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An exhibition in Aosta on Rosalie D’Hérin Seris, the first professional female photographer in the Aosta Valley

An exhibition in Aosta on Rosalie D’Hérin Seris, the first professional female photographer in the Aosta Valley

From July 25, 2026, to February 28, 2027, the Church of San Lorenzo in Aosta will host the exhibition *Rosalie D’Hérin Seris (1871–1956)*. This exhibition, dedicated to the first female photographer in the Aosta Valley, highlights a litt...
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EU Spokesperson Announces Withdrawal of Funding for the Russian Pavilion at the Biennale

EU Spokesperson Announces Withdrawal of Funding for the Russian Pavilion at the Biennale

The European Union will revoke the 2 million euro grant allocated to the Venice Biennale for the 2026–2028 period. The announcement was made a few hours ago by European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier, who confirmed to the Brussels corresponde...
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Egypt, Major Discovery in Saqqara: Three Tombs with Decorations and Hieroglyphs Unearthed

Egypt, Major Discovery in Saqqara: Three Tombs with Decorations and Hieroglyphs Unearthed

In Egypt, a new archaeological discovery is expanding our knowledge of the Saqqara necropolis, which has already been the site of numerous significant finds in recent years. The Egyptian archaeological mission working at the Babashtiyon quarry has un...
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A new space dedicated to contemporary art, “sala effe,” opens in Cremona

A new space dedicated to contemporary art, “sala effe,” opens in Cremona

On September 19, a new space dedicated to contemporary art will open at the Cremona Violin Museum (Sala Effe). This new venue launches with an independent program and aims to promote experimental exhibition projects, bringing together artists, curato...
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Woodcut Artists: An Exhibition on Women Woodcut Artists at the Crema Civic Museum

Woodcut Artists: An Exhibition on Women Woodcut Artists at the Crema Civic Museum

In Crema, the Civic Museum of Crema and the Cremasco region is dedicating an exhibition to the history of women’s woodcut art through the “Xilografe” project, scheduled from October 17, 2026, to January 10, 2027. Curated by Edoardo Fontana in c...
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The National Art Gallery of Bologna is launching a new program to promote its collections

The National Art Gallery of Bologna is launching a new program to promote its collections

The National Art Gallery of Bologna is launching a new program to showcase its collections, which over the coming years will gradually encompass the entire collection of the National Museums of Bologna. The project, set to begin in the fall of 2026, ...
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Opera Laboratori Expands into Restoration by Acquiring Fratelli Navarra: Opera Navarra Is Born

Opera Laboratori Expands into Restoration by Acquiring Fratelli Navarra: Opera Navarra Is Born

Opera Laboratori, one of Italy’s leading companies in museum production and cultural heritage management, is expanding its presence in the field of monumental restoration and the enhancement of Italy’s cultural heritage throughthe acquisition of Frat...
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Ancona Focuses on the 20th Century: A Trilogy of Exhibitions to Reexamine Italian Art

Ancona Focuses on the 20th Century: A Trilogy of Exhibitions to Reexamine Italian Art

The City of Ancona is launching a new exhibition program dedicated to 20th-century art in Italy and the Marche region, featuring a project comprising three exhibitions that, over the course of two years, will explore the role of the Marche region in ...
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Alessandro Preziosi brings “Memoirs of Hadrian” to the Canopus Hall at Villa Adriana in Tivoli

Alessandro Preziosi brings “Memoirs of Hadrian” to the Canopus Hall at Villa Adriana in Tivoli

On July 23 and 24, 2026, at 9:00 p.m., the Canopo at Villa Adriana in Tivoli will host *Memoirs of Hadrian*, a play based on the novel of the same name by Marguerite Yourcenar, starring Alessandro Preziosi as the Roman emperor and directed by him. Th...
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Titian and the Landscape: Three of the Artist’s Masterpieces on Display in Pieve di Cadore to Mark the 450th Anniversary of His Death

Titian and the Landscape: Three of the Artist’s Masterpieces on Display in Pieve di Cadore to Mark the 450th Anniversary of His Death

In Pieve di Cadore, a new exhibition dedicated to Titian explores the role that landscape played in his artistic output. To mark the 450th anniversary of the artist’s death, his hometown is hosting three authentic paintings and over thirty graphic wo...
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In Parabita (Lecce), a new work by Rossella Biscotti kicks off the second edition of Ipogea

In Parabita (Lecce), a new work by Rossella Biscotti kicks off the second edition of Ipogea

The “Parabita per il contemporaneo” project continues in Parabita (Lecce) with the second edition of “Ipogea, ” which will feature the unveiling of Rossella Biscotti’s permanent installation *L’uomo che cammina all’indietro* on July 23, 2026. The ini...
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Amsterdam: The Rijksmuseum is hosting a major retrospective on Willem de Kooning

Amsterdam: The Rijksmuseum is hosting a major retrospective on Willem de Kooning

One hundred years after Willem de Kooning (Rotterdam, 1904 – New York, 1997) from Rotterdam to the United States, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam symbolically brings one of the greatest figures in 20th-century art back to the Netherlands with one ...
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Philip Colbert brings his lobsters to the sites of Greater Pompeii

Philip Colbert brings his lobsters to the sites of Greater Pompeii

From July 27 through November 2026, the Archaeological Park of Pompeii will host Philip Colbert’s lobsters at the sites of “Greater Pompeii” as part of the major exhibition *Philip Colbert in Pompeii: Mythology of Pop*, curated by Cesare Biasini Selv...
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Jobs in the Arts and Culture: This Week's Opportunities

Jobs in the Arts and Culture: This Week's Opportunities

Once again this week, we’re featuring a selection of calls for proposals and competitions in the arts and cultural heritage sector, published from July 14 to 20, 2026. In Milan, the communications agency Ciaopeople is looking for a Branded Con...
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Raphael’s “Banner of the Holy Trinity” Returns to Città di Castello After Restoration

Raphael’s “Banner of the Holy Trinity” Returns to Città di Castello After Restoration

The Banner of the Holy Trinity, considered Raphael’s first work entirely in his own hand, has returned to the Pinacoteca Comunale in Città di Castello, where it is once again on display in the renovated Raphael Room. The work’s return marks th...
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The Brescia Museums Foundation is inaugurating its VR Room with "Double Reality," which combines art, dance, and virtual reality

The Brescia Museums Foundation is inaugurating its VR Room with "Double Reality," which combines art, dance, and virtual reality

The Brescia Museums Foundation is taking a new step forward in its journey of digital innovation with “Double Reality – The Monument and Its Double,” a project that combines virtual reality, contemporary dance, and cultural heritage to offer a ...
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Airbnb Challenges Florence: “Bans on Short-Term Rentals Don’t Solve the Housing Crisis”

Airbnb Challenges Florence: “Bans on Short-Term Rentals Don’t Solve the Housing Crisis”

“To date, there is no data showing that the blanket restrictions in Manhattan and Barcelona have had any positive effect on long-term rents. Overtourism is certainly an issue, but we need to understand where this tourism is coming from, because...
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Art on TV from July 19 to 25: Giotto, Hopper, and Monet

Art on TV from July 19 to 25: Giotto, Hopper, and Monet

From July 19 to 25, Rai Storia, Rai 5, and Sky Arte will offer a journey through art, history, and culture via documentaries, series, and in-depth features. The scheduled programs will guide viewers in discovering artists, works of art, places of int...
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Japan: The Law on Desecration of the Flag Divides the Country and Alarms the Art World

Japan: The Law on Desecration of the Flag Divides the Country and Alarms the Art World

In Japan, the new law establishing the crime of desecrating the national flag is fueling a heated political, legal, and cultural debate. Desecration is already a crime under the country’s Penal Code, but now the new measure—approved by the National D...
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Cabras inaugurates the new Hall of the Giants with an exhibition dedicated to the relationship between the Etruscans and the Nuragic people

Cabras inaugurates the new Hall of the Giants with an exhibition dedicated to the relationship between the Etruscans and the Nuragic people

The Hall of the Giants at the "Giovanni Marongiu" Civic Museum in Cabras was inaugurated this morning, marking a major expansion that brings the museum’s exhibition space to approximately 1,500 square meters. The new space is intended to house the fa...
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The submerged village of Lake Vagli could resurface in 2028: President Giani's hypothesis

The submerged village of Lake Vagli could resurface in 2028: President Giani's hypothesis

2028 could be the year when Fabbriche di Careggine—the medieval village submerged by the waters of Lake Vagli in Garfagnana, Tuscany—reemerges. The president of the Tuscany Region, Eugenio Giani, has finally indicated a possible date, revealing that ...
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Restoration of the Rocchetta Mattei, the iconic monument of the Bolognese Apennines, has been completed

Restoration of the Rocchetta Mattei, the iconic monument of the Bolognese Apennines, has been completed

Restoration work on the Rocchetta Mattei, one of the most iconic monumentsof the Bolognese Apennines and a symbol of the region’s cultural and tourism revival, has been completed. The completion of the work was celebrated at the historic residence of...
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Pro-Russian Georgia will demolish Fuksas's Rike Concert Hall, a symbol of the country's modernization

Pro-Russian Georgia will demolish Fuksas's Rike Concert Hall, a symbol of the country's modernization

The Rike Concert Hall in Tbilisi, Georgia—one of the most recognizable structures designed by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas—is set to be demolished. The Department of Architecture of the Georgian capital’s municipal government has issued a permit a...
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Fontanesi Returns to Japan: Turin’s GAM Brings Over 200 Works to Three Major Museums

Fontanesi Returns to Japan: Turin’s GAM Brings Over 200 Works to Three Major Museums

Antonio Fontanesi, one of the great figuresof 19th-century Italian and European art, returns to Japan 150 years after moving to Tokyo, where he went to teach at the local Technical School of Fine Arts. The Fondazione Torino Musei is dedicating an exh...
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The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon reopens following a restoration that brings it back to its 1969 design

The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon reopens following a restoration that brings it back to its 1969 design

The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon will reopen to the public on July 18, 2026, following eighteen months of restoration work on one of the most important buildings of Portuguese Modernism. The project coincides with the 70th anniversary of the ...
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