Market European Capital of Culture Viterbo
A painting by Giorgio Vasari that had long been out of the public eye has returned to the spotlight after selling for 588,800 euros— more than double the initial estimate. The work is*The Carrying of Christ to the Tomb*, an oil on panel…
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Archaeology Ancient Greece Cinema Mythology Sicily Tourism Travel
One hundred archaeological artifacts returned by the United States and an exhibition bringing together bronze sculptures of Roman emperors, which had been scattered for decades across various countries and collections. At the…
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Museums Comics Florence National Central Library
Thirty works by Mario Sironi are being added to the national collection and will form the core of a new museum dedicated to one of the leading figures of 20th-century Italian art. In fact, the Mario Sironi Museum – Sironi Studies…
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Museums Ancient Egypt Archaeology Egypt Egyptology
A former factory in Tradate is reopening as a cultural center and hosting an exhibition on the restoration site. And the most important piece in the exhibition is the building itself. In this town in the province of Varese, the former…
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The time it would take to move Giorgio Vasari’s*The Last Supper* (Arezzo, 1511 – Florence, 1574) to safety if the Arno River were to flood the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence again, as it did on November 4, 1966, is just…
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Ancient art Museums National Gallery of Umbria
Human bones arranged in geometric and floral patterns line the walls of a small underground chapel in the center of Rome. And even deeper below, beneath the floor, lie the remains of Roman walls that may have belonged to the building…
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Travel Massa Marittima Museums
The Marche Region, through the Marche Cultura Foundation, has launched an initiative to inventory and promote the region’s historical, architectural, and landscape heritage. The Network of Historic Residences and Parks of the Marche…
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Archaeologist Luca Mercuri is the new director of the General Directorate of Museums, with a three-year term. AgCult announced this a few minutes ago, stating that it had learned the news from reliable sources. Mercuri, currently director…
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The *Portrait of a Gentleman in Black* is back in the news ; a few years ago, a hypothesis was put forward attributing it to Caravaggio. The work, housed at the Museo Civico – Pinacoteca Crociani in Montepulciano ( Siena), had hung…
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Museums Archaeology Photography
“My boredom kept growing during my visit to the museum. After the audio section, there was a large hall with even more information to read, and it was just too much. That’s when I decided to leave.” These are the words of…
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Policy Bayeux Tapestry British Museum
The Art Bonus will also be available to cultural festivals, private museums, corporate archives, ecclesiastical institutions, and organizations dedicated to the preservation of historic villas and gardens. This is one of the new provisions…
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News 61. International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia Venice Biennale
The early closure of Art Basel Paris has left an unresolved financial issue for participating galleries: who will reimburse exhibitors for the two canceled days of the fair? This is the issue that, in the days following the event’s…
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Modern Art Archaeology Etruscan art Etruscans
An enigmatic figure with a long tail emerges from a surface crisscrossed by two intersecting golden lines. This is the subject of *Fil d’Or*, a painting created in 1953 by Leonora Carrington (Clayton Green, 1917 – Mexico City…
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A portrait of the daughter of Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun ( Paris, 1755–1842), painted during her years of exile in Italy, which has remained in a private collection for over two centuries and is now set to be…
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Blue as the common thread running through twenty centuries of trade, travel, and encounters between civilizations: this is the theme of OLTREMARE, the exhibition that will be on view at the Diocesan Museum of Genoa from November 19, 2026…
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Exhibitions Contemporary art Milan
A painting damaged by the 1966 flood, which was salvaged through a complex restoration process and remained in the museum’s storage for years, is once again on public view. From November 3, 2026, to January 31, 2027, the Galleria…
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Museums Royal Palace of Caserta
The return of Gaetano Previati’s *Via Crucis* to Milan marks one of the highlights of the celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the Carlo Maria Martini Diocesan Museum. In March 2027, the museum will inaugurate a completely renovated…
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Contemporary art Ministry of Culture
Mysterious figures come to life amid the architecture of the Tower of Babel, transforming a static sculpture into a visionary world of apparitions and optical illusions. This is the experience at the heart of *Babele Fantasma*, the work by…
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Exhibitions art and fashion Art and sports
Precious silks, Oriental rugs, tapestries, historical garments, and archival documents reveal the complex network of commercial, artistic, and artisanal relationships forged by Stefano Bardini, the renowned Florentine antiquarian, and his…
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Photography Farnese Palace restoration Restorations Rome
Four days of events and gatherings to inaugurate a new space dedicated to photography: from December 4 to 7, 2026, Turin will celebrate the opening of FIAF House, the new headquarters of the Italian Federation of Photographic Associations…
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The Correr Museum in Venice is beginning the redesign of two first-floor galleries, dedicated to the domestic life of Teodoro Correr and to the history of the Serenissima as a city-state.The project is supported by the Comité…
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Three major international museums of contemporary art—the MoMA in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and M+ in Hong Kong —are joining forces to create a new international alliance among museum institutions. The agreement, announced on…
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Malta looks to the future of tourism with confidence. According to the archipelago’s tourism board, which we met in Rimini during the TTG Travel Experience tourism fair, the outlook for the destination is positive. The trend the…
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Alberto Angela arrived at Lucca Comics & Games 2026 dressed as the Mandalorian, the character from the Star Wars saga. Today, October 31, the science communicator took part in the parade dedicated to the universe created by George…
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Contemporary art Contemporary art
Presented this morning in Turin as part of the 2026 edition of Artissima, the Luca Beatrice Prize is dedicated to the critic and curator who passed away prematurely last year: The first edition of the award, which will be dedicated to…
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