For nearly three thousand years, the city of Troy has been, above all, a story. The city of Priam, besieged by the Achaeans—the city of Hector, Paris, and Helen, of the wooden horse and the war recounted by Homer—has remained frozen in time, suspende...
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A tragic workplace accident occurred last night at the Colosseum: Andrea Moretti, a 22-year-old worker, lost his life. He was a rock climber—that is, a specialist in rope access and high-altitude work. Last night, he was working inside the Flavian Am...
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That there is still so much to discover about the Renaissance —and that what we know is only a tiny fraction of the story—is clearly evident in an enigmatic tondo that the Galleria Brun is presenting this year at the 34th edition of the Florence Inte...
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The British government has temporarily blocked the export from the United Kingdom of Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi’s *Seated Nymph*—known as“the Elder”—offering museums and galleries in the country the opportunity to acquire the sculpture and kee...
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Sfera Ebbasta filmed the music video for his new song “Lontano” inside Leonardo da Vinci’sLast Supper in Milan, in the refectory of the Santa Maria delle Grazie convent, which housesthe painting. The shoot, which took place last week alongside ...
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In Venice, from September 23, 2026, to January 11, 2027, Ca’ Rezzonico – Museum of 18th-Century Venice presents *In the Spirit of Venice*. The Alessandro Favaretto Rubelli Donation, an exhibition curated by Alberto Craievich dedicated to ...
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From November 14, 2026, to March 29, 2027, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice presents *Fucina degli Angeli*. Peggy Guggenheim and 20th-Century Art Glass, an exhibition curated by Cristina Beltrami that traces the history of Fucina degli Angel...
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Giotto’s Polyptych from the National Art Gallery of Bologna is heading to Romania. Starting today, September 22, the famous masterpiece will not be on view for a few weeks in Bologna and will travel to Romania, where it will be exhibited as par...
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In 2004, during a trip to Calabria, the artist Brunivo Buttarelli (Casalmaggiore, 1946) came across an olive tree devastated by arson: it had been burned from the inside and seemed beyond saving. Buttarelli, however, interpreted it differently: not m...
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A fundraising campaign through the Art Bonus program has kicked off in Faenza to fund the restoration of the painted walls of the Capanna rustica at Palazzo Milzetti. The initiative is sponsored by the National Museums of Bologna and the Regional Dir...
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Bolton, a historic Italian family-owned company and a leader in the production and distribution of consumer goods, supported the restoration of*Ercole o santo guerriero*(Herculesor theWarrior Saint), a sculpture that is part of the extraordinary heri...
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On the occasion of the high-level week of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), ICCROM, an intergovernmental organization that works to support its member states in promoting the conservation of all forms of cultural heritag...
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From October 3 to December 8, 2026,Matera will host *The Sea Is Closer Than You See*, a site-specific group exhibition dedicated to the relationship between contemporary art, digital technologies, artificial intelligence, and Mediterranean culture. T...
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From September 21 to November 18, 2026, Piazza Municipio in Naples will host “Voyageur,” a new public art installation by Ibrahim Mahama, curated by Vincenzo Trione. The Ghanaian artist, one of the leading figures in international contemporary art, h...
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A new excavation campaign at the Polledrara necropolis, in the ancient Etruscan city of Vulci, has unearthed an important funerary complex from the Orientalizing period. At the heart of the discovery is the Stone Chamber Tomb, a monumental burial sit...
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For nearly two centuries, all trace of Gaudenzio Ferrari’s (Valduggia, 1475 – Milan, 1546) *Saint Anthony of Padua* had been lost. The panel was part of an altarpiece intended for the high altar of the Church of Santa Chiara in Milan, and...
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More than 300 square meters of mosaics—371, to be exact—created in the early 17th century based on cartoons by Cristofano Roncalli, known as il Pomarancio (Pomarance, 1552 – Rome, 1626), are once again visible in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. ...
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To understand just how much a painting can change after restoration, one need only look atthe *Annunciation* by Neri di Bicci (Florence, 1418/1420–1492) in the Church of Sant’Agata in Florence. Beneath a thick layer of grime, yellowed var...
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The Design Museum Gent will reopen to the public on October 3, 2026, following four years of renovation and expansion work on the museum complex in the heart of the city of Ghent, a site listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The project has resulte...
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For five hundred years, the paintings of Antonio Allegri—who went down in history as Correggio, after his hometown—have continued to captivate viewers with the sensuality of their figures, the luminosity of their scenes, the brilliance of their color...
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Once again this week, we’ve compiled a selection of the top job opportunities in the art and cultural heritage sector, including job postings and competitions published from September 15 to 21, 2026.
In Milan, Zegna is looking for a Content Pr...
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In Pyrgi ( Santa Marinella, in the province of Rome), in the area of Temple B, excavations conducted by Sapienza University of Rome have unearthed a new fragment of an antefix depicting the face of the goddess Uni. The discovery was reported by Sapie...
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The project for the façade of the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence was never completed, but the grand design conceived by Michelangelo Buonarroti ( Caprese, 1475 – Rome, 1564) for the Medici church, a particularly significant artifact remain...
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The location and even the time are noted on the back of the painting: “Meadow at San Rocco / 2:00 p.m. on November 14.” It is one of the rare autograph records left by Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo (Volpedo, 1868–1907) regarding *Mea...
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Art historian Andrea Baboni, a prominent figure in the world of Italian art and culture to which he had dedicated his entire life of study, research, and passion, has passed away in Correggio at the age of 83. The funeral was held on September 18 at ...
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