Museums Abstract Expressionism Modern Art Willem de Kooning
What if the future of a museum were decided not only by its directors, curators, or experts, but also by the people who visit it every day? This is the question that inspired NG Citizens, the new five-year project launched in 2025 by the…
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Exhibitions Ancona Twentieth Century Twentieth Century Art
From November 19, 2026, to February 17, 2027, the LED wall at Palazzo Citterio in Milan will host “Marina Abramović Element,” a project dedicated to Marina Abramović’s digital performances, organized by the MNAD—National Museum of…
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Travel Apulia Contemporary art
From the 19th-century villas along the coast to the historic parks in the inland region, the Network of Historic Residences and Parks of the Marche—promoted by the Fondazione Marche Cultura—brings together eight sites that tell the story…
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Museums Archaeological Park of Pompeii Archaeology Pop
The Museum of Gilded Bronzes and the City of Pergola (Pesaro Urbino) is unveiling a new exhibition layout, the result of a one-million-euro renovation and enhancement project. The project revitalizes the exhibition experience with…
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Four hundred years after her birth, a major exhibition at Palazzo Corsini in Rome traces the life and intellectual journey of Christina of Sweden (Stockholm, 1626 – Rome, 1689), highlighting the complexity of one of the most fascinating…
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Contemporary art Ancient art Raphael restoration
A new permanent work by Adrian Paci (Shkodër, Albania, 1969) has become part of the landscape of No Man’s Land in Loreto Aprutino, in the province of Pescara. Titled “Side by Side,” it isa site-specific installation that enriches the…
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Exhibitions Florence Short-Term Rentals Tourism
Sigmund Freud’s Viennese apartment serves as the starting point for a new series of paintings by Martha Jungwirth (Vienna, 1940), the featured artist in the exhibition *Minna’s Bedroom*, scheduled from November 24, 2026, to January 22…
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Alex Da Corte (Camden, New Jersey, 1980) is the focus of the new exhibition onthe eighth floor of the Fondazione PradaTower in Milan. Starting October 28, 2026, the floor will host *Housepainter II* (2025), presented alongside *Mouse…
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Exhibitions Archaeology Sardinia
In June 1985, at Art Basel, a dentist from Salento met four leading figures in the New York graffiti scene: A-One, Rammellzee, Phase Two, and Daze. Six months later, in December, he hosted them at his country home and studio in Salento…
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A horse lying down, its body sprawled on the ground. It is neither one of Antonio Canova’s colossal horses nor one of his polished, perfect figures: it is a plaster cast that the sculptor made of the reclining animal as a study…
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Books Emilia Romagna restoration
What do a marble altar commissioned by Augustus and Donald Trump’s political messaging have in common? One answer is offered in *Images of Power: Art and Propaganda from Augustus to Trump*, the new book by Federico Giannini (Massa, 1986)…
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Ancient art Lake Vagli Tuscany
One detail didn’t add up: Paolo Violini, director of the Vatican Museums’ Painting Restoration Laboratory, was standing on the scaffolding set up in front of the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, just a few centimeters from…
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The Ostia Antica Archaeological Park is preparing to offer visitors a unique experience that aims to bring the atmosphere of the Roman city and its port back to life through virtual reality. The multimedia project will be officially…
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Ancient art Antonio Fontanesi Japan Modern Art Nineteenth century Turin
Two new works attributed to Caravaggio in just twenty-four hours: a record, and it happened between yesterday and this morning. Yesterday, November 7, in Montepulciano, art historian Gianni Papi attributed to Michelangelo Merisi a portrait…
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News Architecture Massimiliano Fuksas
"By the way, there's a Georgia O’Keeffe painting in the closet." That single sentence—spoken almost in passing by a woman in her Manhattan apartment—was enough to bring to light a painting by the famous American artist that had…
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Cinema, theater and TV Macchiaioli Risorgimento
This week’s television lineup is packed with programs on art history, its key figures, and great cultural treasures. From *The Venus de Milo* on Rai 5 to documentaries on Michelangelo and Picasso airing on Sky Arte, along with…
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Today, visitors see mainly sandstone: light-colored, intricately carved walls on which a king makes offerings to the gods. It is the image we are accustomed to when we think of ancient monuments—made of bare stone and reliefs that can be…
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The tradition of the “white week” has its roots in early 20th-century Italian culture, when the winter mountain environment began to transform from an inhospitable terrain for a handful of pioneers into a place of physical rejuvenation and…
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For generations, glass beads—one of the island’s most traditional crafts—have been produced in the former Conterie di Murano building. Now those spaces are about to take on a new purpose and become part of the Glass Museum, which…
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Four hundred years after the completion of the large altarpiece for Brescia’s Duomo Nuovo, Palma il Giovane returns to the forefront of the city’s cultural scene. To mark the holiday season, the Zani House Museum in Cellatica…
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Tourism Ancient Greece Cinema Film Mythology Review
Germany is best known for its beer, which is famous around the world. Less well known is its wine production, which spans 13 wine-growing regions and which the German tourism board—which we met in Rimini at the TTG Travel Experience…
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In Genoa, the restoration of 59 sculptures in the Monumental Area of the Albergo dei Poveri has been completed. The project, sponsored by the Friends of Genoa Foundation and made possible by a donation from the Paolo and Giuliana Clerici…
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News Metropolitan Museum Returns
Bringing the younger generations closer to art and making cultural heritage more accessible and engaging: this is the goal of the initiative that brings together Sfera Ebbasta and the Museo del Cenacolo Vinciano in Milan. The project…
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An extremely rare painting by Albrecht Altdorfer ( Regensburg, 1480–1538) is about to come up for sale. This is an exceptional event, as there are very few known paintings by this German artist, who is considered one of the first in…
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News Contemporary art Museums Verona
It was built to house plague victims, but it was never used as a lazaretto: In Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the Pesthuis, located in the Feijenoord neighborhood and completed in 1716, was the first building in the city to be constructed…
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