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Christie's surpasses 1.1 billion overnight: Pollock, Brancusi and Rothko sold for crazy sums

Christie's surpasses 1.1 billion overnight: Pollock, Brancusi and Rothko sold for crazy sums

An evening destined to go down in international art market history. On Monday, May 18, 2026, Christie's in New York surpassed the billion-dollar mark for the second time in history in a single night of sales, thanks to the consecutive Masterpieces: T...
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Farewell to Remo Salvadori, protagonist of Italian contemporary art

Farewell to Remo Salvadori, protagonist of Italian contemporary art

Remo Salvadori, among the most relevant and recognized figures in Italian and European contemporary art, passed away today at the age of 79. His passing brings to a close the human and artistic career of an artist who, starting in the 1970s, contribu...
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The Bayeux Tapestry will be on display at the British Museum from September 2026. Some previews from the museum

The Bayeux Tapestry will be on display at the British Museum from September 2026. Some previews from the museum

The British Museum in London has announced the first details of what has already been dubbed the exhibition of the century, which will see the display of the famous Bayeux Tapestry for the first time in the UK, from September 10, 2026 to July 11, 202...
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Other than the Pavilion of Austria! Bosch invented the human bell in the 15th century

Other than the Pavilion of Austria! Bosch invented the human bell in the 15th century

The bell performance at the Austria Pavilion that everyone is talking about? At the Venice Biennale, Florentina Holzinger 's work Seaworld Venice attracted everyone's attention from day one, mainly because of the flashy action that, at the stroke of ...
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A brand new exhibition in Montauban investigates the relationship between Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and fashion

A brand new exhibition in Montauban investigates the relationship between Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and fashion

From July 3 to Nov. 8, 2026, the Musée Ingres Bourdelle in Montauban will present an unprecedented exhibition dedicated to the connection between Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Montauban, 1780 - Paris, 1867) and the world of fashion. Through m...
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After the opening of the Italian Pavilion, Chiara Camoni stars in a new exhibition at Casa Zegna

After the opening of the Italian Pavilion, Chiara Camoni stars in a new exhibition at Casa Zegna

Fondazione Zegna presents Luccicanza. Of Flowers and Thread, of Stone and Earth, of Skin and Root, a project signed by Chiara Camoni (Piacenza, 1974) for the spaces of Casa Zegna, in Trivero Valdilana (Biella), curated by Ilaria Bonacossa. A few day...
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Mantua, Pisanello returns to Doge's Palace: new life to tears from deposits

Mantua, Pisanello returns to Doge's Palace: new life to tears from deposits

In Mantua, in the spaces of the Ducal Palace, a new phase of enhancement dedicated to one of the most complex and fascinating pictorial cycles of the Italian 15th century opens. In fact, on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, at 4 p.m., the new permanent instal...
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Bergamo, Palazzo della Ragione becomes educational laboratory of Fosbury and Claire Fontaine

Bergamo, Palazzo della Ragione becomes educational laboratory of Fosbury and Claire Fontaine

From June 4 to October 18, 2026, the Sala delle Capriate in Bergamo's Palazzo della Ragione will host Tabula Plena, a site-specific installation signed by Fosbury Architecture and Claire Fontaine, as part of the Pedagogy of Hope program promoted by G...
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AstArte is born in Palermo: the national association of art historians

AstArte is born in Palermo: the national association of art historians

The first National Association of Art Historians is born in Sicily, a project that aims to fill a gap in representation at the national and regional levels for one of the key figures in the system of protection, study and enhancement of Italy's cultu...
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An ancient area of cultic character with inscriptions in Venetian characters discovered in Ponso (Padua)

An ancient area of cultic character with inscriptions in Venetian characters discovered in Ponso (Padua)

Important archaeological discovery in Ponso, in the province of Padua: during the works of Veneto Strade S.p.A. for the construction of the 1st functional lot of the New Regional Road 10 "Padana Inferiore" from Borgo Veneto to Carceri, an area of cul...
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A day dedicated to Tuono Pettinato at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna

A day dedicated to Tuono Pettinato at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna

On Thursday, May 21 at 2 p.m., theAcademy of Fine Arts of Bologna will host, at the Aula Magna, the fourth edition of the event Quel pomeriggio di un giorno da Tuono, an event dedicated to the figure of cartoonist and illustrator Tuono Pettinato. The...
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Rima and the Walser heritage: among the peaks of Upper Valsesia beats the heart of artificial marble

Rima and the Walser heritage: among the peaks of Upper Valsesia beats the heart of artificial marble

Rima, a small mountain town now part of the municipality of Alto Sermenza, in the province of Vercelli, represents one of the most characteristic historic nuclei of Upper Valsesia. Situated at 1,417 meters above sea level in a green basin at the foot...
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At the Royal Palace of Naples, Biasi's surfaces in dialogue with Hsiao, Rotta Loria and Tornquist

At the Royal Palace of Naples, Biasi's surfaces in dialogue with Hsiao, Rotta Loria and Tornquist

From May 28 to Aug. 1, 2026, the Belvedere Hall of the Royal Palace in Naples will host the exhibition Alberto Biasi and Other Visions of Surfaces: Hsiao, Rotta Loria, Tornquist, curated by Giovanni Granzotto. The opening is scheduled for May 26 at 6...
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Working in art and culture: the week's offerings

Working in art and culture: the week's offerings

Vacancies, open positions, calls and competitions aimed at those working in the art and cultural heritage system. The review presents a selection of the main offers and competitions published between May 12 and 18, 2026. In Turin, Club Silencio ETS ...
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Minister Giuli visits Fano excavations: Leonardo's Vitruvian Man will arrive in summer

Minister Giuli visits Fano excavations: Leonardo's Vitruvian Man will arrive in summer

Leonardo da Vinci 'sVitruvian Man will be exceptionally displayed in Fano for a few days later this summer, thanks to a collaboration with the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice. The announcement was made today by Minister Alessandro Giuli during his ...
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Breakfast with masterpiece: in Genoa, art enters the hotel at dawn

Breakfast with masterpiece: in Genoa, art enters the hotel at dawn

The idea is as simple as it is original, to bring art, specifically that housed in Genoa's civic museums, at an unusual time of day and in a place that is as iconic as it is exclusive: thus the Art Breakfasts were born, with the historic Hotel Bristo...
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Louvre, two architectural firms chosen to design museum renovation

Louvre, two architectural firms chosen to design museum renovation

In Paris, the Louvre Museum begins a new phase in its architectural and urban history with the selection of the project signed by Studios Architecture Paris and Selldorf Architects for the Louvre Nouvelle Renaissance transformation plan. The announce...
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MANN Numismatics section reopens with more than 6,000 coins and new exhibits

MANN Numismatics section reopens with more than 6,000 coins and new exhibits

From May 25, the Numismatic section of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (MANN) reopens to the public, at the end of an intervention supported by extraordinary funding from the Ministry of Culture under the PON Culture and Development 2014...
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Farewell to Valie Export, pioneer of body art and radical feminism

Farewell to Valie Export, pioneer of body art and radical feminism

Austrian artist Valie Export, one of the most influential figures in international performance and media art of the second half of the 20th century, has passed away in Vienna at the age of 85. The announcement was released by the foundation that bear...
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Marco Petrus in Milan: the movement of the image in architecture and digital vision

Marco Petrus in Milan: the movement of the image in architecture and digital vision

From May 29, 2026, with opening scheduled for May 28, M77 Gallery in Milan is hosting Marco Petrus: in-motion, a solo exhibition dedicated to the painter known for his investigation ofurban architecture. The project, curated by Sharon Hecker and on v...
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Sinner wins Internazionali d'Italia and becomes a work of art again

Sinner wins Internazionali d'Italia and becomes a work of art again

Jannik Sinner, winner of the Internazionali d'Italia 2026, once again becomes the subject of pictorial transposition just hours after his success in Rome. The South Tyrolean tennis player won the title by overcoming Norway's Casper Ruud in the final,...
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Three digital artists in residence on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, at the Giorgio Cini Foundation

Three digital artists in residence on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, at the Giorgio Cini Foundation

For one month, Johanna Bruckner (Austria), Merve Sahin (Turkey) and Riccardo Tesorini (Italy) will be hosted on theIsland of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, where they will collaborate with the Centro Digitale team in the development of their artistic ...
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Brescia celebrates Zanardelli: at Palazzo Tosio the construction of the statesman's image

Brescia celebrates Zanardelli: at Palazzo Tosio the construction of the statesman's image

Two hundred years after the birth of Giuseppe Zanardelli (Brescia, 1826 - Maderno, 1903), Brescia is dedicating an exhibition to the statesman hosted at Palazzo Tosio, home of the Ateneo di Brescia, Academy of Sciences Letters and Arts. The exhibitio...
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At the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp a major exhibition on Antony Gormley, with more than one hundred works

At the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp a major exhibition on Antony Gormley, with more than one hundred works

The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) welcomes Antony Gormley. Geestgrond, which aims to be the largest exhibition ever held in continental Europe dedicated to the celebrated British sculptor Antony Gormley (London, 1950). Curated by Carolyn ...
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Malta Biennale 2026 closes May 29: 27 pavilions and historic venues spread out

Malta Biennale 2026 closes May 29: 27 pavilions and historic venues spread out

The Malta Biennale 2026 will conclude on May 29, 2026 after an 11-week exhibition period from March 11, involving 11 historical and museum sites. The edition is developed as a diffuse platform that integrates international and Maltese artistic interv...
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