News Five hundred Florence Mannerism Pontormo Quirinal Stables Renaissance Rome
At 40 Via Madonna dei Monti, in the heart of Rome, there is a building that for years served as a campusof Roma Tre University and is now becoming state property. The Ministry of Culture has, in fact, purchased the Argiletum complex for 16…
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Will artificial intelligence destroy humanity? According to one of the greatest contemporary artists, Hito Steyerl, humanity already knows other ways to destroy itself, and AI will simply contribute to the general chaos. This is how she…
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A private patron, whose identity has not been disclosed, has donated 6 million euros to the Château de Chantilly in France to fully fund the architectural restoration of its *Cabinet des livres* (Book Cabinet), one of the world’s most…
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News Ancient art Three hundred Tuscany
Luigi Fassi has been reappointed director of Artissima for another four years. The position of director of Artissima had been opened to public competition; there were twenty-eight candidates, and in the end, the choice fell on the person…
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News Arts and entertainment Hadrian's Villa
The former 8th Cerimant Barracks in Rome will house a new storage facility for the preservation of the National Film Archive’s historical films. The Ministry of Culture is spearheading the project, funded with 12 million euros, which…
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News Architecture Massimiliano Fuksas
"By the way, there's a Georgia O’Keeffe painting in the closet." That single sentence—spoken almost in passing by a woman in her Manhattan apartment—was enough to bring to light a painting by the famous American artist that had…
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News Metropolitan Museum Returns
Bringing the younger generations closer to art and making cultural heritage more accessible and engaging: this is the goal of the initiative that brings together Sfera Ebbasta and the Museo del Cenacolo Vinciano in Milan. The project…
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News Contemporary art Museums Verona
It was built to house plague victims, but it was never used as a lazaretto: In Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the Pesthuis, located in the Feijenoord neighborhood and completed in 1716, was the first building in the city to be constructed…
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Yesterday afternoon, November 5, a fire broke out in the ceiling of the Messina Chamber of Commerce, a building that preserves an important part of the city’s history following the 1908 earthquake. The flames required the intervention of…
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News Lipari Underwater Sculpture
Palazzo della Ragione, one of Milan’s oldest historic buildings, is set to undergo a change of use and become a new cultural and conference center. The redevelopment project approved by the City Council aims to restore the spaces of the…
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News Contemporary art Florence
The original manuscript of Gabriele d’Annunzio’s *Forse che sì forse che no* has entered the Italian public domain. The Ministry of Culture acquired it today during the “Livres rares et Manuscrits” online auction…
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News Ancient art Museums Photography Pisa
Visiting a museum at least once a month could become a public health recommendation, on par with regular physical activity and a balanced diet. This is the proposal outlined in the report *The Recommended Dose of Art: A Prescription for…
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Accra, Ghana. A digital archive that began on Instagram to collect images of traditional Ghanaian culture has evolved into a cultural center open to the city. This is the story of Si Hene, a project founded in 2020by Ghanaian artist Rita…
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News Modern Art Twentieth Century
How can European cathedrals incorporate new works of art without compromising their historical and architectural identity? And what responsibilities come with commissioning a contemporary work intended to become part of a centuries-old…
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We are accustomed to thinking of biennials as major contemporary art exhibitions, but the one currently being organized for Naples would instead have a different focus: cultural heritage, understood in both its tangible and intangible…
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News MAXXI MAXXI Foundation Museums
Director Tinto Brass has passed away in Rome at the age of 93. He was born Giovanni Brass in Milan on March 26, 1933, and owes his unusual stage name to a nickname he had been given by his family. As a boy, he spent his time drawing, and…
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