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Giovanni Bellini's restored Pietà returns to Rimini after New York exhibition

Giovanni Bellini's restored Pietà returns to Rimini after New York exhibition

The Pietà by Giovanni Bellini (Venice, c. 1430 - 1516) is returning to its native Rimini after winning over international audiences in the United States. In fact, the famous painting housed at the Museo della Città "Luigi Tonini" is ret...
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Michelangelo Pistoletto in Assisi to proclaim Pope Francis "First Saint of Art"

Michelangelo Pistoletto in Assisi to proclaim Pope Francis "First Saint of Art"

The relationship between art, spirituality and collective responsibility is at the center of FRANCISCUS. Brother in Art, the major exhibition that Michelangelo Pistoletto (Biella, 1933) presents in Assisi from April 24 to October 4, 2026 in the space...
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Genoa, Royal Palace reopens all rooms with new lighting

Genoa, Royal Palace reopens all rooms with new lighting

A new light to rediscover one of the symbolic places of Genoa's history and art. On the occasion of Republic Day on June 2, 2026, the Royal Palace will fully reopen to the public all the rooms of the Second Main Floor after the completion of the majo...
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What do Italians want from museums? The Censis Report reveals.

What do Italians want from museums? The Censis Report reveals.

Italian museums are undergoing a phase of profound mutation, marked by a crucial transition that sees cultural venues evolve from mere containers of exhibits to "experiential devices." This is how they are defined in the 59th Censis Report, titled Gl...
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Now Roberto Bolle has his portrait in a museum: the work enters the collection of the Museo del Novecento

Now Roberto Bolle has his portrait in a museum: the work enters the collection of the Museo del Novecento

Roberto Bolle now has a portrait of himself in a museum: titled Beauty Will Save the World (Roberto Bolle), the painting was created in 2024 by artist Patrizio di Massimo, and now the work dedicated to the étoile has been donated to Milan's Mu...
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Art on TV May 31 to June 6: Lorenzo Lotto, Ai Weiwei and Klimt's Kiss

Art on TV May 31 to June 6: Lorenzo Lotto, Ai Weiwei and Klimt's Kiss

On Rai Storia, the week opens Monday, June 1, at 10:15 p.m. with History of Our Cities, an episode of the 2020 season dedicated to Lecce, airing until 11 p.m. On Tuesday, June 2, from 09:35 to 10:30 a.m., space is given to Italia: viaggio nella belle...
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Antonio Biasiucci at the Reggia di Caserta: more than 300 photographs and installations

Antonio Biasiucci at the Reggia di Caserta: more than 300 photographs and installations

From May 31 to Nov. 30, 2026, the Grand Gallery of the Reggia di Caserta hosts Archetypes, an extensive exhibition dedicated to Antonio Biasiucci, among the most significant figures in contemporary Italian photography. Curated by Tiziana Maffei, with...
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Barcelona declares war on tourist rentals: stop B&Bs to bring residents back downtown

Barcelona declares war on tourist rentals: stop B&Bs to bring residents back downtown

"Tourism must be at the service of the city, not the city at the service of tourism," which is why "tourist [house] rentals will disappear by 2028." This sentence alone would be enough to restore the political sense of the position of Barcelona's may...
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Calabria, wreck discovered with more than 300 amphorae from Magna Graecia

Calabria, wreck discovered with more than 300 amphorae from Magna Graecia

A submerged wreck dating from between the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., preserved with a cargo of more than three hundred amphorae, could offer important new information on ancient Mediterranean trade and the economic networks that connected the c...
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Arezzo, Andrea della Robbia's St. Sebastian restored

Arezzo, Andrea della Robbia's St. Sebastian restored

The National Museum of Medieval and Modern Art in Arezzo was presented with the restoration of Saint Sebastian, a refined glazed terracotta attributed to Andrea della Robbia (Florence, 1435 - 1525) and his workshop, datable to the early 16th century....
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Venice, Madonna del Parto by Jacopo Palma il Giovane restored

Venice, Madonna del Parto by Jacopo Palma il Giovane restored

The large altarpiece of the Madonna del Parto by Jacopo Palma il Giovane (Jacopo Negretti; Venice, 1549 - 1628), now located in the church of San Geremia in Venice, returns to the center of critical and historical attention after a conservation inter...
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Farewell to young painter Paula Kamps, who passed away at only 36 years old

Farewell to young painter Paula Kamps, who passed away at only 36 years old

German painter Paula Kamps, one of the most interesting exponents of young contemporary European painting, has passed away at the age of just 36. The news was made known by the Parisian gallery Sans titre, which announced her passing in a message of ...
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Louvre, Delacroix regains his colors: restored masterpiece on Crusaders in Constantinople

Louvre, Delacroix regains his colors: restored masterpiece on Crusaders in Constantinople

In Paris, one of the absolute masterpieces of Eugène Delacroix (Saint-Maurice, 1798 - Paris, 1863) is back in its original guise. After painstaking conservation work lasting nearly a year, The Crusaders' Entry into Constantinople (April 12, 12...
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Royal Dutch Collections, investigation into objects of colonial origin concluded

Royal Dutch Collections, investigation into objects of colonial origin concluded

It concludes with a set of recommendations accepted in full by the Foundation for the Historical Collections of the House of Orange-Nassau (SHVON) the independent research process launched in 2022 on the provenance and legitimacy of objects of coloni...
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Michele Lanzinger, longtime MUSE director and museum world innovator, passes away

Michele Lanzinger, longtime MUSE director and museum world innovator, passes away

Michele Lanzinger, a leading figure in the Italian museum and science scene, at the helm of MUSE - Museum of Science in Trento from 1992 to 2024, has passed away. During his career, he held numerous important positions, including president pro-tempor...
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GLASSTRESS 2026: contemporary glass back in the spotlight between Venice and Murano

GLASSTRESS 2026: contemporary glass back in the spotlight between Venice and Murano

GLASSTRESS, the international project founded by Adriano Berengo in 2009 as a collateral event of the Venice Biennale, returns to animate the lagoon. Over the years, the initiative has established itself as one of the most important events dedicated ...
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Ancona, monumental Roman wall structure discovered in the heart of the city

Ancona, monumental Roman wall structure discovered in the heart of the city

Important archaeological discovery in the heart of Ancona's historic center: a few steps away from the Church of San Gregorio Illuminatore and the so-called House of the Florentines, excavations started on March 30, 2026 have brought to light a monum...
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Gianni Bertini, the tireless research of a protagonist of the avant-garde on display in Lecce

Gianni Bertini, the tireless research of a protagonist of the avant-garde on display in Lecce

The Biscozzi | Rimbaud Foundation in Lecce is hosting, from May 16 to September 13, 2026, an exhibition dedicated to Gianni Bertini(Pisa, 1922 - Caen, 2010), entitled Gianni Bertini. Story of a man without history. The initiative, born from the syne...
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Lotto and Savoldo at the Royal Museums of Turin: the light of truth before Caravaggio

Lotto and Savoldo at the Royal Museums of Turin: the light of truth before Caravaggio

From May 30 to September 15, 2026, the Spazio Scoperte of the Royal Museums of Turin, on the second floor of the Galleria Sabauda, is hosting the exhibition La luce del vero prima di Caravaggio: Lotto e Savoldo, a dossier exhibition that compares two...
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Donated to the Brera Academy an album of 380 drawings by Giuseppe Bossi

Donated to the Brera Academy an album of 380 drawings by Giuseppe Bossi

Purchased and donated to theBrera Academy of Fine Arts an album containing 380 drawings by Giuseppe Bossi (Busto Arsizio, 1777 - Milan, 1815), inside which are also some sheets attributed to Andrea Appiani. The operation, presented in the Napoleonic ...
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Peggy Guggenheim Collection: over five years of interdisciplinary research and restoration on Mondrian masterpiece

Peggy Guggenheim Collection: over five years of interdisciplinary research and restoration on Mondrian masterpiece

Concluded the lengthy study, research and restoration project devoted to Piet Mondrian's Composition No. 1 with Gray and Red 1938 / Composition with Red 1939, launched in 2021 by the Peggy Guggenheim Collection's conservation department. Considered o...
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The Italian state purchased the François Tomb, an identifying testimony to Etruscan civilization

The Italian state purchased the François Tomb, an identifying testimony to Etruscan civilization

The François Tomb of Vulci officially becomes part of the heritage of the Italian state. The signing of the deed of sale, which took place today at the Ministry of Culture in the presence of Minister Alessandro Giuli, sanctions thedefinitive a...
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Milan, Deloitte Gallery opens to the public with Fabrizio Plessi's "Capita Aurea"

Milan, Deloitte Gallery opens to the public with Fabrizio Plessi's "Capita Aurea"

In Milan, Deloitte Gallery, a new exhibition space born from the redevelopment of theformer church of San Paolo Converso, opens to the public with Capita Aurea, a video installation by Fabrizio Plessi dedicated to the themes of memory, power and the ...
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Magnasco's Camaldolese Friars return to Genoa: artwork on display for Republic Day

Magnasco's Camaldolese Friars return to Genoa: artwork on display for Republic Day

The institutional celebrations for Republic Day in Genoa will coincide with the return of a Baroque work of art to the community. It is the oil-on-canvas painting depicting The Camaldolese Friars, executed by painter Alessandro Magnasco between 1716 ...
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At the 2026 Art Biennale, the Oman Pavilion becomes a participatory soundscape

At the 2026 Art Biennale, the Oman Pavilion becomes a participatory soundscape

The Pavilion of the Sultanate of Oman at the 2026 Art Biennale presents Zīnah (Adornment), a project entrusted to Haitham Al Busafi, who plays the dual role of artist and curator. Commissioned by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth, the install...
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