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Giovanna Rotondi, daughter of the well-known superintendent who saved artworks from the world conflict, has passed away

Giovanna Rotondi (1938-2025), former superintendent, a scholar of great and recognized authority and a prominent figure on the civic and institutional level in the field of Italian cultural heritage protection, has passed away. Daughter of Pasquale ...
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Indemnity cover of £800 million for loan of Bayeux tapestry to British Museum

When it is loaned to the British Museum in 2026, theBayeux Tapestry will be covered by an indemnity from the British Treasury of about £800 million, reflecting the exceptional value attributed to this extraordinary 70-meter-long textile artifact tha...
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MUS.E Foundation launches two new calls for artists and curators

Residencies, training and production represent the pillars through which Fondazione MUS.E renews and strengthens its commitment to supportcontemporary art, launching two new calls aimed at artists, artists and curators. Within the cultural programmi...
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Farewell to Brigitte Bardot: the iconic French film actress and activist passed away at age 91

Brigitte Bardot has passed away at the age of 91 in Saint-Tropez. This was announced by the Foundation that bears her name: "The Brigitte Bardot Foundation announces with immense sadness the passing of its founder and president, Mrs. Brigitte Bardot,...
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Museums closed Dec. 25, openings confirmed on other holidays, and #domenicalmuseum returns

Today, on Christmas Day, state museums and cultural sites will be closed throughout the country. The Ministry of Culture also announces that extraordinary openings are planned for the upcoming holidays. In particular, on Dec. 26, 2025, Jan. 1 and Ja...
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Louvre installs bars at window where thieves entered

The Louvre has begun to translate promises to tighten security made in the weeks following the sensational theft that hit one of France's iconic cultural heritage sites last October into concrete action. On Tuesday, Dec. 23, skilled workers installed...
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Anne Frank with a keffiyeh: storm in Germany over Italian artist's work

There is controversy in Germany over a work by Italian artist Costantino Ciervo (Naples, 1961) displayed at the Fluxus+ Museum in Potsdam: the painting depicts Anne Frank with a keffiyeh on her shoulders and has been accused of anti-Semitism. The pri...
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Farewell to Arnulf Rainer, Austrian master of the Overlapping Paintings

Arnulf Rainer, an Austrian artist known for his Übermalungen or overlapping paintings, died Dec. 18 at his home in Austria at the age of 96. The news was confirmed by the Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery. Born in Baden, Austria, in 1929, Rainer devoted m...
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The Portal of the Duchesses of the Certosa di Pavia will be restored thanks to Soroptimist's contribution

The Portal of the Duchesses of the Monumental Complex of the Certosa of Pavia is to be restored: the Regional Directorate National Museums Lombardy and Soroptimist International of Italy have announced the signing of a collaboration agreement aimed a...
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New Banksy in London with children looking at the sky: is the city ignoring the housing crisis?

Banksy has returned to intervene in public space with a new work of street art. The British artist, as usual, confirmed its authenticity through a post on Instagram, publishing an image of a mural that appeared in London in the days immediately befor...
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Bologna, a rare Etruscan bronze stolen in 1963 returned to the Archaeological Museum

An important piece ofEtruscan art returns to Bologna's public collections. Yesterday, in the Conference Room of Bologna's Museo Civico Archeologico, the commander of the Nucleo Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale of Bologna, Carmelo Carraffa, off...
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Rome mayor's announcement: 'From Feb. 1, the Trevi Fountain will be paid for by tourists'

If a few days ago it was only a hypothesis, now the announcement has come from the mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri: visiting the Trevi Fountain will be chargeable for tourists, but it will not be the only Roman monument and museum site that will intr...
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Santanchè's Venus now has a face. A 23-year-old girl chosen

The Ministry of Tourism has chosen Francesca Faccini, 23, as the new Venus for the Welcome to Wonder tourism campaign. After a first phase entrusted to a virtual Venus, the project marks the transition to a real presence, with the young actress and m...
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Pope Leo XIV surprise in Senate to see Borso d'Este's Bible

A surprise private visit by Pope Leo XIV this afternoon to the exhibition dedicated to the Bible of Borso d'Este: the pontiff, accompanied by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, in fact arrived at the Senate Library, in Palazzo della Minerva, where the exhibiti...
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The history of glass in Venice does not start from the Renaissance, but has older origins: new research reveals

The history of glass in Venice has its roots in a far more remote, articulate and technologically advanced past than one imagines. When one thinks of Venetian glass in fact, the collective imagination leads to the Renaissance, but this deeply ingrain...
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14-meter inflatable megaliths invade Piazza Maggiore: IWAGUMI transforms Bologna

The first megaliths appeared in Bologna 's Piazza Maggiore in recent days, immediately attracting the attention of citizens and visitors alike. The large inflatable structures, up to 14 meters high, began to occupy the Crescentone anticipating the of...
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