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Henrike Naumann, the artist of the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2026, passes away at just 41 years old

Henrike Naumann, the artist of the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2026, passes away at just 41 years old

Henrike Naumann, the artist who, together with Vietnamese artist Sung Tieu, is representing Germany at the Venice Art Biennale 2026, curated by Kathleen Reinhardt, passed away at just 41 years old following a cancer diagnosis that came too late. Bo...
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Poland at Venice Biennale 2026 brings installation on listening to marginalized languages

Poland at Venice Biennale 2026 brings installation on listening to marginalized languages

Poland has announced the artists who will represent the country at the 61st International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, scheduled for 2026. The Polish Pavilion will host Liquid Tongues, a project signed by Bogna Burska and Daniel Kotowski...
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Central Institute for Graphics in Rome showcases the Eternal City depicted by Maarten van Heemskerck

Central Institute for Graphics in Rome showcases the Eternal City depicted by Maarten van Heemskerck

From March 3 to June 7, 2026, theIstituto Centrale per la Grafica in Rome presents the exhibition Maarten van Heemskerck and the Fascination of Rome: Visual Paths of the Eternal City, curated by Tatjana Bartsch, Rita Bernini and Giorgio Marini, with ...
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Who authorized the Vitruvian Man censored in the RAI commercial? Question to the Ministry

Who authorized the Vitruvian Man censored in the RAI commercial? Question to the Ministry

Landing at the Ministry of Culture is the issue concerning the use of the image of Leonardo da Vinci 'sVitruvian Man within a commercial dedicated to the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, currently broadcast by Rai with daily programming and repeat...
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Vitruvian Man censored in theme song for Milan Cortina Olympics becomes international case

Vitruvian Man censored in theme song for Milan Cortina Olympics becomes international case

The television theme song that accompanies daily live broadcasts of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games has ended up at the center of a controversy involving the relationship between philological fidelity of the artwork and the need for globa...
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Florence celebrates Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici at the Medici Chapels

Florence celebrates Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici at the Medici Chapels

Florence celebrates Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, theElectress Palatina, with a day of initiatives sponsored by the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence and the Bargello Museums. The event is set for Wednesday, Feb. 18, at the Medici Chapel Museum, whe...
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Important discovery at Florence's National Central Library brings to light a volume postillated by Galileo

Important discovery at Florence's National Central Library brings to light a volume postillated by Galileo

Discovery at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale in Florence, where a recent investigation has unearthed a volume of extraordinary interest to the history of science: a printed copy of Claudius Ptolemy'sAlmagest, published in Basel in 1551, containing ...
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A Vermeer masterpiece arrives in Turin from the Rijksmuseum: Woman in Blue Reading a Letter at Palazzo Madama

A Vermeer masterpiece arrives in Turin from the Rijksmuseum: Woman in Blue Reading a Letter at Palazzo Madama

Coming to Turin 's Palazzo Madama from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam will be Johannes Vermeer's Woman in Blue Reading a Letter, starring from March 5 to June 29, 2026 in a new project entitled Encounter with the Masterpiece. The initiative inaugurates...
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Working in culture: vacancies and open positions of the week, Feb. 10-16

Working in culture: vacancies and open positions of the week, Feb. 10-16

Latest news from the world of art and culture, with a selection of calls and professional opportunities published between February 10 and 16, 2026. In Turin, Fondazione Torino Musei has launched an expression of interest for the position of Director...
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Naples, historic Sannazaro Theater in Chiaia on fire: dome collapses, neighborhood in smoke

Naples, historic Sannazaro Theater in Chiaia on fire: dome collapses, neighborhood in smoke

A serious fire broke out at dawn today in the Chiaia neighborhood of Naples, involving the building housing the Sannazaro Theater on Via Chiaia. The particularly high flames were visible even from a great distance for several hours, while a dense col...
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Reggio Emilia court acquits Sgarbi of money laundering charge over Rutilio Manetti painting

Reggio Emilia court acquits Sgarbi of money laundering charge over Rutilio Manetti painting

Vittorio Sgarbi was acquitted by the Court of Reggio Emilia, in abbreviated form, of thecharge of money laundering related to the affair of Rutilio Manetti 's painting The Capture of St. Peter, owned by the Cavallini Sgarbi Foundation, which was exhi...
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In Lecce, the Biscozzi | Rimbaud ETS Foundation dedicates an exhibition to De Pisis and the Italiens de Paris

In Lecce, the Biscozzi | Rimbaud ETS Foundation dedicates an exhibition to De Pisis and the Italiens de Paris

From February 14 to May 10, 2026, the Biscozzi | Rimbaud ETS Foundation in Lecce is hosting the exhibition Filippo de Pisis e les Italiens de Paris, curated by Paolo Bolpagni and Maddalena Tibertelli de Pisis. The exhibition, organized in collaborati...
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Arch of the Lovers of Sant'Andrea in Melendugno (Lecce) collapses: bad weather erases a symbol of Salento

Arch of the Lovers of Sant'Andrea in Melendugno (Lecce) collapses: bad weather erases a symbol of Salento

TheLovers' Arch in Torre Sant'Andrea, in the territory of Melendugno, in the province of Lecce, no longer exists. The imposing natural arch overlooking the lower Adriatic Sea, one of the most photographed views of the Salento coast, collapsed on the ...
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Due to bad weather, a portion of the walls of the Castle of Fabro (Terni) collapsed

Due to bad weather, a portion of the walls of the Castle of Fabro (Terni) collapsed

Around 11 p.m. last Saturday, a portion of the walls of the Castle of Fabro, in the province of Terni, collapsed due to heavy rains in the area. Fortunately, there were no injuries or people involved. Some homes located nearby were temporarily withou...
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For the first time, David Hockney on show at London's Serpentine Gallery: new works and a monumental frieze

For the first time, David Hockney on show at London's Serpentine Gallery: new works and a monumental frieze

One of the most significant artists on the contemporary scene, David Hockney (Bradford, Yorkshire, 1937), invites the public to slow down the pace and recognize the exceptional in the everyday in his first exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in Lond...
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Turin, more than 180 original woodcuts by Katsushika Hokusai on display at Elena Salamon Gallery

Turin, more than 180 original woodcuts by Katsushika Hokusai on display at Elena Salamon Gallery

Elena Salamon Gallery, at its venue in Piazzetta IV Marzo in Turin, presents from March 6 to April 24, 2026 the exhibition Hokusai. The Sign that Becomes Life, which brings together more than 180 original woodcuts by Katsushika Hokusai. The title dr...
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At the Diocesan Museum in Cremona, a photographic tribute to Jane Goodall and the women she inspired

At the Diocesan Museum in Cremona, a photographic tribute to Jane Goodall and the women she inspired

From March 7 to May 17, 2026, the Diocesan Museum in Cremona welcomes The Nature of Hope - A Tribute to Jane Goodall and the Women She Inspired, an exhibition project that originated as part of the Ethical Photography Festival and was presented in Lo...
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Bad weather in Calabria, damage to the National Museum of the Sibaritide.

Bad weather in Calabria, damage to the National Museum of the Sibaritide.

The bad weather that has hit Calabria in recent hours, and in particular the area of the Sibaritide where the Creti River flooded, has also caused damage to the National Archaeological Museum of the Sibaritide, where some basement rooms flooded. The ...
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Pompeii, tour guides in revolt against the closure of their post in the park

Pompeii, tour guides in revolt against the closure of their post in the park

Pompeii 's tour guides are up in arms against the Archaeological Park headed by Gabriel Zuchtriegel following the decision to cancel the guides' permanent post inside the excavations, which had existed for 15 years. According to the guides, the commu...
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At the Viareggio Carnival 2026, a float paying homage to Futurism and Depero

At the Viareggio Carnival 2026, a float paying homage to Futurism and Depero

The Viareggio Carnival 2026 is tinged with futurist suggestions with Carnevale futurista. Homage to Depero, the second category float signed by Luciano Tomei. A project that interweaves the allegorical language of the great Viareggio tradition with t...
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AcquistoArte, the Italian platform for appraisals and market of 19th-20th century art

AcquistoArte, the Italian platform for appraisals and market of 19th-20th century art

Founded in 2022, AcquistoArte presents itself as a platform specializing in valuation,market analysis, andsupport for buying and selling 19th- and 20th-centuryItalian works of art. The initiative was created with the aim of offering collectors, owner...
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Major exhibition with Escher's masterpieces coming to Padua

Major exhibition with Escher's masterpieces coming to Padua

M.C. Escher is the protagonist of a major exhibition that brings together all his masterpieces at the Centro Altinate - San Gaetano in Padua, open from Feb. 18 to July 19, 2026, an exhibition curated by Federico Giudiceandrea that celebrates one of t...
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Art on TV: Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael

Art on TV: Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael

The cultural programming of Rai Storia, Rai 5 and Sky Arte is back: here are the documentaries and art protagonists offered from February 15 to 21. On Rai Storia, Monday, February 16 at 06:00, 09:05 and 14:30 airs Passato e Presente, season 2023, wi...
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At MUDEC in Milan, an exhibition on snow as a natural event and anthropological phenomenon, with more than 150 works and objects

At MUDEC in Milan, an exhibition on snow as a natural event and anthropological phenomenon, with more than 150 works and objects

With the exhibition The Sense of Snow. Peoples, Ancient Art and Contemporary Looks, which can be visited from February 12 to June 28, 2026, the MUDEC - Museum of Cultures in Milan inaugurates a new stage in the program linked to theMilan-Cortina 2026...
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In Rome, the Blocco 13 gallery hosts the solo exhibition of Maurizio Pierfranceschi

In Rome, the Blocco 13 gallery hosts the solo exhibition of Maurizio Pierfranceschi

From Feb. 21 to March 30, 2026, the Blocco 13 gallery in Rome is hosting Maurizio Pierfranceschi 's solo exhibition entitled Second State. The exhibition stems from a reworking of a historical painting by the artist, The Awakening, modified in format...
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