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Villa Arconati, a few kilometers from Milan, is one of the film sets of The Devil Wears Prada 2

Villa Arconati, located in the heart of the Groane Park a few kilometers from Milan, was chosen as the film set for the new chapter of The Devil Wears Prada, hosting some of the production's most exclusive scenes. Kept private until the very end, the...
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Venice Biennale, Minister Giuli will attend neither the pre-opening nor the opening ceremony

Minister Alessandro Giuli will not be present in Venice during the pre-opening days of the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, nor will he take part in the opening ceremony scheduled for May 9. The decision was officially annou...
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Venice Biennale, jury excludes Russia and Israel from awards

The international jury of the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale has made it known that it will refrain from considering countries whose leaders are currently charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Co...
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Europa Nostra Awards 2026, here are the winners. There are five Italians

Thirty are the winners of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2026, announced by the European Commission and Europa Nostra. The awards, co-funded by the Creative Europe program, represent the largest European award scheme dedicated to...
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Art historians, protest against the Ministry of Culture: garrison on April 28

Tension is growing around the Ministry of Culture 's decision to let the ranking list for the MiC 518 public competition for the profile of Art Historian Officer, due to expire on May 30, 2026, lapse. A decision that has prompted the reaction of CISD...
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Who is the new undersecretary for culture Giampiero Cannella

Giampiero Cannella is the undersecretary at the Ministry of Culture who takes the place of Gianmarco Mazzi, who became minister of tourism. Canenlla was appointed April 22, 2026, by the Council of Ministers during a meeting at Palazzo Chigi that defi...
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Rome, Forte Aurelia reopens, handed over by the Guardia di Finanza to the city: it will be a cultural hub

Forte Aurelia has been handed back to the city of Rome, at the end of a long recovery and restoration process. The official ceremony of reopening and handover of the Fort to the city by the Guardia di Finanza marked the conclusion of a 10-year projec...
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Florence, climbs Neptune Fountain in defiance: 5 thousand euro damage

Florence, climbs the Neptune Fountain and causes damage estimated at around 5,000 euros. A 28-year-old foreign woman was charged by municipal police for defacing an artistic-architectural asset after an incident last Saturday in Piazza della Signoria...
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Girolamini reopens after 14 years: Naples rediscovers oldest library after 2011 scandal

The Girolamini Library in Naples will become accessible to the public again on April 22, 2026, after a 14-year closure. The opening, as reported by the Vesuviolive.it news outlet, will take place through an exhibition housed in the institute's histor...
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Mexico, shooting by Teotihuacán's Pyramid of the Moon: tourist dead, 13 injured

An armed attack inside the archaeological site of Teotihuacán, among Mexico's major tourist hubs, left two people dead and at least 13 wounded. The incident, as reported by the El País news outlet, occurred on Monday, April 20 in the ar...
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Grimaldina Tower in Genoa reopens after renovations PNRR on accessibility of Ducal Palace

As of April 18, 2026, the Grimaldina Tower of the Doge 's Palace will be accessible to the public again after a restoration and enhancement project that lasted more than a year. The opening marks the return to the city of one of the most recognizable...
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Flooding at the Vatican Museums: water on the statues of the Profane Gregorian

A violent thunderstorm that hit Rome in the past week has caused water infiltration in the Vatican Museums, causing flooding in the Gregorian Profane section, one of the exhibition spaces that holds a significant part of the ancient sculpture collect...
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Seizure of 143 fake works by Warhol, Haring and Banksy at exhibition in Reggio Calabria

Carabinieri from the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit in Cosenza have seized 143 works of art believed to be fake, attributed to Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Banksy. The operation is part of an investigation coordinated by the Public Prosecutor's O...
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MiC, art historians' rankings at risk: protest by eligible applicants

Confrontation over the employment future of more than two hundred cultural professionals is ignited as the deadline for the sliding of the ranking list of the competition for art historian officials announced in 2023 by the Ministry of Culture approa...
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Banca Ifis reopens Villa Fürstenberg Park (Mestre) with a new work by Anselm Kiefer

Banca Ifis's Villa Fürstenberg International Sculpture Park in Mestre (Venice) will reopen to the public on Sunday, April 19, 2026, with free admission by reservation through the Ifis art app. The site, which opened in 2023 and has become over ...
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Milan, ACE donates Albert Pinya's work dedicated to Munari to Cittadella Archivi

Rediscovering Munari, a site-specific work by Majorcan artist Albert Pinya (Palma, 1985), donated by ACE Creative Engineering to the City of Milan on the occasion of Milan Art Week 2026, was inaugurated at the Cittadella degli Archivi in Milan. The i...
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