African prince of whom there had been no news since the time of World War II: it has resurfaced, an...
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Ferrara, city acquires an early masterpiece by Previati for its museums

Ferrara is celebrating the entry into its public collections of a key work by its most celebrated Divisionist painter, Gaetano Previati (Ferrara, 1852 - Lavagna, 1920). It is the painting Tranquility in the Family (circa 1887), an oil on canvas measu...
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A rare still life by Van Gogh will be offered for sale at the Tefaf in Maastricht

A rare still life by Vincent van Gogh (Zundert, 1853 - Auvers-sur-Oise, 1890) will be offered for sale at the Tefaf in Maastricht, the major antique art market exhibition whose 38th edition will be held March 15-20, 2025. Bringing Van Gogh's work to ...
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The Royal Museums of Turin acquire a masterpiece by Cesare Saccaggi

The Royal Museums of Turin are adding an important new work to their permanent collection, further enriching their repertoire of art and history. It is A Babylon (Semiramis), a painting made around 1905 by Piedmontese painter Cesare Saccaggi (Tortona...
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"I'd like to come in your mouth": erotic letters by Gustave Courbet discovered. They will be exhibited

An exceptional discovery that was announced a few days ago in France: an unpublished correspondence between one of France's greatest artists, Gustave Courbet (Ornans, 1819 - La-Tour-de-Peilz, 1877) and a Parisian woman, Mathilde Carly de Svazzema, tw...
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A rare Claude Monet seascape goes up for auction: it is the only painting in winter

An important painting by Claude Monet (Paris, 1840 - Giverny, 1926), Mer agitée à Pourville, goes up for auction at Lempertz in Cologne on Nov. 29: executed in 1882, it is Monet's only beach scene depicting the Normandy landscape during...
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Klimt used platinum in GNAM's Three Ages. Expert: "discovery that confirms our knowledge"

A "great discovery" about Gustav Klimt? So in a note sent in recent days by the National Gallery of Umbria to communicate the results of the analysis conducted on The Three Ages, the work by Klimt that belongs to the National Gallery of Modern Art in...
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For the first time, Monet's masterpiece that founded Impressionism is exhibited in the U.S.

For the first time in its history, one of the founding masterpieces ofImpressionism, namely Impression, soleil levant, an 1872 work by Claude Monet kept at the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris, has flown across the ocean to be displayed in an ex...
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A precious canvas from Monet's Water Lilies series goes up for auction at Christie's

One of the canvases from the Water Lilies series by Claude Monet (Paris, 1840 - Giverny, 1926) will be auctioned off on Sept. 26 at Christie's, during the 20th / 21st Century Inaugural Evening Sale taking place at the British auction house's Hong Kon...
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