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Alarm over the future of art historians: CISDA urges institutions to take action

CISDA, Comitato Idonei Storici dell'Arte, continues to question the deep reasons for the progressive decline of the figure of the art historian in Italy. The starting point was a recent speech by Federico Giannini dedicated to work in culture, the co...
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Art Nouveau itinerary in Mugello: discovering the heritage of the Chinis and their works

Mugello, the wide valley that opens around the Sieve River in Tuscany, north of Florence, holds one of the most important chapters of Italian Art Nouveau, and this is mainly thanks to the history of the Chini family, protagonist of an artistic path t...
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Two Roman masterpieces in dialogue at Brescia's Capitolium

A direct confrontation between two famous bronze sculptures from Roman times is at the center of Victoria Mater. The Idol and the Icon, the installation conceived by Francesco Vezzoli and curated by Donatien Grau, adviser to the president of the Louv...
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The Hall of the Chimera at the Archaeological Museum of Florence reopens with a new display

The National Archaeological Museum in Florence returns the Hall of the Chimera to the public, renovated with an exhibition project that focuses on an immersive experience and a close-up view of the work considered the symbol ofEtruscan art. The sculp...
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Sotheby's, Gustav Klimt portrait sold for 200 million: it's the most expensive modern work ever

The inaugural auction of Sotheby's new global headquarters, housed in the Breuer Building on New York's Madison Avenueof Nov. 18 and comprising 24 lots, marked a significant moment for the international market. The evening sale dedicated to collector...
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At MUDEC in Milan, Chiharu Shiota's suspended snowfall that tastes like memories

MUDEC in Milan has opened The Moment the Snow Melts, a site-specific installation by Chiharu Shiota (Osaka, 1972) on view from Nov. 19, 2025 to June 28, 2026, a preview of The Sense of Snow exhibition, scheduled to run at the Milan museum from Feb. ...
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Auction week: hunting for the last bargains of the year among coins, ancient and contemporary art

Between Nov. 20 and Nov. 26, collectors and investors will be spoiled for choice: from the masters of antiquity returning to shine in Genoa and Rome, to the big names in contemporary art igniting Manhattan nights, to rare timepieces ticking toward ne...
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Egon Schiele, 3.23 million euros for a drawing at Dorotheum

The record sale of a drawing by Egon Schiele (Tulln, 1890 - Vienna, 1918) captured the attention of the art market during theevening auction of Modern Art held at the Dorotheum on Nov. 18, 2025. Lot number 3, Crouching Nude, Back view of 1917, was th...
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Cattelan by the pound: his toilet sold for over $12 million

On November 18, 2025, Maurizio Cattelan 'swork America sold at Sotheby 's The Now and Contemporary evening auction for $12,110,000, marking the first public sale of this work in 2016. Made from just over 100 kilograms of solid 18-karat gold, the toil...
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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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