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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

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

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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A major retrospective in Ghent on 40 women artists active in the Netherlands between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

The Museum of Fine Arts Ghent continues its commitment to highlighting women artists in 2026. After the exhibitions devoted to the Baroque and the theme Women in Art, the focus is now on Unforgettable (March 7 to May 31, 2026), a major retrospective ...
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Sassari, work is underway to open the hypogeic necropolis discovered two years ago to the public

Sardinia continues to return precious fragments of its prehistoric past. In March 2024, an archaeological discovery of extraordinary significance occurred in the Truncu Reale-Sant'Agostino area, an area belonging to the Sassari Industrial Development...
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Limestone building linked to the temple of Pharaoh Apries discovered at Mit Rahina in Egypt

A joint Egyptian-Chinese archaeological mission, coordinated by the Supreme Council of Antiquities,Peking University and theShandongInstitute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology , has unearthed a limestone-built building atMitRahina in Giza governor...
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20 new works by Michelangelo discovered? Not quite. Here's what we know

Have twenty new works by Michelangelo Buonarroti really been discovered, kept in a secret room, as so many newspapers are saying these hours? Not really: let's go in order. The news starts from a study by an independent researcher, Valentina Salerno,...
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By 2026, Antonello da Messina's Ecce Homo will have residence in L'Aquila

"Ecce Homo will have a residence and all of Italy as its domicile. And what can Antonello da Messina's residence be this year? In the year that celebrates the city as the Italian Capital of Culture, it can only be L'Aquila to host at the Spanish Fort...
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Seventeenth-century Neapolitan painting on display in Forte dei Marmi from the De Vito Foundation

The works of the De Vito Foundation on display in Forte dei Marmi for an exhibition dedicated to the Neapolitan seventeenth century: from March 27 to September 27, 2026, the rooms of Forte Pietro Leopoldo I will in fact host Pittura a Napoli dopo Car...
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Florence, Giotto's Campanile restoration kicks off: the first time it has undergone comprehensive restoration

An extensive program of restorations is involving and will involve the monuments and buildings in Florence's Piazza del Duomo, including Giotto's Campanile, the Eugenian College, and the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo. As the president of theOpera di San...
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Turin, Defendente Ferrari's restored polyptych returns to Palazzo Madama

On Friday, February 20 at 11:30 a.m., Turin 's Palazzo Madama hosted the presentation of the restoration of the Polyptych with Saint Jerome and Saints, Annunciation and Scenes from the Passion by Defendente Ferrari (Chivasso, ca. 1475 - 1540), a work...
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De Ferrari rediscovered: restored altarpiece and unpublished works at Genoa's Palazzo Bianco

Genoa is rediscovering a masterpiece that was in danger of being lost, thanks to a community-supported restoration following a mobilization that began in 2024 after art historian Giacomo Montanari, now the Ligurian capital's culture alderman, reporte...
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Prato's Pecci Center unveils 2026 programming: here are the exhibitions

Passages: from hand to hand is the guiding theme of the 2026 programming of the Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Art in Prato, which presented this year's exhibitions today. After Building Community in 2025 and Tuscany at the Center in 2024, there...
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Could the Milan Cortina brazier be displayed in a museum after the Games?

The Olympic brazier for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games could remain in Milan even after the event is over. The hypothesis was put forward by Mayor Giuseppe Sala on the sidelines of the Your Next Milano event, dedicated to the impact of the Olymp...
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Brâncuși in Rome: the archaic and classical roots of infinity

From February 20 to July 19, 2026, the Mercati di Traiano - Musei dei Fori Imperiali in Rome will host the exhibition Constantin Brâncuși. The Origins of Infinity, organized as part of the bilateral program of the Romania-Italy Cultural Year 20...
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Capodimonte more accessible: tactile-olfactory panels arrive in the Real Bosco

An increasingly accessible museum, able to speak to everyone through different languages. On the eve of National Braille Day on Feb. 21, the Capodimonte Museum and Real Bosco in Naples unveiled a new path of tactile-olfactory panels at the Giardino d...
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Basilica of Vitruvius, another 300 thousand euros for new excavations in Fano

Another 300 thousand euros to continue the excavation of the newly discovered Basilica of Vitruvius in Piazza Andrea Costa in Fano. The joint work between the city administration and the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio for the Prov...
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Ferrara, Avanzi's 17th-century canvas returns to Certosa after 80 years. And we see Sgarbi in public again

After an absence of more than eighty years, the monumental canvas by Giuseppe Avanzi (Ferrara, 1645 - 1718) returns to the presbytery of the church of San Cristoforo alla Certosa in Ferrara, and the city can thus return to see one of its most signifi...
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Tracey Emin, at Tate Modern the largest retrospective of her career

From Feb. 27 to Aug. 31, 2026, London 's Tate Modern is hosting A Second Life, the largest exhibition ever devoted to Tracey Emin. The exhibition, staged in the Eyal Ofer Galleries and curated by Maria Balshaw, director of the Tate, is the most signi...
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The shadow of fireflies: fragile light through the contemporary in Arzignano (Vicenza)

From Feb. 20 to April 18, 2026, the Atipografia gallery in Arzignano, Vicenza, hosts L'ombra delle lucciole (The Shadow of Fireflies), the second stage of an exhibition cycle that investigates the three-dimensionality of human beings and the complexi...
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For the first time, Portugal returns three illegally taken archaeological artifacts to Mexico

For the first time, Portugal has returned to Mexico archaeological goods illegally removed from its territory. The handover took place on Feb. 12, 2026 at the headquarters of the Mexican Embassy in Lisbon, where Portuguese authorities formally transf...
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State museums, 14 new directors appointed: here's who will lead Italy's hubs

The Directorate General for Museums of the Ministry of Culture has announced the outcome of the international public selection process for the appointment as director of fourteen Italian museums and cultural institutes. This is a major step in the go...
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Spain, a Canary Islands museum acquires works by Luca Giordano and Murillo as... inheritance tax

Spain's cultural heritage is being enriched thanks to a nobleman paying inheritance tax in works of art, an operation permitted by the Spanish tax authorities. It happens in the Canary Islands, where the family of Count de la Vega Grande de Guadalupe...
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Luca Rossi joins Massimo Bottura's collection--with a hidden work of art

Luca Rossi is the only artist under 50 to enter with his own work in the new exhibition itinerary ofOsteria Francescana, the restaurant led by Massimo Bottura and internationally recognized as one of the symbolic places of contemporary gastronomic cu...
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Auctions of the week: design, antique books and numismatics

The art and collectibles market is gearing up for a whirlwind week with a calendar that, between Feb. 19 and Feb. 25, 2026, ranges from precious vintage silverware to avant-garde design and pop culture memorabilia. Italian auction houses open the per...
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