Modern Art Archaeology Etruscan art Etruscans
An enigmatic figure with a long tail emerges from a surface crisscrossed by two intersecting golden lines. This is the subject of *Fil d’Or*, a painting created in 1953 by Leonora Carrington (Clayton Green, 1917 – Mexico City…
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A portrait of the daughter of Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun ( Paris, 1755–1842), painted during her years of exile in Italy, which has remained in a private collection for over two centuries and is now set to be…
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The Getty Museum in Los Angeles has acquired a marble bust depicting Rosa Taddei (Trento, 1799 – Rome, 1869), an Italian actress and poetess portrayed in 1826 by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (Copenhagen, 1770–1844)…
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Modern Art Ancient art Six hundred Spain
A new self-portrait by Andrea Appiani (Milan, 1754–1817) has been added to the neoclassical painter’s catalog: The painting, dated to 1810–1811 and characterized by an intense gaze directed straight at the viewer, will be…
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Three early paintings by Paul Cézanne ( Aix-en-Provence, 1839–1906), painted between 1862 and 1864 to decorate the family home, the Jas de Bouffan, in Aix-en-Provence, have been withdrawn from tonight’s auction at…
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Modern Art Ancient art art and restoration Milan Cathedral
In 1909, Francis Picabia (Paris, 1879–1953) was thirty years old and had already established a solid reputation within the art world. At that very moment, however, the artist decided to reevaluate the path he had taken up to that…
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Modern Art 61. International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia Venice Biennale
The location and even the time are noted on the back of the painting: “Meadow at San Rocco / 2:00 p.m. on November 14.” It is one of the rare autograph records left by Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo (Volpedo, 1868–1907)…
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Modern Art Ancient art Archaeology
Starting Saturday, September 12, 2026, the Lenci Collection at the Royal Museums of Turin will reopen to the public on the third floor of the Sabauda Gallery with a revamped exhibition layout and new resources for further exploration. The…
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Modern Art Accessibility Accessible museums Ancient art Ministry of Culture Museums
There are very few paintings depicting Amedeo Modigliani (Livorno, 1884 – Paris, 1920), and among these, the one painted by his partner and painter Jeanne Hébuterne and a pencil drawing by André Derain stand out…
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Modern Art 61. International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia Contemporary art Venice Biennale
A previously unpublished work by one of the greatest Italian painters of the early 20th century, Vincenzo Irolli (Naples, 1860–1949),has resurfaced: it is the monumental *Portrait of Julia Lavarello Anselmo* from 1907, which will be…
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Modern Art Ancient art Comics Sculpture
An exhibition dedicated to Corrado Cagli (Ancona, 1910 – Rome, 1976), one of the most original and internationally renowned artists of 20th-century Italian art, who had deep ties to the Sicilian city: from September 10 to October 20…
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Modern Art Ancient art Eighteenth century Sicily
The year 2026 marks the 30th anniversary of Gio' Pomodoro’s artistic work on the Island of Elba. It was in 1996 that the sculptor was invited to the island as part of an exhibition project and created a series of monumental granite…
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One hundred years after Willem de Kooning (Rotterdam, 1904 – New York, 1997) from Rotterdam to the United States, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam symbolically brings one of the greatest figures in 20th-century art back to the…
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Modern Art Contemporary art Maurizio Cattelan
Three major sculptures by Robert Rauschenberg (Port Arthur, 1925 – Captiva Island, 2008) are joining the ARTIST ROOMS collection, a collection of modern and contemporary art established in 2008 and managed by the Tate in London and…
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Modern Art Contemporary art Venice
Bottegantica announces the acquisition by the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (KMSKA) in Antwerp of a rare pair of Futurist sculptures created by Giacomo Balla. The works, *Tree* and *Rose*, dating from around 1918, are two…
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Modern Art Flemish art Photo exhibition Photography
A new world record for neoclassical sculpture was set in London. Last night at Sotheby’s, the monumental *Laocoon Hamilton*, a life-size bronze by Auguste-Jean-Marie Carbonneaux (Paris, 1790–1843), was sold for 13.6 million pounds…
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