For many centuries, the Mediterranean andAsia were not separate worlds, but parts of a complex and ever-changing network of relationships, trade, migration, artistic influences, religious exchanges, and political ties. This is the perspective that se...
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A Russian drone strike destroyed an important monument in Ukraine: the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in Beryslav, in the Kherson Oblast. The building, dating back to 1725, was one of the oldest surviving examples in Ukraine of 18th-century...
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To combat the intense heat of recent days, the City of Genoa is making the air-conditioned spaces of museums and public libraries available to residents over the age of 65, offering them free access to the city’s cultural venues through the end of A...
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From August 14 to October 11, 2026, the Firmafede Fortress in Sarzana will host *L'Eternità dell'Istante*, an exhibition dedicated to the sculptural works of Beatrice Taponecco and Piergiorgio Balocchi. Curated by Roberto Spinetta of HC Galler...
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A marble sculptural group depicting Asclepius, the god of medicine, alongside his son and assistant Telesphorus, was discovered in Aspendo (or Aspendos), Turkey, as part of the excavation campaigns for the “Legacy for the Future” project. The discove...
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From October 15, 2026, to January 18, 2027, the Frick Collection in New York will host the first exhibition entirely dedicated to Siena’s role as a center of artistic excellence and technical innovation in Italian Renaissance bronze sculpture. Titled...
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The National Gallery in London is dedicating its first-ever exhibition to the portraits of Jan van Eyck, one of the greatest figures of the Northern Renaissance. The exhibition, titled “Van Eyck: The Portraits,” will run from November 21, 2026, to Ap...
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Sometimes all it takes is a photo on Instagram to change the way we view a work of art. That’s exactly what happened with Jennifer Lopez, who—during her vacation in Italy—shined a spotlight on a detail of Italy’s artistic heritage that is...
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Maria Rita Cerilli, head of the Communications Department at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, has passed away at the age of just 46. Having been ill for about a year and a half, Cerilli was a leading figure in Italian museum communications ...
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Pisa is preparing to introduce a single ticket for access to the city’s main museums and monuments. The City Council has approved the draft agreement that will establish the “Pisa Card for Museums and Monuments, ” a tool designed to simp...
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Kublai Film presents its 2026–2027 film season with the project *I Grandi Maestri*, a series dedicated to art and culture documentaries that will bring five international productions and co-productions to Italian theaters, focusing on figures who hav...
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The Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Landscape for the Naples Metropolitan Area has announced the start of construction work for the restoration, stabilization, and enhancement of the Tomb of Cerberus in Giugliano (Naples). The start o...
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From December 12, 2026, to March 14, 2027, Palazzo da Mosto in Reggio Emilia will host an exhibition featuring Denis Santachiara. “Estasi dell’artificio, design since 1966” is a major monographic exhibition dedicated to designer Denis Santachiara, a ...
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Following its international exhibition tour, which took it to Germany and France,*The Fable of the Unicorn* has returned to the Ferrara Cathedral Museum, where it is once again on view to the public. The medieval sculpture, one of the most significan...
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The world of music and culture mourns Francesco Guccini. The singer-songwriter, writer, and poet of Italian singer-songwriter music passed away this morning at his home in Pavana, in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, at the age of 86, surrounded by his l...
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The Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism has announced the appointment of American art historian Valerie Hillings as the first director of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, the museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art that will be built in the ...
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A rare example of a 5th-century B.C. gold coin from Syracuse was discovered in the Maddalusa necropolis, in Agrigento, during an emergency excavation ordered by the Superintendency to recover a Greek-era tile-lined capuchin tomb located in the dune w...
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Just a short walk from the Ponte Vecchio, on the Lungarno Serristori in Florence, the new exhibition spaceof the Collezione CasamontiAssociation for Art and Culture—housed within Palazzo San Giorgio—will open to the public on Monday, September 28, 20...
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After three years of closure, the exhibition space on the first floor of the National Archaeological Museum of Altamura (Bari) reopens to the public, completely renovated thanks to an initial phase of restoration, modernization, and redesign funded i...
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The connection between humanity and the sky is one of the deepest and most enduring themes in cultural history. Since the earliest times, the firmament has served as a map not only for physical orientation but also for the creation of myths, rituals,...
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A heated debate has erupted in Viterbo over the relationship between heritage preservation, public memory, and symbols of fascism—all sparked by an inscription on the facade of a building constructed during the fascist regime. At the center of the de...
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Fifty years after the earthquake that devastated Friuli on May 6, 1976, the City of Udine is dedicating an exhibition to the memory of that event and to the profound transformations that have taken place in the region since then. From July 17 to Octo...
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In Florence, a total investment of approximately 50 million euros is set to profoundly transform the Uffizi Galleries over the next two years. This is the program of improvements outlined this morning by Director Simone Verde alongside museum officia...
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From July 20 to 24, 2026, the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche in Urbino hosted a major campaign of non-invasive diagnostic tests focused on two of Piero della Francesca’s most famous masterpieces: *The Flagellation of Christ* and *The Madonna of Seni...
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A major archaeological discovery is rewriting the history of ancient Celio. During work funded by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) to consolidate the historic wall of Villa Celimontana, the Special Superintendence of Rome of the Minis...
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