Michelangelo doodle that started from an estimate of $6,000 sold for $200,000

It didn't go so well for those who had dreamed of taking home a Michelangelo drawing for a relatively low figure at Christie' s auction in New York the day before yesterday: the sheet with a doodle by the great artist, which had been put up for sale ...
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Important painting by Salvator Rosa stolen from Oxford in 2020 recovered in Romania

An important painting by Salvator Rosa, the Coastal Landscape with Soldiers which, along with two other masterpieces, namely Annibale Carracci's Boy Drinking and Antoon van Dyck's Soldier on Horseback , had been stolen in March 2020 from the Christ C...
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Two projects are on display at BASE Milan to tell the story of design as part of the Fuorisalone

BASE Milano continues to recount the projects that will be featured in the 2024 program of WE WILL DESIGN, through which it will present the best of national and international architecture research and design experimentation at Fuorisalone from 2021....
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Biennale, at the French Pavilion a poetic journey into the ocean with Julien Creuzet

The title of the 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, "Strangers Everywhere," proposed by Adriano Pedrosa, gave a clear political and social orientation to the 2024 event. This title makes direct reference to the work of the Pa...
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Venice, the Berengo Foundation and Berengo Studio present the exhibition GLASSTRESS 8?

The Berengo Foundation and Berengo Studio present GLASSTRESS 8½, curated by Umberto Croppi at Tesa 99 of the North Arsenale in Venice and the Berengo Art Space Foundation in Murano, an exhibition open free to the public from April 20 to Novemb...
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One of Europe's oldest labyrinths opens to the public on a regular basis

Visitors to Bufalini Castle, a rare example of a historic stately home almost intact even in its furnishings, which stands in San Giustino in the province of Perugia, will be able, from Sunday, April 21, 2024 until October, to visit the labyrinth set...
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Udine: the new walks with Elena Commessatti in the heart of the city

UDINE: Sentimental, Cheerful and a Little Rock History is the title of the new 2024 spring tour conceived and led by Elena Commessatti in the heart of the city of Udine. It consists of several walks, organized and carried out in collaboration with Pr...
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Biennale 2024, at Turkey Pavilion a project on the current world affected by wars and tragedies

For the 2004 edition of the Venice Biennale, the Pavilion of Turkey presents Hollow and Broken: A State of the World, a site-specific installation by Gülsün Karamustafa, one of Turkey's most influential artists. Located in the historic Arse...
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An exhibition dedicated to the theater of ancient Rome at the Ara Pacis Museum

From May 8 to Nov. 3, the Ara Pacis Museum opens TEATRO. Authors actors masks of the ancient scene, an exhibition focused on the vital force of theatrical performances, their popularity, the sometimes difficult lives of actors and other great protago...
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Venice, at Ateneo Veneto the first solo exhibition in Italy by Walton Ford

The first solo exhibition of Walton Ford (Larchmont, 1960) in Italy is being held in Venice . One of the most talented American artists of his generation, Ford is the protagonist of a major site-specific exhibition, for Venice, centered on a new body...
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Lombard bishops concerned about Caravaggio shrine: threatened by industrial expansion

The Regional Council for Ecclesiastical Cultural Heritage of the Lombardy Bishops' Conference, a body chaired by Monsignor Corrado Sanguineti, Bishop of Pavia, expresses its concern for the Shrine of Caravaggio, and in particular for the environmenta...
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Iceland Pavilion at the Biennale presents an ironic exhibition on our material culture

The Icelandic Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia opens to the public this week, presenting That's a Very Large Number - A Commerzbau by Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir. The exhibition, curated by American curat...
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Siena Synagogue and church of San Pietro in Gessate among Europe's 7 most endangered sites

As it does every year, Europa Nostra, the European association dedicated to the protection of the continent's cultural and natural heritage, along with the European Investment Bank Institute (EIB), has announced the list of Europe's seven most endang...
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Milan, at the Diocesan Museum a major exhibition on Robert Capa with more than 300 photographs

From May 14 to October 13, 2024, the Museo Diocesano in Milan presents Robert Capa. The Work 1932-1954, a retrospective curated by Gabriel Bauret, promoted by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo and produced by Silvana Editoriale, realiz...
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Venice Biennale, at Nigeria pavilion a project on the country's imagery

For the 60th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, the Nigeria Pavilion presents the Nigeria Imaginary project, commissioned by Godwin Obaseki, Governor of Edo State, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture and Creat...
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Illycaffè launches the new Illy Art Collection signed by 4 emerging Latin American artists.

illycaffè, global coffee company presents the new illy Art Collection dedicated to the 60th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, which bears the same name as the event "Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Everywhere". A more than 20...
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Trieste, Empress Charlotte of Mexico's scepter on display at Miramare Castle

Acquired in Monte Carlo in the summer of last year as part of an auction in the Principality of Monaco by the CRTrieste Foundation, the scepter that once belonged toEmpress Charlotte of Mexico is on public display in an exhibition that started April ...
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Rome, Vincent Peters' timeless visions on display at Palazzo Bonaparte

From May 16 to Aug. 25, 2024, the photographic exhibition "Timeless Time" by photographer Vincent Peters, curated by Maria Vittoria Baravelli, arrives at the Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome.The exhibition presents a selection of black-and-white works in wh...
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Exhibition on the mansions and objects of Count Hannibal Chieppio opens in Mantua

On view from April 20 to November 3, 2024 at the halls of the Palazzo d'Arco in Mantua is the exhibition Annibale Chieppio (1563-1623). "Rare and Precious Things" between Mantua and the Gonzaga. The exhibition promoted by the d'Arco Foundation and cu...
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Tommaso Calabro opens his Venice office with the first monographic exhibition in Italy on Harold Stevenson

On Tuesday, April 16, 2024, Tommaso Calabro inaugurated the new gallery venue in Venice on the piano nobile of Palazzo Donà Brusa in Campo San Polo, whose origins date back to the early 14th century, celebrating the connection between Harold S...
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Peru's pavilion for the Biennale is dedicated to thinking about the environment

The 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale Arte di Venezia runs from April 20 to November 24, 2024, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, entitled Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Every where. In the Peru Pavilion at the Arsenale Hall of Arms, the proje...
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April 17-23 auctions: paintings, furniture and clocks

What are the best auctions from April 17-23? The answer is in the new installment of our dedicated column. On April 23 Pandolfini opens the International Fine Art auction selling items such as sculptures, tapestries and furniture. Wannenes opens th...
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Triennale Milano, Philippe Starck pays tribute to Alessandro Mendini with an installation

Triennale Milan and Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in France present a double tribute to Alessandro Mendini (Milan, 1931 - 2019), an architect, designer, artist and theorist who marked the revolutions in thought and costume of the 20th cen...
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Copenhagen, fire devastates 17th-century stock exchange, symbol of the city

A devastating fire that broke out in the early hours of yesterday morning (the first alarm was raised at 7:36 a.m.) severely damaged the 17th-century Copenhagen Stock Exchange building, causing the collapse of the dragon spire, the symbol of Bø...
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Venice Biennale, at the Mexico pavilion an installation by Erick Meyenberg

The Mexican Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia scheduled from April 20 to Nov. 24, 2024 presents "Nos marchábamos, regresábamos siempre," "We left, we always came back," a video installation by mu...
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