In the year of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, in Venice you can skate in the frescoed ballroom on the second floor of an ancient 18th-century palace. In fact, at Palazzo Diedo, Berggruen Arts & Culture presents Eisfeld II, an ice in...
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From Dec. 21 to 27, 2025, Rai Storia, Rai 5 and Sky Arte offer a week of programs dedicated to art, with in-depth looks at Raphael, Courbet, Michelangelo and other protagonists among documentaries and historical reviews.
On Rai Storia the week opens...
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Donated to the Ducal Palace of Mantua are ten ceramics dating between the 15th and 16th centuries that include everyday objects such as an inkwell, plates, and bowls. Valuable evidence of the production and diffusion of graffito ceramics and majolica...
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In recent days, in Aquileia, not far from the forum, in the garden of the former police barracks on Leicht Street, which recently became part of the Aquileia Foundation's patrimony, the mosaic of the "flower carpet" came back to light during prelimin...
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An important piece ofEtruscan art returns to Bologna's public collections. Yesterday, in the Conference Room of Bologna's Museo Civico Archeologico, the commander of the Nucleo Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale of Bologna, Carmelo Carraffa, off...
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Twenty years after the death of Mimmo Rotella (Catanzaro, 1918 - Milan, 2006), the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa is dedicating a major retrospective to one of the most influential protagonists of 20th-century Italian and international art. The exhibition M...
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For the first time in Italy, MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna is dedicating a major retrospective exhibition to John Giorno (New York, 1936 - 2019), a central and transversal figure in contemporary culture. From February 5 to May 3, 2026, the ...
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If a few days ago it was only a hypothesis, now the announcement has come from the mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri: visiting the Trevi Fountain will be chargeable for tourists, but it will not be the only Roman monument and museum site that will intr...
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The Ministry of Tourism has chosen Francesca Faccini, 23, as the new Venus for the Welcome to Wonder tourism campaign. After a first phase entrusted to a virtual Venus, the project marks the transition to a real presence, with the young actress and m...
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Turin has chosen the project that will guide the future of GAM - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. Rotterdam-based studio MVRDV, in collaboration with Balance Architettura, EP&S Group, Michelangelo Di Gioia and Filippo Busato, won f...
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Joining the Carlon collection at Palazzo Maffei in Verona is the Dream of the Pomegranate, a masterpiece by Felice Casorati created in 1912 during the artist's years in Verona. Reappearing in an exhibition only in 2022 after 30 years since its last s...
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The Royal Palace of Caserta, one of the main historical and artistic sites in Campania, was the scene of an event that combined nerd culture and film production. On Sunday, December 14, the spaces of the royal palace hosted a gathering of fans of the...
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Ancona 's Pinacoteca Civica "Francesco Podesti" opens its doors to a new exhibition season with the Carlo Maratti and Engraving exhibition, scheduled from Dec. 2025 to March 15, 2026. The opening will be held on Friday, December 19, at 5 p.m. The Dor...
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The Shield of Garibaldi, created by Antonio Ximenes, returns today to Palazzo Venezia in Rome after a thorough restoration, offering the public a work that combines executive quality and symbolic value. The exhibition, curated by VIVE Director Edith ...
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A surprise private visit by Pope Leo XIV this afternoon to the exhibition dedicated to the Bible of Borso d'Este: the pontiff, accompanied by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, in fact arrived at the Senate Library, in Palazzo della Minerva, where the exhibiti...
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The Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea presented its exhibition program for 2026, articulated in a sequence of exhibitions and projects that combine commissions, historical reinterpretations and contemporary practices. The calendar is in k...
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An excavation and restoration site of the Villa of Poppea is currently underway at Oplontis-Torre Annunziata, which is particularly involving the famous Hall of the Mask and the Peacock, one of the residence's most refined rooms, decorated in II styl...
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From February 12 to June 2, 2026 CAMERA - Italian Center for Photography in Turin presents Edward Weston. The Matter of Forms, the first major exhibition in Italy dedicated to the American photographer, organized by Fundación MAPFRE in collabo...
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In 2026, GAMeC - Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo will focus its entire annual programming on the theme of education, understood as a shared learning process and as a tool for emancipation and social transformation. The project, dev...
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The Museum of the Ancient Palace of Bishops in Pistoia will open its new archaeological itinerary on Friday, December 19, 2025. The opening marks the conclusion of a major restoration and rearrangement project, carried out thanks to the support of Fo...
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For the winter season 2025-2026, the MAN - Museum of Art in Nuoro presents an articulated exhibition program that brings together three distinct but ideally connected exhibitions dedicated to Alfredo Casali, Franco Pinna and Franco Mazzucchelli. The ...
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Entitled Ottocento svelato. Tales of Collections and Museums in Nineteenth-Century Genoa, the articulated exhibition project that, in Genoa until March 29, 2026, aims to combine scientific research with museographic renewal, restoring centrality to ...
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The official program of Gibellina - Italian Capital of Contemporary Art 2026, an initiative promoted by the Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture, was presented this morning in the capital. The title chosen by the...
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Casa Conte, the sartorial design apartment of the Conte brand, continues its dialogue between art and design in the historic setting of Palazzo Melzi di Cusano on Via Montenapoleone 18 in Milan. The new exhibition, titled Who are you?, comes after th...
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This year's concentration of auction events focuses almost entirely on today's December 18 and tomorrow's Friday, December 19, with some online queues that will see us through to Christmas Eve. Here is the guide to navigate through the closing lots, ...
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