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Gela, Greek shipwreck museum opens: 1998 wreck on display

Gela, Greek shipwreck museum opens: 1998 wreck on display

The Greek Shipwreck Museum was inaugurated today in Gela, in the state-owned area of Bosco Littorio, a new facility designed to house and tell the story of one of the most important finds inSicilian underwater archaeology: a Greek-era cargo ship disc...
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Cardini at the Uffizi: twelve lectures on Florence between East and West

Cardini at the Uffizi: twelve lectures on Florence between East and West

The Uffizi Galleries is inaugurating the third edition of Cattedra Uffizi with a lecture series entrusted to medievalist historian Franco Cardini. The course, titled Florence, Tuscany, the Orient, will be held from Feb. 27 to May 29, 2026 in the Magl...
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Marco Musmeci is the new director of Anghiari's Palazzo Taglieschi

Marco Musmeci is the new director of Anghiari's Palazzo Taglieschi

The new director of Palazzo Taglieschi in Anghiari (Arezzo) has taken office in recent days: he is Professor Marco Musmeci, coming from the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio for the provinces of Ravenna, Forlì-Cesena and Rimin...
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Schwitters, returning to Switzerland: first major exhibition in 20 years at Zentrum Paul Klee

Schwitters, returning to Switzerland: first major exhibition in 20 years at Zentrum Paul Klee

From March 20 to June 21, 2026, the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern, Switzerland, presents Schwitters : On the Fringes of the Avant-Garde, the first major museum exhibition in Switzerland devoted to Kurt Schwitters in more than two decades. The exhibition,...
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Bertolucci and the Twentieth Century: exhibition in Parma for the 50th anniversary of the film

Bertolucci and the Twentieth Century: exhibition in Parma for the 50th anniversary of the film

From March 27 to July 26, 2026, the Palazzo del Governatore in Parma will host the exhibition Bernardo Bertolucci. The Twentieth Century, an exhibition project marking the 50th anniversary of Novecento, the film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and pr...
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The Room of Wonders, the new textbook to bring art to the center of the school

The Room of Wonders, the new textbook to bring art to the center of the school

It is entitled The Room of Wonders and aspires to transform the hour of art history and image into a journey of discovery capable of combining disciplinary rigor, emotional participation and practical experimentation. The new course for secondary sch...
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Florence, Keil Space serves as a cultural bridge between Italy and Bahrain

Florence, Keil Space serves as a cultural bridge between Italy and Bahrain

An interesting cultural diplomacy initiative was sealed in Florence : Sheikha Hala Mohamed Al Khalifa, director of the Culture and Arts Directorate of the Bahrain Culture and Antiquities Authority, was appointed "Global Ambassador" of Keil Space for ...
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South Africa forgoes 2026 biennial after clash over Gaza

South Africa forgoes 2026 biennial after clash over Gaza

South Africa will not participate in the 61st Venice Art Biennale in 2026. The national pavilion will remain empty, breaking an uninterrupted presence that lasted since 2011. The decision, confirmed by South Africa's Ministry of Culture to The Art Ne...
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London, Victoria & Albert Museum acquires and exhibits the first YouTube video in history

London, Victoria & Albert Museum acquires and exhibits the first YouTube video in history

A YouTube video officially enters the museum. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, one of the world's leading cultural institutions for art and design, has announced the acquisition of an item destined to mark a turning point in the way museums ...
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Rome, concessionary tickets between Colosseum and National Roman Museum

Rome, concessionary tickets between Colosseum and National Roman Museum

A system of cross-ticket concessions to strengthen Rome 's museum network and encourage more integrated access to the capital's archaeological heritage. This is the first concrete result of thetwo-year enhancement agreement signed between the Colosse...
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A letter copial by Giuseppe Ricci Oddi enriches the Modern Art Gallery of Piacenza

A letter copial by Giuseppe Ricci Oddi enriches the Modern Art Gallery of Piacenza

The Ricci Oddi Gallery of Modern Art announces the acquisition of a Giuseppe Ricci Oddi letter copial containing 172 letters dated from August 1929 to February 1931. The register, which collects copies of the collector's correspondence, was spotted o...
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Jobs in the art world: this week's opportunities

Jobs in the art world: this week's opportunities

The latest news from the world of art and culture, with a selection of vacancies, open positions and professional calls and opportunities published between February 17 and 23, 2026. In Turin, Fondazione Torino Musei has launched an expression of int...
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Archaeologists, more women and more self-employment: the profession is changing but standards lag behind

Archaeologists, more women and more self-employment: the profession is changing but standards lag behind

No longer just scholars of the past, but figures integrated into processes of land transformation and planning works. The profile of the Italian archaeologist has changed considerably in recent years, both in terms of demographic composition and plac...
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Spinello Aretino's restored triptych returns to the Academy of Florence

Spinello Aretino's restored triptych returns to the Academy of Florence

From Feb. 24 to May 11, 2026, the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence will host a temporary exhibition dedicated to Spinello Aretino's triptych depicting the Madonna and Child Enthroned and Four Angels among Saints Paulinus Bishop, John the Baptist, ...
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Vasari and Rome: the works of the Renaissance master on display in the Capitoline Museums

Vasari and Rome: the works of the Renaissance master on display in the Capitoline Museums

Rome hosts a new exhibition dedicated to Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, 1511 - Florence, 1574), concluding the celebrations for the 450th anniversary of his death. Vasari and Rome, set up in the Capitoline Museums at Palazzo Caffarelli from March 20 to July...
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Milan, Palazzo Marino opens every first Sunday of the month with free guided tours

Milan, Palazzo Marino opens every first Sunday of the month with free guided tours

Starting March 1, Palazzo Marino will open its doors every first Sunday of the month, offering guided tours to the public thanks to a partnership with Fondazione Bracco. The historic seat of Milan City Hall, usually accessible Monday through Friday a...
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Epstein files: document links former MoMA president to looted Cambodian antiquities

Epstein files: document links former MoMA president to looted Cambodian antiquities

A single-page document contained in files released by the U.S. Department of Justice as part of the case related to Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged with child sex trafficking and died in prison in 2019, officially by suicide, links billionaire and a...
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Corsini dialogues with de Pisis: confrontation between painting and sculpture in the spaces of Farsettiarte in Milan

Corsini dialogues with de Pisis: confrontation between painting and sculpture in the spaces of Farsettiarte in Milan

In Milan, in the spaces of Farsettiarte, the exhibition White Peaks and Colored Ice | Vittorio Corsini talks to Filippo de Pisis is on view until March 25, 2026, an exhibition project that relates previously unpublished works by Vittorio Corsini (Cec...
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Art on TV: Fra Angelico, Grand Tour and Michelangelo

Art on TV: Fra Angelico, Grand Tour and Michelangelo

The cultural programming of Rai Storia, Rai 5 and Sky Arte starts again with documentaries, in-depth reports and artists who are protagonists of art, airing from Feb. 22 to 28. On Rai Storia, Sunday, February 22, from 09:45 to 10:15 a.m., Portrait o...
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Imi Knoebel at Milan's Dep Art Gallery: abstraction in dialogue between 1983 and 2025

Imi Knoebel at Milan's Dep Art Gallery: abstraction in dialogue between 1983 and 2025

Opens on March 3, 2026 at Milan 's Dep Art Gallery Dorme un canto in ogni cosa (Schläft ein Lied in allen Dingen), an exhibition dedicated to Imi Knoebel, among the protagonists ofEuropean abstraction in the second half of the 20th century. The ...
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Pietrasanta seeks new director for Visual Arts Center Foundation

Pietrasanta seeks new director for Visual Arts Center Foundation

The Pietrasanta Visual Arts Center Foundation has made public the call for applications for the selection of a new director, a role considered strategic for the development and consolidation of institutional activities. The institution was born from ...
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Ohanjanyan at mudaC in Carrara: five monumental marble sculptures to investigate the tension of bonds

Ohanjanyan at mudaC in Carrara: five monumental marble sculptures to investigate the tension of bonds

From Feb. 14 to Aug. 30, 2026, the mudaC | museum of arts in Carrara hosts Mikayel Ohanjanyan 's solo exhibition entitled Mikayel Ohanjanyan .Ties: Ties That Bind. The exhibition, curated by Christopher Atamian and Tamar Hovsepian of the New York-bas...
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Sagrada Familia, completed the exterior of the tower of Jesus Christ, the tallest in the Temple

Sagrada Familia, completed the exterior of the tower of Jesus Christ, the tallest in the Temple

The upper arm of the cross over the Jesus Christ Tower of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona was mounted yesterday, marking the completion of the tower's exterior structures. Work inside the structure will continue during 2027 and 2028. With thi...
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Equilibrium, Iacopo Giannini's instability research in Viareggio

Equilibrium, Iacopo Giannini's instability research in Viareggio

From February 22 to March 15, 2026, the Civic Museums of Villa Paolina in Viareggio will host Equilibrium, a solo exhibition by Iacopo Giannini. The project, curated by Beatrice Bortoluzzi and realized under the patronage of the Municipality of Viare...
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Ca' Pesaro hosts the first major Venetian exhibition dedicated to Jenny Saville

Ca' Pesaro hosts the first major Venetian exhibition dedicated to Jenny Saville

The Ca' Pesaro Gallery of Modern Art in Venice will host Jenny Saville at Ca' Pesaro from March 28 to November 22, 2026, the first major Venetian exhibition dedicated to the artist. The exhibition aims to recount the path of one of the most significa...
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