For years, it remained in the storeroomsof the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, hidden from public view. Now, Bertel Thorvaldsen’s (Copenhagen, 1770–1844) *Venus Victorious* is once again on display in Rome following restoration, though n...
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A blind visitor to the British Museum has decided to sue the London museum because, as his lawyers argue, the museum is violating equality laws by failing to provide guided tours with audio description for theBayeux Tapestry exhibition. The famous e...
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To mark the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, the National Art Gallery of Bologna is dedicating an exhibition to the transformation of the saint’s image in Bolognese painting between the 16th and 17th centuries. From Octo...
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It is one of the most important paintings from the final phase of Joseph William Turner’s career and one of the artist’s extremely rare masterpieces still in a private collection. Titled “Rome, Viewed from the Aventine,” the work was crea...
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There was a visual contrast of great scenic and narrative impact that greeted anyone who, in the final years of the 17th century, crossed the threshold of the main hall of Villa Rondinelli-Vitelli in Fiesole: Awaiting visitors inside the hilltop resi...
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The General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity (DGCC) of the Ministry of Culture, as part of the Department of Cultural Activities, presents its program of initiatives for fall 2026. From October through December, the calendar will span various...
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Egypt reported an increase in international arrivals during the first five months of 2026 and also saw a rise in the number of visitors from Italy, which, with 461,059 arrivals, ranked fifth among the destination’s top markets. The data, relea...
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There is no trace of the composed reassurance found in much Renaissance art in the gaunt face of the Penitent Mary Magdalene that once stoodin the hermitage of Santa Maria Maddalena in Cascio, in Garfagnana. In this glazed terracotta sculpture, the s...
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The BPER Gallery presents the exhibition *Antonio Ligabue. Chaos Becomes Color, curated by Francesca Villanti, scheduled from October 23, 2026, to January 9, 2027. The press preview is scheduled for Friday, October 23, at 11 a.m. The exhibition kicks...
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Ten years after the passing of Umberto Eco (1932–2016), the Braidense National Library in Milan is dedicating the exhibition *Umberto Eco: The Island of the Day Before* to the Italian writer, philosopher, and intellectual . Books, Seas, and Machines ...
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The scaffolding for the restoration of Giotto’s Bell Tower in Florence has been completed; the structure was designed with particular attention to both engineering considerations and the need to minimize the visual impact on the monument. The s...
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After more than ten years of closure, the underground archaeological site at Palazzo Forti in Verona is once again open to the public. The reopening—made possible by restoration work carried out by the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts, and L...
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An extraordinary and rare drawing on paper by Perin del Vaga ( Piero di Giovanni Bonaccorsi; Florence, 1501 – Rome, 1547) has resurfaced on the market, brought to the Florence International Antiques Biennale by the Genoa-based gallery Goldfi...
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The first week of October 2026 promises to be full of opportunities for collectors, gallery owners, and art enthusiasts. Leading Italian and international auction houses are kicking off the fall season with a well-structured lineup ranging from works...
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The Chapel of San Massimo, commissioned by Bishop Pietro Donato (1390–1447) in the Bishop’s Palace in Padua, has been rediscovered and restored. The chapel was officially unveiled on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, following a major restoration pr...
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After a year of restoration work in the workshops of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence, the precious processional cross—created in 1501 by Gian Francesco dalle Croci for the Church of San Francesco—has returned to Brescia. The work, which ar...
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Stephanie Rosenthal will be the new artistic director of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam starting in the spring of 2027. The appointment was announced on September 30 by the museum’s Supervisory Board. Rosenthal is currently dire...
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On November 18, 2026, in New York,Sotheby’s will present the Blaquier-Arrieta Collection, a collection of works that traces some of the key milestones in the emergenceof modern art,from Impressionism in the 1870s to the innovations of Post-Impr...
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To create the elevator shaft inside the Sacra di San Michele, it was necessary to cut into the rock. It was therefore not merely a matter of installing a new elevator system in a historic building: the construction of the new elevator—which now ensur...
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When, in 1832, the Polish prince Stanisław Poniatowski, grandson of the last king of Poland, published the second volume of the catalog raisonné of his vast collection of engraved stones in Florence, he included in the introductory pages a sta...
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The Barberini Mithraeum, one of the most fascinating sites in underground Rome, will reopen to the public on October 3, 2026. The sanctuary of the ancient cult of Mithras, hidden beneath the Palazzo Barberini, houses one of the most significant depic...
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Bergamo is hosting a new exhibition by Alex Da Corte (Camden, New Jersey, 1980), created for the Palazzo della Ragione, from November 13, 2026, to January 17, 2027. The exhibition, titled Sun and Shadow, is curated by Stefano Raimondi and produced by...
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The famous historical photograph of Mussolini hanging upside down in Piazzale Loreto, turned into a poster and displayed in the window of an art studio in downtown Volterra (Pisa), has become the center of a political controversy. The image shows the...
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The 45th fall edition of Mercanteinfiera, scheduled to take place at Fiere di Parma from October 3 to 11, 2026, will also be dedicated to objects as instruments of memory. The event, one of the leading international fairs dedicated to antiques, moder...
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Monet, Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Mondrian: these are names that mark the milestones of an epochal turning point in the history of European art. In less than eighty years, between the 19th and 20th centuries, painting shifted from the direct observation of...
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