During Russia’s attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on July 2, which left 31 dead and more than 100 wounded (and which was followed by another attack launched yesterday, July 6, that left 22 dead and 56 injured), Ukraine’s cultural sec...
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He passed away in Milan on July 3, at the age of 84, director, artist, and architect Yervant Gianikian, a leading figure in international experimental cinema and, together with Angela Ricci Lucchi (who passed away in 2018), a key contributor to one o...
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Twelve projects have been selectedin Area 1 – International Art Commissioning ofthe 15th edition of Italian Council, the program promoted by the Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture to support Italian conte...
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Cultural sites as an integral part of physical, psychological, and social well-being. This is the underlying premise of *Well-Being Is a Work of Art*, a cultural welfare project presented at the National Archaeological Museum of Paestum by the Archae...
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Restoration as an opportunity for learning, research, and participation. This is the spirit behind the “Leggere il marmo” initiative, promoted by the National Archaeological Museum of Venice, part of the National Archaeological Museums of Venice and...
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To mark the 60th anniversary of WWF Italy, the photography exhibition *Il Panda siamo noi* is coming to Campania for the first time and will be on display at the Royal Palace of Caserta, in the English Garden, from July 17 to August 31. Admission to ...
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Marco Tonelli (Rome, 1971) is the winner of the third edition of the “Luciano Marziano” City of Tarquinia Award, a quadrennial award dedicated to art criticism established by the Tarquinia Society of Art and History (STAS) to honor the me...
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A debate has flared up over the restoration of Villa Lante in Bagnaia (Viterbo)—one of Italy’s most famous historic gardens—following the completion of work funded by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). The doubts and concerns wer...
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From June 16 to September 13, 2026, the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum is dedicating a special exhibition to Peter Paul Rubens’ *Venus and Cupid*, on view in Gallery 19 of the permanent collection. The exhibition details the complex restoration p...
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Fausto Delle Chiaie, considered Rome’s first true street artist and one of the pioneers of public art in Italy, passed away in Rome on July 4 at the age of 82. Born in Rome on January 23, 1944, he dedicated his entire career to bringing art out of mu...
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From July 24 to October 25, 2026, the Nivola Museum in Orani presents *Nivola, Colombo, and the Space Around Them*, an exhibition as part of the new *Nivola vis-à-vis* program, designed to explore the connections between the work of Costantino...
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We continue to track professional opportunities in the arts and cultural heritage sector, with a selection of calls for applications and competitions published between June 30 and July 6, 2026.
In Caraglio (Cuneo), the Fondazione Artea is seeking a ...
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The Capitular Library of Verona is inaugurating the temporary exhibition *Gazing Toward the Sky: Reading the Universe Through Manuscripts and the Stars*, an exhibition that aims to create a dialogue between precious ancient manuscripts and scientific...
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The public agency Rebâtir Notre-Dame de Paris has announcedthe launch of two new restoration projects for the Paris cathedral. The work will focus on the large rose window on the western facade, facing the churchyard, and the entire northern fa...
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The National Gallery in London is expanding its collections with a major donation that brings three works by three leading figures in 18th- and 19th-centurySwiss art to the museum’s galleries. The bequest from collectors Richard and Luba Barrett inc...
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Enrico Minguzzi, one of the most intriguing contemporary Italian painters, is currently exhibiting in Prague, where the JSP Art Gallery is hosting the exhibition *Specimens*, curated by Petr Vaňous, through August 7. The exhibition creates a dialogue...
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New York is strengthening its commitment to culture with the largest funding allocation ever provided to the Department of Cultural Affairs. Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council President Julie Menin announced the first budget drafted by the new adm...
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From June 13 to November 1, 2026, the Spazio Antonioni in Ferrara will host the exhibition *Il monte analogo. Michelangelo Antonioni and Luigi Ghirri, promoted by the Fondazione Ferrara Arte and the Department of Culture, Tourism, and Relations with ...
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Florence is celebrating the 100th birthday of Lamberto Pignotti (Florence, 1926) with a major exhibition that traces over sixty years of artistic and theoretical work by one of the most innovative figures of the Italian Neo-Avant-Garde. From June 29 ...
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What appeared to be the disappearance of a valuable painting by Joaquín Sorolla ended happily thanks to the honesty of a man who, without realizing it, had picked up the work, thinking it was a discarded item to be thrown away. The painting wa...
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Rai and Sky Arte present programming that spans the Renaissance, modernity, photography, and the contemporary era, in an ongoing dialogue between the great masters of the past and current forms of expression. Below is the updated schedule for July 5–...
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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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