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Rome, Borghese Gallery considers expanding with a new building. Protest by associations

Associations up in arms after a Repubblica article by Valentina Lupia, which brought attention to the project being pursued by the Galleria Borghese in Rome, which in January recently formalized its acceptance of a technical sponsorship proposal aime...
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Shakeup at the Roman College: according to rumors, Minister Giuli fires his staff

Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli has reportedly decided to revoke the appointments of Emanuele Merlino, head of the Culture Ministry's technical secretariat, and Elena Proietti, head of the minister's personal secretariat. According to a report by C...
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Uffizi, acquitted activists who attached flood images to glass of Botticelli's Venus

The case against three Ultima Generazione activists who, on Feb. 13, 2024, had entered the Uffizi and attached images of theCampi Bisenzio flooding that had occurred the previous fall to the protective glass of Botticelli's Venus, using scotch tape, ...
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Biennale, rules announced for Visitor's Lion. But dozens of artists withdraw

With the opening of the Venice Biennale 2026 to the public, voting for the Visitor Lions of the 61st International Art Exhibition, which will replace the traditional Golden Lions due to the resignation of the jury before the opening, also officially ...
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Mantua and Cremona have been without a superintendent for over a year. The appeal to Minister Giuli

A public appeal to the Minister of Culture, Alessandro Giuli, for the urgent appointment of a new superintendent of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the provinces of Cremona, Lodi and Mantua, a role that has been vacant since April 1, 2025 an...
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Venice Biennale, some pavilions (but not only) strike against Israel

There is no peace for this Biennale. Pre-opening day seems to be taking place in a climate marked by mobilizations and heated institutional and labor confrontation. A procession and a workers' strike, both linked to protests against Israel's pavilion...
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Venice Biennale, Pussy Riot protest in front of Russian pavilion against Putin

On the day of the pre-opening of the Venice Art Biennale 2026, the Pavilion of Russia was at the center of a protest organized by the Pussy Riot collective, which staged a demonstration action against Russian President Vladimir Putin. As reported by ...
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The Pieroni-Stiefelmeier Collection on display at Villa Pacchiani

From May 9 to September 27, 2026, the spaces of Villa Pacchiani (Santa Croce sull'Arno) will host the exhibition Works from the Pieroni - Stiefelmeier Collection, curated by Alessandro Cocchieri. Promoted by the City of Santa Croce sull'Arno, the exh...
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Luca Rossi returns to Biennale as "water messiah" and moves pavilion in house

Redefining the very concept of the exhibition pavilion, removing it from the centrality of physical space and transferring it to the domestic dimension. It is on this premise that In Home Pavilion, a project by the collective led by Luca Rossi, is ba...
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Iran renounces participation in Venice Biennale

More shingles on the Venice Biennale 2026. Today, just days before the official opening,Iran announced that it will not take part in the 61st International Art Exhibition, scheduled for May 9 to November 22, 2026. The news was released through a stat...
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The Russian Pavilion at the Biennale will remain closed after the opening. Moscow had not been invited

Seven pages of a report arrived on the table of Palazzo Chigi at the center of the case involving the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale and the management of compliance with the European sanctions regime. The document, as reported by L'Espresso...
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Sanctions on Russia: Hermitage director also hit. The reasons

The Council of the European Union adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/509 on April 23, 2026, further strengthening the framework of restrictive measures against Russia in connection with the war against Ukraine. The decision is based on the Tre...
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Farewell to Georg Baselitz, among the great innovators of European painting

The celebrated German painter Georg Baselitz, among the most influential figures incontemporary European art, died today at the age of 88.Born in 1938 in Deutschbaselitz, then East Germany, as Hans-Georg Kern, he moved in 1956 to East Berlin, where h...
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Venice Biennale, international jury resigned. Award ceremony postponed

The International Jury of the 61st. International Art Exhibition, In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh (May 9-Nov. 22, 2026), composed of Solange Farkas (president), Zoe Butt, Elvira Dyangani Ose, Marta Kuzma, Giovanna Zapperi. This has just been announced in...
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Rome, Dublin researchers discover early medieval manuscript with oldest known poem in Old English

A manuscript, datable to the early 9th century, has been discovered at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale in Rome that contains the oldest known poem in Old English: it is a copy of theCaedmon Hymn dating from between 800 and 830, making it the third ...
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Salerno, attempted sale of medieval blocks stolen from Devil's Bridges

The Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the provinces of Salerno and Avellino has initiated urgent checks after reports of a vandalism incident allegedly involvingSalerno's Medieval Aqueduct, popularly known as Devil's Bridges...
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