From July 10 to August 30, the Belvedere Terrace at Villa Bardini in Florence will once again host “Cinema in Villa,” the summer film festival promoted and organized by Fondazione CR Firenze in collaboration with Fondazione Parchi Monumentali Bardini...
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From September 15 to December 20, 2026, the GAM – Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Milan will host the eighth edition of Furla Series, featuring a solo exhibition by Indian artist Shilpa Gupta, curated by Bruna Roccasalva. The exhibition, sponsored b...
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From July 18 to October 17, 2026, the Carlo Contini Art Gallery in Oristano will host “Secret Pages,” an exhibition dedicated to Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940). Curated by Sonia Borsato and part of the program for the 28th editio...
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Two hundred years after the rediscovery of the Blue Grotto, Capri is dedicating a major exhibition to the event that helped transform the island into one of the most famous destinations in the European imagination. From July 3 to October 18, 2026, th...
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Ten years after Umberto Eco’s passing, Bologna is opening its doors to one of the most important collections of an author’s works in the contemporary world. The Eco Library has been inaugurated—a project that makes the personal collection...
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A previously unknown work by Diego Velázquez (Seville, 1599 – Madrid, 1660), one of the most important artists of the Spanish 17th century, has been discovered in Spain . The discovery was announced by art historian Salvador Salort-Pons...
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A new world record for neoclassical sculpture was set in London. Last night at Sotheby’s, the monumental *Laocoon Hamilton*, a life-size bronze by Auguste-Jean-Marie Carbonneaux (Paris, 1790–1843), was sold for 13.6 million pounds, equivalent ...
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Research conducted by Francesco Vizza, associate researcher emeritus at the National Research Council and former director of the Institute of Organometallic Chemistry (CNR-ICCOM), has led to the identification of a calendar created in 813 that docume...
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From July through October , Racconigi Castle presents *The Hidden Castle: Heritage to Rediscover*, a series of special open house events that will allow visitors to explore areas not usually included in the standard tour. The initiative offers the op...
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From July 2 to August 16, 2026, the Sala degli Affreschi (Fresco Room) of the San Micheletto complex in Lucca—home to the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca—will host the documentary exhibition *Elisa Bonaparte and Mimì Pecci Blunt in Marl...
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On July 7, as part of the “Old Master Prints” auction organized by Christie’s, Antonio del Pollaiolo’s *The Battle of the Nudes* —considered one of the most important and influential prints of the Italian 15th century and created around 1...
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From September 15, 2026, to February 14, 2027, Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome will host a major exhibition dedicated to Vassily Kandinsky. Produced and organized by Arthemisia in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou and curated by Angela Lampe, the exhi...
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Membership registration is now openfor the National Association of Art Historians (AStArte), a new non-profit, nonpartisan, and non-denominational professional organization established to represent and promote the profession of art historians in Ital...
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The Stefano Arienti Archive Association (E.T.S.) was founded in Milan in January 2026 with the goal of preserving, studying, promoting, and disseminating knowledge of Stefano Arienti’s work. The organization’s first public project is the ...
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From July 10 to August 30, 2026, the Royal Palace of Milan will host *Materie viventi*, an exhibition by artist Maria Cristina Carlini, one of the leading figures in contemporary Italian sculpture. The exhibition, set up in the Cortile d’Onore and th...
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From July 31 to October 7, 2026, the Gigi Guadagnucci Museum at Villa Rinchiostra in Massa will host *Astratto Organico*, an exhibition dedicated to abstract-organic sculpture of the late 20th century, organized to mark the 40th anniversary of Henry ...
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The Langhe region, and in particular the village of Canelli, is preparing to welcome a new public artwork that is set to become a permanent fixture in the town’s landscape. To mark the tenth anniversary of the inscription of the Langhe-Roero and Monf...
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One of the most important Italian miniatures to appear on the market in recent years will be the highlight of the “Valuable Books and Manuscripts including Cartography” auction, scheduled for July 8 at Christie’s. It is a monumental illuminated...
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From August 14 to 23, 2026, the Firmafede Fortress in Sarzana will host the 38th edition of the “Città di Sarzana” National Antiques Fair, an event included in the cultural program of the historic complex and dedicated to the market and promot...
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Artissima unveils the lineup for its 33rd edition, announcing the galleries that will participate in the event scheduled to take placeat the Oval at Lingotto Fiere in Turin. The event—the only one in Italy entirely dedicatedto contemporary art—will ...
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The Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg has decided to suspend all archaeological expeditions to Russian-occupied Crimea, postponing fieldwork until further notice. The decision comes at a time of high tension on the peninsula, which was unilaterally ...
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From July 2 to September 27, 2026, Rome will host “Rome in Coins: Art and Power in the History of the Eternal City,” a major, citywide exhibition project that aims to recount over two millennia of the capital’s history through one of the most represe...
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The week of July 2–8 promises to be packed with events, featuring a schedule of auctions dedicated to design, masterpieces of painting, and graphic works.
Auctions in Italy
The Italian scene kicks off the week on Thursday, July 2, 2026, with severa...
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The famous cycle of frescoes in the François Tomb has officially become part of Italy’s national heritage. The inauguration of the new exhibition space at the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia in Rome took place today in the presence of...
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An important 6th-century B.C. burial complex has been discovered in Sirolo, in the Conero area, during preventive archaeological surveys coordinated by the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Landscape for the Provinces of Ancona and Pesar...
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