The *Madonna and Child with Saint John the Evangelist*, acquired earlier this year by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, may not be by Rosso Fiorentino : according to scholars Luigi Agus and Alessandro Nesi, it may in fact be a painting b...
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“Rêvons, c’est l’heure! ”— “Let’s dream, it’s time!”—a line taken from Paul Verlaine’s *L’heure exquise* —is the motto chosen by the Musée d’Orsay to celebrate its first forty y...
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In Fano, the first phase of archaeological investigationsin the area of Piazza Andrea Costa has come to a close, but the research, conservation, and enhancement project dedicated to the Basilica of Vitruvius is set to continue thanks to the collabora...
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Following a major renovation, the “Giovanni Fattori” Civic Museum in Livorno will reopen to the public on July 10, 2026, in the galleries of Villa Mimbelli. The new exhibition itinerary, curated by Vincenzo Farinella—scientific director of Livorno’s ...
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The London Museum will open its new location on November 28, 2026, inside the General Market in Smithfield, marking the museum’s 50th anniversary and the start of a new chapter for what is described as the world’s largest city museum. The...
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On July 19, the July 22 National Memorial will open to the public in Oslo’s new Government Quarter. It was built to commemorate the victims of the terrorist attacks on July 22, 2011, which claimed the lives of 77 people and marked one of the most tra...
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From July 4 to August 23, 2026, the Bardini Garden in Florence will host *The Briar Rose* (Rosa x centifolia), a bronze sculpture by French artist Jean-Marie Appriou. The initiative, sponsored by the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation and the CR Firenze Foun...
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From September 12 to December 6, 2026, the Paolo and Carolina Zani Foundation in Cellatica (Brescia) presents *Magnifica Eleganza*. Tiepolo, Longhi, and Guardi: Art and Fashion, an exhibition that offers an original interpretation of 18th-century Ven...
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From July 10 to August 30, the Belvedere Terrace at Villa Bardini in Florence will once again host “Cinema in Villa,” the summer film festival promoted and organized by Fondazione CR Firenze in collaboration with Fondazione Parchi Monumentali Bardini...
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From September 15 to December 20, 2026, the GAM – Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Milan will host the eighth edition of Furla Series, featuring a solo exhibition by Indian artist Shilpa Gupta, curated by Bruna Roccasalva. The exhibition, sponsored b...
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From July 18 to October 17, 2026, the Carlo Contini Art Gallery in Oristano will host “Secret Pages,” an exhibition dedicated to Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940). Curated by Sonia Borsato and part of the program for the 28th editio...
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Two hundred years after the rediscovery of the Blue Grotto, Capri is dedicating a major exhibition to the event that helped transform the island into one of the most famous destinations in the European imagination. From July 3 to October 18, 2026, th...
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Ten years after Umberto Eco’s passing, Bologna is opening its doors to one of the most important collections of an author’s works in the contemporary world. The Eco Library has been inaugurated—a project that makes the personal collection...
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A previously unknown work by Diego Velázquez (Seville, 1599 – Madrid, 1660), one of the most important artists of the Spanish 17th century, has been discovered in Spain . The discovery was announced by art historian Salvador Salort-Pons...
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A new world record for neoclassical sculpture was set in London. Last night at Sotheby’s, the monumental *Laocoon Hamilton*, a life-size bronze by Auguste-Jean-Marie Carbonneaux (Paris, 1790–1843), was sold for 13.6 million pounds, equivalent ...
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Research conducted by Francesco Vizza, associate researcher emeritus at the National Research Council and former director of the Institute of Organometallic Chemistry (CNR-ICCOM), has led to the identification of a calendar created in 813 that docume...
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From July through October , Racconigi Castle presents *The Hidden Castle: Heritage to Rediscover*, a series of special open house events that will allow visitors to explore areas not usually included in the standard tour. The initiative offers the op...
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From July 2 to August 16, 2026, the Sala degli Affreschi (Fresco Room) of the San Micheletto complex in Lucca—home to the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca—will host the documentary exhibition *Elisa Bonaparte and Mimì Pecci Blunt in Marl...
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On July 7, as part of the “Old Master Prints” auction organized by Christie’s, Antonio del Pollaiolo’s *The Battle of the Nudes* —considered one of the most important and influential prints of the Italian 15th century and created around 1...
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From September 15, 2026, to February 14, 2027, Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome will host a major exhibition dedicated to Vassily Kandinsky. Produced and organized by Arthemisia in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou and curated by Angela Lampe, the exhi...
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Membership registration is now openfor the National Association of Art Historians (AStArte), a new non-profit, nonpartisan, and non-denominational professional organization established to represent and promote the profession of art historians in Ital...
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The Stefano Arienti Archive Association (E.T.S.) was founded in Milan in January 2026 with the goal of preserving, studying, promoting, and disseminating knowledge of Stefano Arienti’s work. The organization’s first public project is the ...
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From July 10 to August 30, 2026, the Royal Palace of Milan will host *Materie viventi*, an exhibition by artist Maria Cristina Carlini, one of the leading figures in contemporary Italian sculpture. The exhibition, set up in the Cortile d’Onore and th...
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From July 31 to October 7, 2026, the Gigi Guadagnucci Museum at Villa Rinchiostra in Massa will host *Astratto Organico*, an exhibition dedicated to abstract-organic sculpture of the late 20th century, organized to mark the 40th anniversary of Henry ...
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The Langhe region, and in particular the village of Canelli, is preparing to welcome a new public artwork that is set to become a permanent fixture in the town’s landscape. To mark the tenth anniversary of the inscription of the Langhe-Roero and Monf...
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