Photography

Le Violon d'Ingres is the most expensive photograph in history: sold at Christie's for $12 million

Another record-breaking work sold at auction by Christie's: while in the Paris office Michelangelo Buonarroti's drawing of a nude man with two figures behind him was sold for more than 23 million euros, reaching the third-highest price for a drawing ...
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Casale Monferrato kicks off its first biennial festival dedicated to photography

From March 25 to June 12, 2022, Casale Monferrato will host the first edition of MonFest, a biennial photography festival directed by Mariateresa Cerretelli and promoted by the City of Casale Monferrato. The theme around which the eleven planned exhi...
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A frozen lake in memory of a lost friend: Italian wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year award

The People Choice award of the 57th Wildlife Photographer of the Year is won by Italian photographer Cristiano Vendramin with Lake of ice, an image of willow branches reflected on the surface of a frozen lake. While visiting Lake Santa Croce in north...
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European Photography 2022, here are the names of the three photographers selected from the open call

Simona Ghizzoni, Gloria Oyarzabal and Maxime Richè are the three photographers selected from the open call who will exhibit at Fotografia Europea 2022, which will be held in Reggio Emilia from April 29 to June 12, 2022. The open call invited p...
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From Turkey to Siena: a new life for Mustafa and Munzir thanks to Siena Awards photo

Arriving in Siena today will be Mustafa and Munzir, the protagonists of the overall winning photo of the SIPA, Siena International Photo Awards 2021, taken by Mehmet Aslan that has toured the world and made possible the long and complex course of tre...
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A major retrospective on Margaret Bourke-White at Trastevere, with over 100 images from the Life archive

Until February 27, 2022, the Museo di Roma in Trastevere is hosting the exhibition Prima, donna. Margaret Bourke-White dedicated to one of the most representative exponents ofphotojournalism. Curated by Alessandra Mauro, the retrospective presents mo...
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Concerning Dante, the photo exhibition tracing the real and literary travels of the Supreme Poet

From January 20 to April 30, 2022, the Museo Civico Medievale in Bologna presents, as part of ART CITY Bologna, the exhibition Concerning Dante - Autonomous Cell by Jacopo Valentini. Curated by Carlo Sala, this is a photographic project related toDan...
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70 years after the Great Flood: a photo exhibition in Rovigo

Until January 30, 2022, Palazzo Roncale in Rovigo hosts the photography exhibition 70 Years Later. The Great Flood, curated by Francesco Jori, with Alessia Vedova and Sergio Campagnolo, and promoted by the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Ro...
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At the Fortress of Bard the Italian premiere of the year's best nature photographs

From February 5 to June 5, 2022, theItalian preview of the 57th Wildlife Photographer of the Year, a major award dedicated to wildlife photography promoted by the Natural History Museum in London, will be held at the Fortress of Bard. On display will...
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Senigallia dedicates exhibition to Julia Margaret Cameron, first photographer admitted to Royal Photographic Society

It opened to the public on Nov. 26 at the Palazzo del Duca in Senigallia and will remain open until Feb. 28, 2022, the exhibition Julia Margaret Cameron. A Look Out of Focus, curated by Massimo Minini and Mario Trevisan and supported by Regione March...
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Thanks to Siena Awards fundraiser, Munzir and Mustafa soon in Italy for prosthetic surgery

Thanks to fundraising efforts sponsored by the Siena Awards, the protagonists of the Hardship of Life shot that has toured the world, Munzir and Mustafa, will soon arrive in Italy to be treated at the Vigorso Prosthesis Center in Budrio, in the provi...
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Don't call me master: fifty iconic shots of Ferdinando Scianna in Milan

Until January 22, 2022, the exhibition Non chiamatemi maestro by Ferdinando Scianna (Bagheria, 1943), the first Italian to be admitted to the Magnum agency in 1982, is on view in Milan at STILL Fotografia. Curated by Fabio Achilli and Denis Curti, t...
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Photo exhibition on Frida Kahlo opens in Bologna that re-creates environments, clothes and jewelry of the artist

From October 30, 2021 Palazzo Belloni in Bologna hosts Frida Kahlo - The Experience. Ojos que no ven corazón que no siente, an event intended to reveal the most intimate and private gaze of Mexico's most beloved artist. A Next Exhibition produ...
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SIPA 2021 winning snapshot goes around the world: open fundraiser to help the family of the photo

Overall winner of the SIPA 2021, Siena International Photo Awards, was the shot that wentaround the world in just a few hours for its strong emotional charge: it is Hardship of Life by Turkish photographer Mehmet Aslan, which depicts the embrace betw...
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How do you restore a photograph? The Royal Palace of Caserta reveals it with the open restoration of a Mapplethorpe shot

The Royal Palace of Caserta reveals to the public techniques and details of one of the lesser-known specializations in the field of restoration: the restoration of photographic assets. On Saturday, Nov. 13 and Sunday, Nov. 14, it will be possible to ...
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A flock of geese flying over snowy lands: from Norway the overall winning shot of the Drone Awards 2021

A flock of thousands of pink-footedgeese flying over still snowy terrain: this is the overall winning shot of the Drone Awards 2021, the leading international competition dedicated to aerial photography. Author of the winning image, titled Pink-Foote...
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