In Rome, the Pantheon will serve as the backdrop for a fencing marathon: on Saturday, September 12, 2026, Piazza della Rotonda will host the 16th edition of “A Fil di Spada,” the world’s largest inclusive fencing marathon, which will take place...
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Lucien Smith, an American artist who was once considered one of the most talked-about figures in the contemporary art market and who in recent years had devoted himself primarily to supporting emerging artists, has passed away at the age of 37. The n...
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Germany will have to close all Goethe-Institut branches located within the Russian Federation: after Russia threatened this measure last week through statements by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during the Eastern Economic Forum held in Vladi...
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In the midst of the clash between the Trump administration and the Smithsonian, Lonnie G. Bunch III, the 14th secretary of the Smithsonian, announced his resignation yesterday, bringing to a close nearly 38 years of service at the institution and a c...
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Starting September 13, 2026, the famous Kouros of Lentini will return to the halls of the city’s Regional Archaeological Museum. The sculpture, consisting of a head and torso carved from fine Parian marble and dating to the first decade of the 5th ce...
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From September 19 to November 8, 2026,the former Convent of San Francesco inBagnacavallo, in the province of Ravenna, will host *Non voltarti adesso*, a solo exhibition by Chiara Calore, curated by Milovan Farronato. The exhibition is sponsored by th...
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Thaddaeus Ropac Milano presents *Leoncillo. Perché più bruci* at Palazzo Belgioioso. This is the first exhibition dedicated to Leoncillo Leonardi (1915–1968) at the gallery and the first chapter of a trilogy on the artist’s ...
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The month of September officially marks the restart of the high-end art and collecting market, with a packed calendar of auctions ranging from design and jewelry to old master paintings, as well as rare books, fine wines, and classic cars. The week o...
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A floor mosaic measuring approximately 105 square meters, dating to the 4th century A.D., has been unearthed in the basilica of Pompeiopolis, in what is now the Taşköprü district of the Turkish province of Kastamonu. The discovery was made ...
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On September 28, 2026, the Augsburg City Hall, one of the symbols of this Bavarian city, will reopen to the public. After being closed for more than two years for major restoration work, visitors will once again be able to tour the famous Golden Hall...
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From September 11, 2026, to January 24, 2027, the Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris is hosting a major exhibition dedicated to Tintoretto, one of the leading artists of Italian Mannerism. The exhibition *Tintoretto: Timeless*, the first i...
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From December 26, 2026, to May 16, 2027, the Arsenali Repubblicani in Pisa will host “BANKSY and Street Art,” an exhibition that brings a significant collection of works by the Bristol-based artist to the Tuscan city for the first time. Alongside Ban...
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From November 4, 2026, to August 22, 2027, the Santa Giulia Museum in Brescia will host “TESORI: The Grand Story of Brescia’s Museums. 1826 | 2026,” a major exhibition dedicated to the history of the city’s civic collections. A journey th...
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On Thursday, September 10, at 12:15 p.m., the Basilica of St. Nicholas in Tolentino (Macerata) will officially reopen the Cappellone to the public, following the completion of restoration work made necessary by the 2026 earthquake. The consolidation ...
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The restoration and enhancement project for the large exedra and the underground gallery of the Baths of Trajan at Colle Oppio has been completed. The project, carried out as part of the PNRR – Caput Mundi initiative, opens new archaeological s...
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Palazzo Litta in Milan is preparing for a new phase of transformation with a master plan designed to make its monumental sections permanently accessible to the public. The strategic plan was presented on September 8, 2026, by the Lombardy Regional Di...
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The Japan Art Association announced today, September 8, 2026, the winners of the 37th Praemium Imperiale, the international award established in 1988 to honor individuals who have had a significant influence on the art world. The announcement was mad...
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The string of thefts that has recently plagued French museums shows no signs of stopping, and this time the victim was the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, in southern France, dedicated to the Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who spent th...
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An important archaeological discovery has been made in Serbia, where —thirty years after the discovery of an exceptional collection of gold jewelry in the Šarkamen mausoleum—the Roman imperial complex located in the eastern part of the countr...
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In Argentina, the federal court in Mar del Plata ordered the return of a *Portrait of a Lady* by Giacomo Ceruti after it was discovered that the work had been looted in the Netherlands by the Nazi regime: The work is to be returned to Marei von Sahe...
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On September 16, 2026,Tornabuoni Arte Roma will kick off its new exhibition season with a solo exhibition dedicated to Alberto Biasi (Padua, 1937), one of the leading figuresof Arte Programmata. Open through November 21 at the gallery’s locatio...
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A new tomb dating to the late 5th Dynasty has been discoveredin the archaeological site of Saqqara, Egypt, by a joint Spanish-Egyptian archaeological mission conducting the 2026 excavation campaign in the so-called Mariet Necropolis, north of Saqqara...
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An internationally significant loan to the Palazzo Ducale Museum in Mantua for the exhibition that, running from October 10, 2026, through January 10, 2027, will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua fr...
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From September 24 to October 28, 2026, the Srisa Gallery in Florence is hosting the exhibition *Doveva essere qui?*, a new solo show by Gabriele Landi (Schaerbeek, 1971), curated by Federico Giannini, a journalist and art critic who serves as editor-...
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From September 26, 2026, to March 7, 2027, the Museo Novecento in Florence will present an exhibition dedicated to Victor Man, a Romanian artist born in Cluj in 1974. Approximately 25 paintings will guide visitors through an exhibition focused on som...
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