The central question, following the theft of Antonello da Messina’s panels from the “Maria Accascina” Regional Museum in Messina, concerns the possible motive: why steal such famous, easily recognizable works? Two panels by Antonello da M...
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The year 2026 marks the 30th anniversary of Gio' Pomodoro’s artistic work on the Island of Elba. It was in 1996 that the sculptor was invited to the island as part of an exhibition project and created a series of monumental granite works, conce...
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From September 19, 2026, to February 7, 2027, the Kunstmuseum Basel | Neubau presents *Van Gogh, Hodler, and a Cabriolet: Collector and Pioneer Gertrud Dübi-Müller*, the first major exhibition dedicated to one of Switzerland’s most importan...
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Archaeological excavations will resume in September at San Pietro Mandurino, in the Manduria area (Taranto), a site of great historical, archaeological, and religious interest that is part of the larger Manduria City Walls Park. The complex preserves...
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There has been a first, small breakthrough in the investigation into the theft of Antonello da Messina’s paintings: the van used by the perpetrators of the sensational theft of Antonello da Messina’s works —which took place on the night o...
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A dramatic Ferragosto in Ortona ( Chieti), where late yesterday evening, Sunday, August 16, a fire broke out behind the Aragonese Castle—the city’s symbol—during the fireworks display that was to conclude a local festival, the Feast of San Roc...
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has returned the oldest surviving fragment of the *Odyssey* to public view, placing it once again within the exhibition layout of its main building on Fifth Avenue, after it had been stored in the museum&rsq...
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Through August 30, 2026, the Pecci Center in Prato is hosting *Verita Monselles. CARNALE*, an exhibition dedicated to photographer Verita Monselles (Buenos Aires, 1929 – Florence, 2004), curated by Alessandra Acocella, Michele Bertolino, and Mo...
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A painting by Pablo Picasso stolen more than sixty years ago has been recovered, and now the Guggenheim Museum in New York wants it back. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation has filed a lawsuit in the New York State Supreme Court to secure the retu...
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The theft of the two panels by Antonello da Messina from the “Maria Accascina” Regional Museum in Messina—the MuMe—is not merely the theft of two priceless works of art. It is an incident that directly affects an essential part of Western...
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Italian archaeology has lost one of its most authoritative and prominent figures with the passing of Lorenzo Quilici, a leading scholar who dedicated his entire life to the study of ancient topography, road networks, the evolution of settlements, and...
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What do we know so far about the theft of Antonello da Messina’s panels from the “Maria Accascina” Regional Museum (MuMe) in Messina? Two panels were stolen from the museum: the central panel of the San Gregorio Polyptych, depicting the M...
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Correggio’s *Madonna of Saint Sebastian* (Antonio Allegri; Correggio, 1489–1534) was the focus of a comprehensive conservation and research project at the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden, where the painting is housed. The project focused o...
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The theft of the three surviving panels from the San Gregorio Polyptych and the double-sided panel by Antonello da Messina did not come as a surprise tothe National Association of Art Historians, which issued a statement on the matter. President Silv...
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She passed away on August 14, 2026, at the age of 86, following complications from a fall, Mary Heilmann, one of the most significant figures in contemporary American abstract painting, whose body of work helped profoundly renew the relationship betw...
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On the Feast of the Assumption, new and surprising discoveries are drawing attention back tothe former church of Santa Maria delle Fortezze in Viterbo, formerly known as Santa Maria Annunziata and later as San Francesco di Paola. The church was built...
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Two of the works by Antonello da Messina that were stolen on the evening of Saturday, August 15, around 9:50 p.m., from the MuMe—“Accascina” Regional Museum in Messina, have already been recovered. The works are panels depictingSt. Benedict andSt. Gr...
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For the second consecutive year, Giulia Monzani, an artist from Filago in the province of Bergamo, has won first place at the 52nd National Gathering of Madonnari in Grazie di Curtatone (Mantua). The event, dedicated this year to “The Message of St. ...
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A very serious theft occurred on the evening of Saturday, August 15, at the “Accascina” Regional Museum in Messina. Unknown individuals managed to break into the museum’s galleries by bypassing the alarm system and the security measures i...
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A convergence of contemporary art, the Renaissance, and antiquity takes shape in Rome, at the Basilica of Santa Maria Antiqua, one of the most evocative sites in the Roman Forum. Here, from October 11, 2026, to February 7, 2027, Bill Viola’s *T...
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New details are emerging about the theft of three works by Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Henri Matisse stolen on the night of March 22–23 from the Magnani Rocca Foundation in Mamiano di Traversetolo ( Parma) and recovered today ...
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A new excavation campaignin the Bahariya Oasis in Egypt has led to the discovery of numerous tombs and a significant collection of archaeological artifacts. The excavation is being led by Sabri Farag, Director General of Antiquities for the Bahariya ...
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In Rome, the Farnese Aviaries on the Palatine Hill will serve as the setting for a new journey through the history and imagination of antiquity with the exhibition *Sappho*, scheduled from October 16, 2026, to January 31, 2027. Sponsored by the Colos...
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An influence that has spanned more than a century of Western art history and the Western imagination, from the Impressionists to manga, animation, and contemporary cinema: this is the central theme of “Visions of the East.” Japan and Japonism: From t...
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The three works of art that had been stolen from the Magnani-Rocca Foundation in Mamiano di Traversetolo ( Parma) on the night of March 22–23 have been recovered: they included a painting by Paul Cézanne, *Tasse et plat de cerises* ( “S...
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