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France, Catherine Pégard is the new minister of culture

France has a new culture minister: she is Catherine Pégard, who succeeds Rachida Dati. The former minister resigned to join the race for the Paris municipal elections. Pégard's appointment came yesterday, Feb. 26, 2026, when she was ask...
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Minerva elephant, reattached damaged tusk and completed maintenance

Work to reattach the portion of the right tusk of theElephantine of Minerva, the iconic monument in Rome 's Piazza della Minerva that was damaged last Feb. 15, has already been completed. The intervention, conducted by the Capitoline Superintendency ...
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Fifteenth-century tapestry from the Cini Collection returns to Venice restored and digitized in ultra-high resolution 3D

The precious 15th-century tapestry from the Cini Collection depicting The Entry into Palestine of Vespasian's Army has returned to theIsland of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. In 2022, the tapestry was the subject of the first 3D and ultra-high-resol...
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Hearings for the Italian Capital of Culture 2028 conclude today

The hearings of the ten finalist cities in the running for the title of Italian Capital of Culture 2028 conclude this afternoon, February 27, 2026. The meetings, which took place on the 26th and today in the Sala Spadolini of the Ministry of Culture ...
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Donatello's bronze Doors return to Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence after painstaking restoration

After careful and complex restoration work, the Door of the Martyrs and the Door of the Apostles made by Donatello between about 1440 and 1442 have been relocated to the Old Sacristy of the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence. The two restored bronze...
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New director of the Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie appointed: she is Annick Lemoine

Annick Lemoine is the new president of the Public Institute of Museums Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. In recent months the post had been held on an interim basis by Julia Beurton, who took over...
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Happiness, the new communication campaign of the Ministry of Culture, starts with Achille Lauro

The Ministry of Culture is launching Happiness, a new communication campaign dedicated to the National Museum System and theMusei Italiani app, a digital platform developed by the Directorate General for Museums as part of the PNRR Accessibility that...
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Christophe Leribault: this is who is the new director of the Louvre

The direction of the Louvre Museum, following the resignation of former director Laurence des Cars, will be entrusted to Christophe Leribault, former president of the Palace of Versailles and at the helm of the Musée d'Orsay until 2024. A gen...
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Louvre director Laurence des Cars resigns

The president and director of the Louvre Museum, Laurence des Cars, has submitted her resignation to the President of the Republic, effective immediately. "Among difficulties and successes, directing the Louvre has been the honor of my professional ...
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Italian Council 2026, call for proposals kicks off: 2.7 million for contemporary art

With a total budget of 2.7 million euros, the Ministry of Culture 's General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity launched on Feb. 13, 2026 the 15th edition of Italian Council, the public program dedicated to the support and international promotio...
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Farewell to Giancarlo Politi, founder of Flash Art and leading figure in contemporary art

Giancarlo Politi (1937-2026), publisher, poet and art critic, founder of Flash Art, among the most influential contemporary art magazines internationally, has died. Born in Trevi in 1937, Politi traversed more than half a century of art history as a ...
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Cardini at the Uffizi: twelve lectures on Florence between East and West

The Uffizi Galleries is inaugurating the third edition of Cattedra Uffizi with a lecture series entrusted to medievalist historian Franco Cardini. The course, titled Florence, Tuscany, the Orient, will be held from Feb. 27 to May 29, 2026 in the Magl...
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South Africa forgoes 2026 biennial after clash over Gaza

South Africa will not participate in the 61st Venice Art Biennale in 2026. The national pavilion will remain empty, breaking an uninterrupted presence that lasted since 2011. The decision, confirmed by South Africa's Ministry of Culture to The Art Ne...
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Archaeologists, more women and more self-employment: the profession is changing but standards lag behind

No longer just scholars of the past, but figures integrated into processes of land transformation and planning works. The profile of the Italian archaeologist has changed considerably in recent years, both in terms of demographic composition and plac...
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Epstein files: document links former MoMA president to looted Cambodian antiquities

A single-page document contained in files released by the U.S. Department of Justice as part of the case related to Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged with child sex trafficking and died in prison in 2019, officially by suicide, links billionaire and a...
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Sagrada Familia, completed the exterior of the tower of Jesus Christ, the tallest in the Temple

The upper arm of the cross over the Jesus Christ Tower of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona was mounted yesterday, marking the completion of the tower's exterior structures. Work inside the structure will continue during 2027 and 2028. With thi...
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