Exhibitions Antiques BIAF 2026 Florence
From the gradual depletion of water resources to collective responsibility for water conservation: this is the central theme of *L’ultima goccia* (The Last Drop), Sandro Gorra’s exhibition scheduled from November 25, 2026, to…
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Exhibitions Twentieth Century Art
Twelve photographs document the rooms of the Arcangeli family’s last home in Bologna, revealing traces of a domestic and intellectual history through the marks left on the walls by furniture, books, and works of art. This is the “Casa…
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On November 4, 1966, the Arno River flooded Florence, causing extensive damage to the city’s historical and artistic heritage. Sixty years after that event, the relationship between the Tuscan capital and its river takes center stage…
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Exhibitions Photo exhibition Photography
In Milan, from November 11 to December 19, 2026, the Doris Ghetta Gallery presents *Qui il sentiero si perde* (Here the Path Disappears), a solo exhibition by Alessandro Artini (Tione di Trento, 2000), at its gallery space. The exhibition…
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Exhibitions Florence International Antiques Biennale
What does it mean to design a museum from a feminist perspective? The question isn’t just about which female artists to hang on the walls, but how spaces change, the relationship between the viewer and what is being viewed, and the…
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The Antonino Salinas Regional Archaeological Museum in Palermo has completed its renovation project with the reopening to the public of the first and second floors, which underwent restoration, functional rehabilitation, and a redesign of…
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Exhibitions Museums Royal Palace of Caserta
The fragments of the “Olla di Cerere” do not come from a single vessel, but from at least two different jars, all made using the same technique. This is one of the findings to emerge from an interdisciplinary research project that…
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Market Contemporary art New technologies of art
After setting a record in London with the sale of her extraordinary collection of Surrealist art and design, Pauline Karpidas (Manchester, 1943) returns to the spotlight at Sotheby’s with another chapter in her collecting story: a…
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Contemporary art Louvre Sculpture Six hundred Spain
In a notebook belonging to Édouard Manet (Paris, 1832–1883), a name appears: Laure. It is the name of the woman the painter portrayed between 1862 and 1863—the same woman who,in *Olympia*(now at the Musée d’Orsay…
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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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