No more selfies at the museum. Or, at least, curb this practice: this is what Simone Verde, director of the Uffizi, suggests after a tourist at the museum this morning damaged a painting by Antonio Domenico Gabbiani displayed in the rooms of the exhi...
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At the Uffizi Galleries this morning a tourist, in order to take a selfie, tripped and damaged, falling over, a painting by Anton Domenico Gabbiani. It was the Portrait of Ferdinando de' Medici Grand Prince of Tuscany, a late 17th-century work by the...
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For three consecutive summers, the Olympic and Paralympic brazier, the huge hot air balloon of the Paris Games that sailed across the skies of the Ville Lumière, will return to light up the Parisian sky, rising every night from June 21, during...
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A summer festival to explore contemporary poetry through the interweaving with music and dance. Piccolo Teatro di Poesia, the new cultural project promoted by VIVE (Vittoriano and Palazzo Venezia), under the direction of Edith Gabrielli and curated b...
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At the second written test of theState Examination for the Audiovisual and Multimedia address of the Liceo Artistico, the Ministry of Education proposed an interdisciplinary path centered on the theme of care. A broad theme, treated through different...
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Museum institutions in Tehran in Iran and Tel Aviv in Israel have activated their respective emergency procedures in recent hours to safeguard their collections amid escalating tensions between Iran and Israel. According to local sources, escalating ...
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U.S. President Donald Trump 's decision to halt funding of theIMLS - Institute of Museum and Library Services(we had discussed it here) constitutes a violation of the law according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO, an independent, nonpart...
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It was the spring of 1992 when photographer Tony Gentile, then a young reporter for the daily newspaper Giornale di Sicilia, captured a seemingly minor moment that was, however, destined to imprint itself in the Italian collective imagination. In tha...
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Since October 7, 2023, the Gaza Strip has suffered unprecedented destruction of its religious and cultural heritage. According to the latest report of the United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories(availa...
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The Brera Picture Gallery presented Makno research analyzing the economic, social and cultural impact of the so-called Grande Brera, the cultural and scientific system that has been consolidated in Milan since the opening of Palazzo Citterio. The com...
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TheJapanese armor kept at the Pietro Canonica Museum in Villa Borghese, Rome, is once again on public view in its entirety. The work, which can be dated between the last quarter of the 17th century and the mid-19th century, is back on display after a...
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A car ended up on the Spanish Steps of Trinità dei Monti, one of the capital's most famous sites, in the early hours of dawn. Driving the vehicle was an 80-year-old man who, due to causes still being ascertained, drove his car down part of the...
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The Berengo Segre Foundation for Historical Research is born in Venice, an initiative that aims to become a point of reference for the enhancement of historical culture, seen as a shared heritage and an engine of civil development. On Wednesday, June...
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From comic strips in Latin to weaving inspired by Roman mosaics, from 3D reliefs to multilingual installations: the Herculaneum Archaeological Park was transformed into a veritable laboratory for cultural experimentation thanks to the Percorsi per le...
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The Louvre Museum, a worldwide symbol of art and culture, experienced a day of tension and forced closure when its employees called a sudden strike yesterday, Monday, June 16, to protest working conditions that have become, in their words, untenable....
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After 12 years at the helm of the National Portrait Gallery (Npg) in Washington, DC, Kim Sajet has announced her resignation, effective immediately. The decision was announced on Friday, June 13, two weeks after a direct intervention by U.S. Presiden...
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