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The Holy Face of Lucca Returns to the Tempietto del Civitali Following the Restoration of the Medieval Crucifix

Starting on June 19, 2026, the Holy Face of Lucca will once again be placed in the Tempietto di Matteo Civitali inside Lucca Cathedral, where it has been housed since 1484. The relocation marks the definitive return of the monumental wooden crucifix ...
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Padua is a candidate for the 2028 Capital of Contemporary Art, with Cattelan and an international committee

Padua has officially submitted its application to the Ministry of Culture to become the 2028 Italian Capital of Contemporary Art. The designation, established by Ministerial Decree No. 117 of March 2024, is one of the initiatives promoted by the Mini...
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Cultural and Digital Heritage: Agreement Signed Between the Ministry of Culture, the National Research Council (CNR), and E-RIHS ERIC

The Directorate-General for Digitization and Communication of the Ministry of Culture, the National Research Council – Institute of Cultural Heritage Sciences (CNR ISPC), and E-RIHS ERIC (European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science) h...
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Francesca Casadio has been appointed director of the Getty Conservation Institute

The J. Paul Getty Trust has announced the appointment of Francesca Casadio to lead the Getty Conservation Institute, where she will assume the role of director in early fall 2026. Casadio currently serves as Vice President and Grainger Executive Dire...
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Kiev under attack, hit and damaged Dormition Cathedral, UNESCO heritage site

A massive Russian attack on Ukraine overnight caused severe damage to the Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, one of the country's most important places of worship and a UNESCO World Heritage site. "A Russian drone struck the altar area of th...
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Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio launches his foundation: will open cultural hub in Pietrasanta

LMDV Foundation, established on the initiative of Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, entrepreneur and son of Luxottica founder Leonardo Del Vecchio, is officially born. The new entity represents the evolution of a commitment matured through personal initiat...
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Project to restore the Art Nouveau decorative apparatus of the church of San Lazzaro in Viterbo gets under way

Thanks to a ministerial grant obtained by the Superintendence in 2025, planning has officially begun for the restoration of the church of San Lazzaro in Viterbo, located in the center of the monumental cemetery of the same name. The project begins wi...
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Culture mobilizes: industry's first national strike for adequate wages and greater stability

Today Italian culture stopped for a day to demand more rights, adequate wages and greater employment stability. Workers in the cultural sector mobilized for the first national strike of the entire cultural sector, promoted by FP CGIL and NIdiL CGIL w...
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Farewell to David Hockney, the artist who always made technology a creative tool

The art world loses one of its most original voices. David Hockney, a British artist considered among the leading figures in contemporary art, has died in London at the age of 88. The news was announced by his agent Erica Bolton, who reported how the...
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Historic Poggioreale is reborn: the ghost town of Belìce reopens to visitors 58 years after the earthquake

Historic Poggioreale (Trapani) returned to visitors as a cultural asset, fifty-eight years after the Belìce earthquake. Mayor Carmelo Palermo called the event "an extraordinary achievement, because we transform the memory of these places into ...
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Israel Museum (Jerusalem), a child punctures a 1959 Magritte with a pine cone.

A painting by René Magritte kept at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem was damaged by an incident that occurred a few weeks ago during a public visit. As reported by The Times of Israel, the work,The Castle of the Pyrenees (The Castle of the Pyren...
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A cycle of frescoes dating between the 16th and 17th centuries has emerged in the Library of Casa Leopardi

During consolidation and restoration work carried out in one of the rooms of Casa Leopardi in Recanati, a cycle of frescoes dating from the late 16th and early 17th centuries emerged in the Library. The works, which had been hidden for a long time un...
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Artificial intelligence enters the education, vocational and administrative system: implementing measures

Artificial intelligence enters the school system permanently, both as content to be known and as a resource for renewing teaching methodologies. This is one of the novelties of the legislative decree approved today in preliminary examination by the C...
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Sagrada Família, Tower of Jesus Christ prepares for blessing by Pope Leo XIV

The Sagrada Família 's Tower of Jesus Christ will be inaugurated and blessed on June 10, 2026 as part of the centenary celebrations of Antoni Gaudí's death. The announcement was made in Barcelona at a press conference of the Junta Const...
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Lucca Arts Center, work begins on new international cultural hub

The construction site for the Lucca Center for the Arts, a project intended to create a new museum and exhibition center within the city's urban walls, gets underway in Lucca. With the start of work in Piazzale Verdi, an initiative promoted by the Fo...
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Asciano (Siena), research on the fresco of Sant'Ippolito and links to Raphael's early environment

On Saturday, July 4, 2026, the Auditorium of the Basilica of Sant'Agata in Asciano (Siena) will host a study day entitled A Fresco, a Pilgrimage Route. The Sacred Conversation in the Parish of Sant'Ippolito and the Via Lauretana Senese, an appointmen...
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