The landscape of international relations underwent a radical transformation on Jan. 7, 2026, when U.S. President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum sanctioning the formal withdrawal ofthe United States from as many as 66 international orga...
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The international initiative 1 Picasso for 100 euros, the online lottery that allows you to become the owner of an original work by Pablo Picasso worth one million euros and simultaneously support scientific research on Alzheimer's disease, is back. ...
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The "Luigi Cattaneo" Collection of Anatomical Waxes at theUniversity of Bologna also houses some fragments of tattooed human skin dating back to the 19th century. These are unusual finds that offer a special look at the history of tattooing and the s...
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Seven years after the recovery of a substantial core of stolen artworks in the hills above Nice, the case is back before the courts. A trial involving 10 defendants, variously accused of participating in or benefiting from a scheme to manage and rese...
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What is taking place in Sudan to the indifference of most, as of April 2023, is a massacre of devastating proportions: only a year ago, on January 7, 2025, the New York Times reported estimates of 150,000 casualties and 11 million displaced people, a...
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The White House could suspend funding to the Smithsonian, the largest museum complex in the United States of America, if the institution decides not to abide by the strict rules that were imposed last summer by theTrump administration. That, in a nut...
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Forty years after its creation, a painting by Andrea Pazienza is back in the limelight, not only for its artistic value but also because of the legal events involving it. As Ansa newspaper writes , the work, depicting the equestrian Zanardi, was crea...
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Too many church burglaries, and Carrara Cathedral, one of the most important monuments in northern Tuscany, is closing to the public. This was decided by the parish priest, Don Piero Albanesi, after the church, located in the heart of the city of mar...
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On Friday morning, Jan. 2, 2026, around 10 a.m., a man was detained in Paris following the theft of a sword from the equestrian statue of Joan of Arc, a work created by Paul Dubois in the late 19th century, located in the Place Saint-Augustin in the ...
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In Genoa , it's strike today at the national museum venues: the USB union, after formally launching the mobilization last Dec. 23, 2025, has called an agitation for today, Tuesday, Jan. 6, at the venues of Palazzo Reale in Via Balbi and Palazzo Spino...
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An exhibition entirely devoted to the new stained glass windows of Notre-Dame Cathedral, which were designed by French artist Claire Tabouret (Pertuis, 1981), opened last Dec. 10 and will run until March 15, 2026, at the Grand Palais in Paris. The ex...
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Lucia Di Luciano, a central figure in the research ofkinetic-programmed art, has passed away at the age of 93. Over the course of a career spanning more than 70 years, the artist established herself as a leading protagonist of what Lea Vergine called...
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New Year's Eve in Amsterdam was marked by a dramatic event that deeply affected the city's architectural heritage. Around 00:50 on January 1, 2026, a fire of vast proportions broke out at the Vondelkerk, the 19th-century neo-Gothic church located in ...
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As tradition dictates, the New Year of Finestre Sull'Arte begins with a ranking of the 15 most-read articles in the magazine in the past year: so for this New Year's Eve 2026, too, let's take a look at the most popular and most talked-about articles ...
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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.
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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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