Archaeology Florence Museums Pitti Palace
The excavation campaigns conducted in October 2026 at the site of Balak Dere, in the municipality of Ivaylovgrad, Bulgaria, have deepened our understanding of a late antique pagan sanctuary, possibly one of the last traditional places of…
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Twenty-seven Italian municipalities will receive funding from the first edition of “Cultura nei piccoli Comuni”(Culture in Small Municipalities), the public call for proposals launched by the Ministry of Culture to support projects that…
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Archaeology Ancient art Etruscan art Etruscan Civilization
In the Blue Mountains, Australia, three rock shelters decorated with rock art and stone artifacts were identified using drones equipped with LiDAR technology. The sites, which had not previously been recorded in official archives, are…
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Cinema, theater and TV Accessibility Florence
Rai Cultura is celebrating the 60th anniversary of Lucca Comics & Games with *60 Times Lucca: The Adventurous History of Lucca Comics & Games*, a television special that traces the history of the event, considered the world’s…
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What remains of our time on earth? This is the question that serves as the starting point for *Reliquie*, a solo exhibition by Erk14—an artist born in 1986 who lives and works in Naples—scheduled to take place at the Diocesan Museum of…
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From November 18 to 24, 2026, the first edition of Art Déco Week will take place, an event dedicated to the evolution of taste and artistic styles in the first half of the 20th century. Conceived and curated by Andrea Speziali and…
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Museums Royal Palace of Caserta
A visit to a museum can begin even without seeing the works of art. It can simply start with… a still-sealed crate. This is one of the unique features of the new temporary exhibition at the University of Pavia’s Museum of…
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News Contemporary art GAM Turin Museums
How can we tell the story of a region through the experiences of those who live there every day? That is the question that sparked “Oltre la Mappa.” This grassroots counter-mapping project—a participatory art initiative conceived by Mimmo…
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Contemporary art Archaeology Herculaneum
Starting October 24, 2026, along the Malga Costa trail, Arte Sella will host *I Profili delle Anguane*, the new installation designed by Benedetta Tagliabue – EMBT Architects. Two structures inspired by the silhouettes of Cima XII…
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Ancient art Archaeology Underwater archaeology
Restoration work on the Fonti dei Leoni and the Cortile della Dogana has been completed at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. The project was carried out in sixty days with an investment of 50,000 euros, thanks to technical sponsorship from the…
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Archaeology Photo exhibition Photography
A village from the time of Charlemagne comes to life again in Poggibonsi, where visitors can explore the past through buildings, tools, crafts, and scenes of daily life. On October 24, 2026, the new Archeodromo di Poggio Imperiale will…
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The House of Marco Fabio Rufo, one of the most imposing and prestigious residences in ancient Pompeii, is the focus of a major restoration project valued at 1,462,000 euros, entirely funded by the private company PompeiAR. Overlooking the…
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A rare fresco painted on a round wicker mat, rather than on a wall, canvas, panel, or any other traditional support: this is what makes *Christ and the Samaritan Woman*, a work by Luca Giordano (Naples, 1634 –1705), which is now part…
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For years it served as a barracks, then it was abandoned, and now, in Savona, a three-year restoration project is returning one of Liguria’s most important Renaissance churches to the public. This is the Church of San Giacomo, a…
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Twenty-six 18th-century pocket watches, crafted in gold and enamel by English and French manufacturers, were stolen from the Reggia di Venaria Reale, just outside Turin. The total value of the collection is estimated at 150,000 euros. The…
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In Amsterdam, along one of the canals in the historic center, at 38 Oudezijds Voorburgwal, there is a 17th-century house that , from the outside, gives no hint of anything unusual. The facade, squeezed between the buildings of the old…
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Contemporary art Ancient art Archaeology Spain
They used to be found in kitchens, on dining tables, in bathrooms, and in the windows of souvenir shops. They were mugs, plates, ashtrays, figurines, placemats, and decorative items that depicted Australian Aboriginal people through…
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Market Contemporary art Florence
A rare hardcover first edition of J.K. Rowling’s *Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone*, published in 1997 by Bloomsbury, sold at auction for $400,000, marking the second-highest auction price ever recorded for the book. The…
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The history of a company can also become the history of a country—of its social changes and the way it has learned to tell its story through images, advertisements, and everyday objects. This is the perspective behind the DEISA Ebano…
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Antonio Corradini ’s *Veiled Woman* (Venice, 1688 – Naples, 1752) sold for 1.925 million euros at the Dorotheum’s “Works of Art” auction on October 20, 2026, setting a world record for the artist. The marble bust, lot 980, was…
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From Renaissance paintings to ancient sculptures, from tapestries to works of modern design, TEFAF continues to be one of the most important events for the international art market and for the enrichment of public collections. The European…
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After seven years of closure and an extensive restoration project, the Jewish Museum of Venice will reopen to the public on October 22, 2026. Located in the heart of the Venetian Ghetto— the oldest in the world—the MEV will once again be…
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The fifty silver-leaf reliquaries housed in the Cell of St. Francis, in the convent of San Francesco a Ripa Grande in Rome’s Trastevere district, have been restored. The restoration, carried out between July and October 2026, was…
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What connects the compass held by the surveyor in Raphael’s *School of Athens* to a wooden object crafted today in a workshop in Urbino? At first glance, nearly five centuries separate the fresco painted in the Vatican Rooms from the work…
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The preservation of museum collections extends beyond the galleries open to the public: a significant portion of the heritage held by museums is, in fact, located in storage facilities, where environmental conditions, security, and…
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