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Greece in Rome: 150 works at the Capitoline Museums recount the millennial dialogue between two civilizations

A new exhibition season opens at the Capitoline Museums, specifically in the spaces of Villa Caffarelli, where the exhibition Greece in Rome will be open from November 28, 2025 until April 12, 2026. The event, which includes a preview reserved for th...
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Another shingle on Louvre: Bell Gallery closed due to structural problems

Another shingle falls on the Louvre: the museum has announced the preventive closure of some spaces in the south wing of the Sully Quadrilateral and the Bell Gallery (also reported on the museum's official website), located on the second floor of the...
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Bergamo, restored the portrait of Fra Galgario kept in Alzano Lombardo

The path of protection and enhancement of Bergamo's artistic heritage takes a new step with the conclusion of the restoration of the Portrait of Giovan Battista Caniana, Architect, a work by Fra Galgario (Vittore Ghislandi; Bergamo, 1655 - 1743) belo...
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Archaeological finds recovered: 12 works return to the state and will be exhibited in Vibo Valentia

On Nov. 18, 2025, the Carabinieri Unit for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Venice handed over to the Royal Museums of Turin and the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio for the metropolitan city of Venice twelve archaeological ar...
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New York's Sperone Westwater Gallery closes after half a century of operation

After half a century of operation, New York 's Spur Westwater Gallery is preparing to close for good on December 31, 2025. The last exhibition hosted will be the one currently dedicated to British sculptor Richard Long, which can be visited until Dec...
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Exceptional reopening of Virginia Art Theatrum, Vettor Pisani's Philosophical House in Serre di Rapolano

Thirty years after its creation, the Virginia Art Theatrum - Museum of Catastrophe, the Philosophical House of Vettor Pisani (Bari, 1935 - Rome, 2011) in Serre di Rapolano (Siena), will reopen its doors to the public on Friday, November 21, 2025. The...
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Florence's Galleria dell'Accademia welcomes two statues from the classical age on deposit from the Archaeological Museum

The Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence and the Bargello Museums are welcoming two marble sculptures from the classical period: theApollo citaredo and theNaked Hero with Horn, which came from the National Archaeological Museum in Florence and were gr...
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Raphael's first work is the Banner of Città di Castello: scholar's confirmation

The path of restoration of the Stendardo della Santissima Trinità by Raphael (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520), housed in the Pinacoteca comunale of Città di Castello, enters a decisive phase with a visit to theIstituto Centrale per il Restau...
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Monopoly lights up: the Illuminandia Christmas park is born

Monopoli, in the province of Bari, is preparing to experience one of the most scenic urban transformations in recent years. Starting Dec. 5, the town and waterfront will be involved in Illuminandia, a 15,000-square-meter Christmas park that uses typi...
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Working in culture: opportunities from November 11 to 17, 2025

A new week dedicated to the worlds of art and culture kicks off: here are the open positions, vacancies, calls and opportunities in culture that we have gathered from November 11-17, 2025. In Milan, the company Mediaset is looking for a Video Techni...
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A large hub for restoration of disaster-affected property will be built in Palmanova

The walled city of Palmanova (Udine) was the focus of an institutional visit by Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli, who arrived in the Friulian town this morning accompanied by Minister for Relations with Parliament Luca Ciriani, Mayor Giuseppe Tellin...
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An exhibition in Bologna will trace Japanese graphic art, from Hokusai to Manga

Coming to Bologna, at the Museo Civico Archeologico, a major exhibition that aims to visually retrace the milestones of Japanese graphic design, in a journey from the Edo period (1603-1868) to contemporary expressions. Graphic Japan. From Hokusai to ...
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Restoration and enhancement for the Mausoleum of St. Helen and the Catacombs of Saints Marcellinus and Peter in Rome

The Mausoleum of St. Helena and the Catacombs of Saints Marcellinus and Peter in Rome are expanding their visit possibilities thanks to a major restoration and enhancement project that also includes the reopening of the ancient underground passageway...
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Tunisia, second largest Roman oil mill in the Empire discovered: Ca' Foscari co-leads mission

Ca' Foscari University of Venice has assumed co-directorship of a major international archaeological mission to the Kasserine region of Tunisia. The investigations, conducted in the area ofancient Roman Cillium on the border with present-day Algeria,...
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Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Terni e Narni puts its collection on display

The Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Terni e Narni presents its collection with the exhibition Art Collection. From Signorelli to Burri, which can be visited from December 12, 2025 to March 1, 2026 in the rooms of Palazzo Montani Leoni in Terni. The ...
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At KMSKA in Antwerp, an exhibition on Magritte and the surrealist movement in Belgium

From November 15, 2025 to February 22, 2026, the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (KMSKA) in Antwerp presents the exhibition Magritte. La ligne de vie. It was at the KMSKA, in 1938, that René Magritte gave a lecture destined to become a ...
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Palazzo Farnese in Piacenza dedicates an entire exhibition to the Sibyls. On loan from Rome is Domenichino's Sibyl

An exhibition on the figure of the Sibyls lands at Piacenza's Palazzo Farnese from December 5, 2025 to May 3, 2026 with the project Sibyls. Voices Beyond Time, Beyond Stone, curated by Antonio Iommelli, director of the Civic Museums of Palazzo Farnes...
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Two young Belgian creators mock the Louvre: they hang one of their works behind the Mona Lisa (video)

There is no peace for the Louvre's security system, which has registered yet another breach in recent hours. Last Nov. 13, two young men of Belgian nationality posted on their widely followed social channels a video showing that they had managed to h...
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At the Pecci Center in Prato, the first exhibition in Italy entirely devoted to Ghirri's polaroid production

The Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Art in Prato is hosting from November 22, 2025 to May 10, 2026 the exhibition Luigi Ghirri. Polaroids '79 -'83, curated by Chiara Agradi and Stefano Collicelli Cagol, with an installation conceived by Ibrahim K...
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70 works from the Centanini Collection on display at Padua's Museo degli Eremitani

From December 12, 2025 to March 8, 2026, the Museo Eremitani in Padua will host the Centanini Collection, part of the artistic heritage of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, on the occasion of the exhibition Collecting Beauty. Work...
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Art on TV this week: Klimt, Renaissance lordships, De Chirico, Beato Angelico

From Nov. 16 to 22, art dominates the schedule of Rai Storia, Rai 5 and Sky Arte, with a journey that ranges from Renaissance lordships to gardens around the world, from Raphael's masterpieces to stops on new journeys into beauty. On Rai Storia the ...
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Unpublished documents and letterheads: Milan investigates Andrea Appiani's legacy

A selection of original documents, many rarely accessible to the public, reconstructs the professional and private life of Andrea Appiani within the spaces of theMilan State Archives. On Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, from 6 to 9:30 p.m., the institute will...
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England, drones in Bradford paint David Hockney's works in the sky

In England, the sky above Saltaire, a 2001 UNESCO World Heritage-listed Victorian village on the outskirts of Bradford, was transformed on Nov. 13 into a luminous stage, where some of David Hockney 's best-known works came to life thanks to a massive...
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France, art world rises up against new patrimonial property, which includes works of art

The art sector in France is rising up against a bill that could significantly affect art: it is the proposed revision of the Tax on Immovable Property (IFI, impôt sur la fortune immobilière), which is now expected to become, keeping the ...
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