A blind visitor to the British Museum has decided to sue the London museum because, as his lawyers argue, the museum is violating equality laws by failing to provide guided tours with audio description for theBayeux Tapestry exhibition. The famous e...
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The General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity (DGCC) of the Ministry of Culture, as part of the Department of Cultural Activities, presents its program of initiatives for fall 2026. From October through December, the calendar will span various...
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The scaffolding for the restoration of Giotto’s Bell Tower in Florence has been completed; the structure was designed with particular attention to both engineering considerations and the need to minimize the visual impact on the monument. The s...
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The Chapel of San Massimo, commissioned by Bishop Pietro Donato (1390–1447) in the Bishop’s Palace in Padua, has been rediscovered and restored. The chapel was officially unveiled on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, following a major restoration pr...
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Stephanie Rosenthal will be the new artistic director of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam starting in the spring of 2027. The appointment was announced on September 30 by the museum’s Supervisory Board. Rosenthal is currently dire...
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The famous historical photograph of Mussolini hanging upside down in Piazzale Loreto, turned into a poster and displayed in the window of an art studio in downtown Volterra (Pisa), has become the center of a political controversy. The image shows the...
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Farewell to Paola Bracco, a highly skilled conservator and a key figure atthe Opificio delle Pietre Dure, where she helped train generations of conservators and art historians, sharing her professional experience with colleagues and students.
Throug...
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A book left on a shelf for someone else to pick up, a reading, a presentation, a play, a musical evening. These gestures may seem far removed from the history of a medieval abbey, but it is precisely through activities of this kind thatthe Abbey of M...
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For Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the exhibitionof the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum provides an opportunity to reignite one of the longest-running controversies over European cultural heritage: the issue of the Parthenon Marbles,...
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The project to study and restore the thirteen illuminated choir books of the Certosa di Pavia has come to an end. Launched in 2025 and sponsored by the Lombardy Regional Directorate of National Museums, the project was entrusted to the La Venaria Rea...
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VISTA—Visual Investigation of Santa Maria foris portas: Techniques & Analysis—has gotten underway. This new scientific research campaign is dedicated to the frescoes in the Church of Santa Maria foris portas within the Castelseprio Archaeological...
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The Colosseumwill be closed for three days of mourning following the death of Andrea Moretti, a rock climber—that is, a worker specializing in rope access and high-altitude work—who died on the night of September 23 inside the Flavian Amphitheater as...
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The trained body, competition, training, social prestige, and memory form the central themes of ATHLETÉS – The Icon Beyond Time. Athletics, Society, and Funeral Rites in the Peucetan Aristocracies of the Bari Region: this exhibition, org...
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Work has begun in Petralia Soprana, in the Palermo area, on the restoration and extraordinary maintenance of one of the majolica-tiled spires of the Church of Santa Maria di Loreto, which has been affected by deterioration and the collapse of its dec...
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A tragic workplace accident occurred last night at the Colosseum: Andrea Moretti, a 22-year-old worker, lost his life. He was a rock climber—that is, a specialist in rope access and high-altitude work. Last night, he was working inside the Flavian Am...
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The British government has temporarily blocked the export from the United Kingdom of Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi’s *Seated Nymph*—known as“the Elder”—offering museums and galleries in the country the opportunity to acquire the sculpture and kee...
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