An important work housed at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, *Hôpital Saint-Paul à Saint-Rémy-de-Provence*, a painting created by Vincent van Gogh in 1889, is the subject of a restitution claim filed by 98-year-old Klaus ...
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The renovation of Palazzo Pitti, one of the iconic landmarks of Italy’s cultural heritage and an integral part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Florence’s historic center, continues. Starting today, the historic grand ducal palace is ...
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Now in its tenth year, the Lerici Music Festival is strengthening the dialogue between music and the visual arts—a focus that has taken on an increasingly central role in the event’s programming in recent years. As part of the festival “Music, ...
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The National Association of Art Historians – National Association of Art Historians - AStArte (here is our interview with Silvia Mazza, President of AStArte) has expressed concern over the absence of the “technical art historian” position in th...
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Alarm bells are ringing for museums in the United Kingdom, where institutions are facing a period of profound uncertainty and therefore require drastic measures: this, in a nutshell, is the summary of the report drafted by a cross-party parliamentar...
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From June 26 to October 4, 2026, the Project Room at MAMbo—the Museum of Modern Art in Bologna —will host an exhibition featuring Luigi Ghirri and Gianni Celati. *Verso la foce*, an exhibition curated by Lorenzo Balbi and Giulia Pezzoli, traces the i...
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New findings are emerging from the monitoring and research campaign on the Roman shipwreck at Capo Mulini, in the stretch of sea between Acireale and Aci Castello. The investigations, conducted by the Sicilian Regional Superintendence of the Sea, hav...
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The project for the redevelopment, revitalization, and enhancement of the GAM—the Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art—was presented today at the Teatro Regio in Turin. The project is intended to redefine the museum’s future through an initia...
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The Brancacci Chapel in Florence is at the heart of Italy’s participation in the European AccesS project, “Enhancing Accessibility and Sustainability in Smart Cities and Smart Buildings: The Universal Accessibility Suite Initiative,” an initiative fu...
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Following Tiziana Maffei, who led the Royal Palace of Caserta for seven years, the museum has a new interim director: the position has been entrusted to Antonio Tarasco, the current Director General of Archives, a role he has held since January 8, 20...
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For nearly two thousand years, the charred papyri of Herculaneum have preserved a wealth of knowledge that remained inaccessible. Having survived the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., these precious manuscripts could not be opened without risking thei...
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On July 4, 2026,Lagobava Palazzo Pironi in Cannobio will open a solo exhibition by Japanese artist Tomoko Nagao, which will run through September 5. The exhibition, titled *Masterpieces Reinvented*, presents new works that synthesize some of the key ...
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*Medicea: Journal of Medici Studies* returns to the publishing scene in a new digital format, with a new publisher and a revamped structure. Announced on March 25—coinciding with the Florentine New Year’s Day celebrated until 1750—the journal is now ...
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The Civic Museum of Castelbuono (Palermo) presents *Heaven+Earth*, a new project by American artists John Sanborn and Ionee Waterhouse, which opened on May 24, 2026, at the Castello dei Ventimiglia and will remain on view through August 30. Curated b...
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The Giardino della Velarca in Ossuccio, on Lake Como, opens to the public, marking the completion of the restoration of the houseboat designed by the BBPR firm (Banfi, Belgiojoso, Peressutti, Rogers) in 1959 and restored by the FAI – Fondo per ...
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At the Casas del Turuñuelo archaeological site, in the municipality of Guareña, in the province of Badajoz, Spain, a bronze votive chariot of great decorative and iconographic complexity has been discovered; it is considered to be a spe...
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We continue to monitor professional opportunities in the art and cultural heritage sector, with a selection of calls for applications and competitions announced during the week of June 23–29, 2026.
In Milan, Sotheby’s auction house is seeking ...
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Following its Italian debut during Milan Art Week and Milan Design Week 2026, *Paper/Cosmic Breeze* by architect and artist Gianni Pettena (Bolzano, 1940) arrives at Manifattura Tabacchi in Florence. The installation, hosted in the MOTEL spaces under...
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The artist Andrea Mastrovito (Bergamo, 1978) is the creator of Gv 1,29, the large installation depictingthe Agnus Dei, which will be placed inside the Cross atop theTower of Jesus Christ at the Sagrada Família in Barcelona—the basilica’s highe...
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The City of Milan takes stock of its cultural sector: a budget of nearly 73 million euros, 30 million invested in infrastructure, over 2.7 million visitors to municipal museums and exhibition spaces, and more than 12,000 cultural events scheduled for...
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An important archaeological discovery has been made in the ancient city of Aspendos, Turkey. During excavations conducted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, an exceptional 3rd-century A.D. mosaic depicting Eurymedon—the personification of the ri...
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Members of the Democratic Party on the Parliamentary Oversight Committee for RAI have submitted a question to the company’s CEO seeking clarification on rumors regarding the future of certain cultural programs on the public broadcaster and on e...
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The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, in collaboration with DHL Express, brings art directly into the classroom with “Van Goes to School,” an educational program designed to introduce elementary school students to the life and works of Vincent van Gogh. ...
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"Fridays in Herculaneum" is back—the annual summer event that transforms the Herculaneum Archaeological Park into a grand open-air stage. Now in its ninth edition, the festival is dedicated to the theme of “Love and War” and offers an evening tour t...
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From June 26 to October 4, 2026, the Morgan Library & Museum in New York will host “Tarot! Renaissance Symbols, Modern Visions,” a major exhibition tracing the evolution of the tarot, from its origins in Renaissance Italy to the role it continues...
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