The week of December 11-17, 2025 marks the final sprint for the art and collectibles market before the Christmas break. Below is an overview of the must-see events, starting with Italian maisons and then broadening the look to the international scene...
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The collection of MuSa, the Museum of the City of Salò, is enriched with a new and significant piece of its artistic and historical memory. The Salodi institution has in fact acquired the drawing The Battle of Salò, a work by French pai...
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The topic of museum acquisitions returns to the center of the national debate with the presentation of the book Museum Acquisitions: ethics, practices and visions, edited by Valeria Arrabito and Ilaria Navarro, published by ICOM Italy in collaboratio...
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As of December 10, 2025, the open-site restoration of the large painting The Departure of Elisabeth Farnese from Parma after her wedding kicks off in the Fasti Farnesiani gallery room of the Royal Palace of Caserta. This work represents, in the image...
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From December 11, 2025, MACRO - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma returns to welcome the public with a new season that marks the start of Cristiana Perrella's artistic direction. The reopening comes at the end of a period of preparation and restorat...
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A marble capital depicting Archangel Michael, one of the most remarkable examples of late Byzantine art, has been returned by the United States to Turkey. The official announcement of the return was released by Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Touris...
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The Monumental Complex of the Pilotta in Parma has announced the acquisition of the Collection of Branches Engraved on Various Occasions by the Regio-Ducal Court of Parma, an album made in 1791 by Ennemond Alexandre Petitot (Lyon, 1727 - Parma, 1801)...
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The Regional Gallery of Palazzo Bellomo in Syracuse opens its halls to Through the Collection. A New Look at the Bellomo Museum, a photographic exhibition promoted as part of the ministerial project Memory of the Time II: Archia da VAN - Toward Other...
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There seems to be no respite for the Louvre, which after the sensational theft of the French crown jewels in the middle of last October is now facing new damage, including image damage. Indeed, a water leak that occurred on Nov. 26 caused damage to s...
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From Dec. 6, 2025 to Jan. 6, 2026, access to the Courtyard of Juliet's House in Verona will be allowed only to those who purchase a ticket to visit the house museum and to customers of businesses facing the Courtyard. In fact, for security reasons, i...
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Sarzana's Fortezza Firmafede is preparing to welcome one of the most controversial and recognizable artists on the contemporary scene, Giuseppe Veneziano (Mazzarino, 1971), with the major anthology Anthology, scheduled from December 13, 2025 to May 3...
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A new update gathers opportunities in the field of culture, including vacancies, calls and open positions posted during the week of December 2-9, 2025.
In Milan, the Ermenegildo Zegna Group company is looking for a Designer to contribute to the comp...
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From Dec. 13, 2025 to March 15, 2026, the Osvaldo Licini Gallery of Contemporary Art in Ascoli Piceno will host The Year of the Snake, a solo exhibition by Paola Angelini, the winning artist of the fifth edition of the Osvaldo Licini by Fainplast Pri...
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After fifty years of being closed to the public, the church of Santa Caterina dei Funari in Rome , one of the city's most beautiful, is finally accessible again thanks to the efforts of the ASP Istituto Romano di San Michele and its president Giovann...
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In the first week of December 2025, the Carabinieri's Cultural Heritage Protection Unit (TPC) in Venice handed over to the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio for the metropolitan city of Venice a collection of ten archaeological artif...
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The Principality of Monaco is often associated with its best-known face, that of glamour, social events and international glamour that attracts visitors from all over the world. Behind this instantly recognizable image , however, lies a layered cultu...
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The Diocesan Museum of Brescia offers a symbolic reflection through the dialogue between great Renaissance painting and textile art. It happens with Adoremus, one of the most anticipated events in the museum's exhibition calendar, which, for its fift...
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Two new excavation campaigns conducted in 2025 inside the Château de Versailles have unearthed hitherto little-known elements of the courts of the Queen's and Dauphin's apartments on the south side and the north terrace. The two excavation campaigns...
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Like every year, the Civic Museum of Industrial Art and Davia Bargellini Gallery in Bologna renews its appointment dedicated to the nativity scene. In fact, as part of Festivamente, the program of cultural initiatives promoted by the Municipality of ...
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Pompeii Archaeological Park is engaged in the restoration of a Saudi Arabian city abandoned in the 1980s. The intervention is part of the cooperation agreement between Pompeii and the Royal Commission for AlUla.
In fact, a team of archaeologists, re...
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As of Feb. 1, 2026, ticket prices for the Civic Museums of Florence will increase: an adjustment made necessary by the rising cost of management, reads the note on the website of the City of Florence. While changing the rates, the Cumune specifies, h...
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Renowned British photographer and photojournalist Martin Parr passed away at the age of 73 on December 6, 2025 at his home in Bristol. News of the passing was announced by the Martin Parr Foundation on its website with these words, "It is with great ...
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From December 6, 2025 to March 22, 2026, the Mart in Rovereto will host Sotto il sole, a site-specific exhibition by emerging artist Vittorio Marella (Venice, 1997), the brainchild of Vittorio Sgarbi and curated by Denis Isaia and Giovanna Zabotti, i...
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From Rai Storia to Rai 5 to Sky Arte, the TV week from December 7 to 12 offers a busy itinerary of great masters, photography, architecture and the avant-garde: Caravaggio, Piranesi, Beato Angelico, Peggy Guggenheim and more.
On Rai Storia the week ...
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Civiero Art Gallery, in collaboration with the Cultural Department of the City of Diano Marina and Guidi&Schoen Gallery of Genoa, is hosting the solo exhibition Dharmata by artist Andrea Chiesi from December 13, 2025 to January 11, 2026. The exhi...
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