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Philippe Halsman's flashes of genius on display in Piove di Sacco (Padua)

From Dec. 6, 2025 to April 19, 2026, Piove di Sacco (Padua, Italy) will host Lightning Genius, an exhibition dedicated to Philippe Halsman (Riga, 1906 - New York, 1979), staged in the spaces of Palazzo Pinato Valeri. Curated by Alessandra Mauro and S...
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Presented the redevelopment project of the Cosenza Wing of the GNAMC in Rome signed by Mario Botta

The National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GNAMC) in Rome presents the redevelopment project of the Cosenza Wing, signed by architect Mario Botta, intended to complete a portion of the museum that has remained unfinished for more than 50 ye...
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Beyond the Pantheon: the rooms of the Basilica of Neptune, behind the Rotunda, open to the public in Rome

From Tuesday, November 25, 2025, the Beyond the Pantheon itinerary opens to the public, providing access to the rooms of the Basilica of Neptune, hitherto almost unknown spaces that develop behind the Rotunda and that through their stratifications re...
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Boldini's Haystack joins the collections of the Museum of the Ancient Palace of the Bishops of Pistoia

The Museum of the Ancient Palace of Bishops in Pistoia, managed by the Pistoia Musei Foundation, expands its collections with the acquisition of The Haystack by Giovanni Boldini (Ferrara, 1842 - Paris, 1931), a small oil on panel painting depicting a...
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Chanel opens Espace Gabrielle Chanel at Shanghai's Power Station of Art

According to reports in Artnews magazine, Chanel has announced the opening to the public of Espace Gabrielle Chanel, the first public library dedicated to contemporary art in mainland China, located at the Power Station of Art (PSA) in Shanghai. The ...
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MIDA toward 90 years: Elisa Guidi new artistic director and new press office

Firenze Fiera has announced the appointment of architect Elisa Guidi as the new artistic director of the Mostra Internazionale dell'Artigianato (MIDA), which will be held from April 25 to May 3, 2026 at the usual venue of the Fortezza da Basso in Flo...
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Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace on display at Edinburgh's Palace of Holyroodhouse

From November 13, 2025 until March 30, 2026, the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh is hosting a selection of paintings from Buckingham Palace that are on temporary display as part of the exhibition Italian, Dutch & Flemish Paintings: Highlight...
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Alma Allen will represent the U.S. at the Venice Biennale 2026. Critics

The official announcement has finally arrived after rumors in recent days: the sculptor Alma Allen (Salt Lake City, 1970) will represent the United States at the Venice Biennale 2026 . He will be the star of the U.S. Pavilion. The 2026 U.S. Pavilion ...
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Michelangelo's lost drawing for the Sistine Chapel resurfaces, to be auctioned in 2026

A drawing by Michelangelo (Caprese, 1475 - Rome, 1564) for the Sistine Chapel vault emerges on the market: it is a rare and recently discovered sheet, and is one of the few drawings by the Tuscan artist still in private hands. It is, moreover, the on...
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Ancona's Pinacoteca Civica Podesti reopens after two years with a new layout

After two years of closure, Ancona 's Pinacoteca Civica "Francesco Podesti" reopens to the public on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, with a new layout of the permanent rooms. The reopening returns to the city its main museum and one of the most important cul...
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Coming from Budapest to Rome, at Palazzo Barberini, Giorgione's Portrait of a Young Man

From Nov. 29, 2025 to March 8, 2026, the National Galleries of Ancient Art at Palazzo Barberini in Rome will welcome, under the curatorship of Michele Di Monte, the celebrated Portrait of a Young Man, also known as Portrait of Antonio Brocardo and at...
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Hauser & Wirth in St. Moritz explores Giacometti's connection to the figures and landscapes he loved most

From Dec. 13, 2025 to March 28, 2026, the Hauser & Wirth Gallery in St. Moritz presents Alberto Giacometti: Faces and Landscapes of Home, an exhibition with an intimate character that brings together portraits dedicated to the artist's family mem...
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Ferrara lights up Christmas with lights, events and shows until New Year's Eve

Ferrara is preparing for the Christmas season with an extensive program of initiatives involving the entire historic center and an important part of the urban area. The city, which has been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for the past 30 y...
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The Mart in Rovereto retraces the art of Luigi Bonazza, between Secession and Déco, with a major exhibition

Forty years after the last major exhibition dedicated to him, the Mart in Rovereto will host from December 6, 2025 to May 3, 2026 the extensive monographic exhibition Luigi Bonazza. Tra Secessione e Déco, focusing on the Trentino artist Luigi ...
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An 8-lesson online series on contemporary music

The 8-lesson online course in Contemporary Music History, sponsored by Institution School, begins Dec. 1, 2025. The series, titled From Impressionism to Digital, offers a structured path to explore music as an art form closely connected to the major ...
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Working in culture: the week's vacancies and open positions

New job opportunities for those working in the arts and culture: here are vacancies, open positions, competitions, calls and opportunities we have selected during the week of November 18-24, 2025. In Milan, the Ermenegildo Zegna Group company is loo...
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Mississippi Museum of Art has acquired Fountainhead, the Usonian house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

The Mississippi Museum of Art has officially acquired Fountainhead, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home located in Jackson's Fondren neighborhood, after approval by the Jackson Planning and Zoning Board and the City Council. The home, along with its...
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The Mantua section of the Via Carolingia: retracing the steps of Charlemagne among villages and landscapes

Walking has gained more and more enthusiasts in recent years, becoming a travel experience that combines movement, reflection and discovery. Some routes, however, are not simply paths: they offer a deeper contact with history and culture, interweavin...
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Restoration of the Temple of Apollo Opilite in Karditsa, Greece, gets underway.

TheGreek Ministry of Culture , through the Directorate for the Restoration of Ancient Monuments, has initiated a project for the protection, restoration and enhancement of the archaic temple of Apollo Opilite, located in the area of theAncient Metrop...
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Turin, an exhibition on the fortunes of Nordic painting in Piedmont at the Pinacoteca Albertina

From November 28, 2025 to May 3, 2026, the Pinacoteca dell'Accademia Albertina in Turin will host the exhibition Gleams of the North. Flemish and Dutch Painting between the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries and its Fortune in Piedmont, curated by A...
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Brescia, start of restoration of Moretto's Assumption in the Duomo Vecchio

On Monday, November 24, 2025, thestart of the restoration of the large altarpiece depicting theAssumption of the Virgin by Alessandro Bonvicino, known as il Moretto (Brescia, 1492/1495 - 1554), a masterpiece created between 1524 and 1526 and placed f...
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An exhibition in Turin celebrates Orazio Gentileschi through the common thread of travel

From November 8, 2025 to April 14, 2026, the Sale Chiablese of the Royal Museums of Turin will host the exhibition Orazio Gentileschi. A traveling painter, curated by Annamaria Bava (Royal Museums of Turin) and Gelsomina Spione (University of Turin)....
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Fifteenth-century fresco of 'Madonna of the Sign' restored in Bari

In the church of San Martino in the historic center of Bari, the restoration of the 15th-century fresco known as La Madonna del Segno has been completed. The work, located inside one of the city's oldest buildings of worship, has returned to view in ...
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, dispute between museum and former director. Accusations of embezzlement.

Tense climate in Philadelphia, U.S., where it was revealed why the Philadelphia Art Museum fired then-director and museum ad Alexandra "Sasha" Suda a few weeks ago. Shortly after her dismissal, Suda, as revealed by the New York Times, had sued the m...
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CAMERA will organize the 2026 edition of EXPOSED - Torino Foto Festival. Laying bare is the theme chosen

The Fondazione per la Cultura Torino has officially entrusted CAMERA - Centro Italiano per la Fotografia with the task of organizing the next edition of EXPOSED - Torino Foto Festival, scheduled from April 9 to June 2, 2026. Now in its third edition...
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