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Russia at the Biennale, MiC distances itself: government expresses contrary orientation

Russia at the Biennale, MiC distances itself: government expresses contrary orientation

The Ministry of Culture intervenes on the issue of Russia's participation in the next edition of the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale: the department headed by Alessandro Giuli in particular has distanced itself from the Bien...
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Protocol Art lands in Venice and transforms Palazzo Diedo

Protocol Art lands in Venice and transforms Palazzo Diedo

Palazzo Diedo in Venice is preparing to host Strange Rules, a new interdisciplinary project promoted by Berggruen Arts & Culture and conceived by Mat Dryhurst, Holly Herndon and Hans Ulrich Obrist. It is scheduled to open on May 4, 2026, in conju...
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TPC Carabinieri recover a 14th-century wooden Madonna stolen in 1977 from Monselice Castle

TPC Carabinieri recover a 14th-century wooden Madonna stolen in 1977 from Monselice Castle

A wooden statue depicting a Madonna and Child, dating back to the 14th century and stolen in 1977 from the Castle of Monselice (Padua), has been recovered by Carabinieri of the Venice Cultural Heritage Protection Unit at the end of an investigation c...
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From Vienna to Rome: over fifty masterpieces from the Kunsthistorisches Museum for the first time in Italy

From Vienna to Rome: over fifty masterpieces from the Kunsthistorisches Museum for the first time in Italy

From March 6 to July 5, 2026, the Museo del Corso-Museum Pole in Rome, at the Palazzo Cipolla, welcomes for the first time in Italy more than fifty masterpieces from the collections of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, to tell the story of a co...
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The Sodom protagonist in Turin: at the Accorsi Ometto Foundation the exhibition on the Renaissance master

The Sodom protagonist in Turin: at the Accorsi Ometto Foundation the exhibition on the Renaissance master

He linked much of his career to Siena, but by birth he was a native Piedmontese, so much so that, it would seem, his nickname may have been a contraction of the popular intercalary "su, 'nduma!" We are talking about Giovanni Antonio Bazzi known as So...
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In Cortina, the cable car becomes art: Fulvio Morella's project for the 2026 Paralympics

In Cortina, the cable car becomes art: Fulvio Morella's project for the 2026 Paralympics

In the heart of the Dolomites, among the crags that dominate the Cortina landscape, a cable car ride becomes an artistic experience and cultural reflection. On the occasion of the Paralympics 2026, artist Fulvio Morella 's project I limiti non esisto...
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Genoa, six apostles from a precious Procaccini cycle reunited after 350 years

Genoa, six apostles from a precious Procaccini cycle reunited after 350 years

Six canvases reunited after more than 350 years: it happens in Genoa, where from March 7 to July 19, 2026, the Strada Nuova Museums presents the exhibition Giulio Cesare Procaccini. The Apostles Reunited, set up in the rooms of Palazzo Rosso. The exh...
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Ministry of Culture buys former Cinema Astra in Verona: under the historic cinema a "little Roman Pompeii"

Ministry of Culture buys former Cinema Astra in Verona: under the historic cinema a "little Roman Pompeii"

The Ministry of Culture is purchasing the former Cinema Astra in Verona, marking a decisive step in the recovery and enhancement of one of the city's most significant cultural spaces. Yesterday afternoon, Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli, accompanie...
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Starting March 15, combined tickets and unified hours for the Florence Academy Gallery and Bargello Museums institute

Starting March 15, combined tickets and unified hours for the Florence Academy Gallery and Bargello Museums institute

As of March 15, 2026, the state system Florence Academy Gallery and Bargello Museums introduces major changes with the aim of making museum offerings more integrated and easily accessible to the public. The main changes concern theintroduction of cum...
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Etruscans and Veneti: an exhibition in Venice on the fundamental role of water in the sacred and society

Etruscans and Veneti: an exhibition in Venice on the fundamental role of water in the sacred and society

From March 6, 2026, theDoge's Apartment in the Doge's Palace in Venice will host the exhibition Etruschi e Veneti. Waters, Cults and Sanctuaries, an exhibition project with a broad scientific and popular scope in order to investigate the fundamental ...
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From March 10, 2026, the Musée d'Orsay gets a makeover, with a two-and-a-half-year restoration project

From March 10, 2026, the Musée d'Orsay gets a makeover, with a two-and-a-half-year restoration project

Forty years after its inauguration, the Musée d'Orsay is embarking on a major renovation aimed at improving public access, increasing the energy efficiency of its exterior facilities, and upgrading the building complex. The project, directed b...
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Regina Cassolo at the Vigevano Archaeological Museum: a permanent exhibition until 2029

Regina Cassolo at the Vigevano Archaeological Museum: a permanent exhibition until 2029

From March 1, 2026, the National Archaeological Museum of Lomellina in Vigevano (Pavia) will open to the public the exhibition Regina. Sperimentatrice geniale, a wide-ranging exhibition dedicated to Regina Cassolo (Mede Lomellina, 1894 - Milan, 1974)...
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No new work by Michelangelo has been discovered in Rome

No new work by Michelangelo has been discovered in Rome

In recent hours the attention of many media has focused on a bust preserved in the basilica of Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura in Rome, the subject of a proposed attribution to Michelangelo. The hypothesis, put forward by Valentina Salerno, who introduces ...
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True provenance of mosaic with erotic scene delivered in 2025 to Pompeii discovered

True provenance of mosaic with erotic scene delivered in 2025 to Pompeii discovered

The mosaic with an erotic scene that had been returned in July 2025 to the Pompeii Archaeological Park did not actually come from the Vesuvian area, but from a Roman villa in the Marche region. The provenance was confirmed by subsequent studies condu...
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Auctions of the week: ancient paintings, Modern art and the Orient

Auctions of the week: ancient paintings, Modern art and the Orient

The art and collectibles market is gearing up for a busy week with a packed calendar. The Italian scene opens on March 5 with a particularly dense day. Farsetti Arte continues (until March 12) its time-based auction Argenti, while Maison Bibelot cont...
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Federculture contract renewed: raises and new grading levels

Federculture contract renewed: raises and new grading levels

Apreliminary agreement was signed in Rome for the renewal of Federculture's National Collective Labor Agreement, which covers the staff of companies and institutions operating in the cultural sector. The agreement was signed yesterday, March 4, at th...
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Raphael, extraordinary discovery: drawing of the Banner of the Trinity resurfaces from restoration

Raphael, extraordinary discovery: drawing of the Banner of the Trinity resurfaces from restoration

The restoration of the Stendardo della Santissima Trinità by Raphael Sanzio (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520), kept at the Pinacoteca Comunale di Città di Castello, has restored new legibility to the work and led to the unexpected discovery ...
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Parma, six sculptures from the Farnese Theater at the Pilotta restored.

Parma, six sculptures from the Farnese Theater at the Pilotta restored.

The outcomes of the restoration and enhancement intervention involving six figurative stucco sculptures, originally part of the decorative apparatus of the Teatro Farnese, considered one of the masterpieces of the European Baroque, were presented to...
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Venice Biennale 2026, Russia returns: here's who's behind the regime pavilion

Venice Biennale 2026, Russia returns: here's who's behind the regime pavilion

The news of Russia 's participation in the Venice Biennale 2026, which was officially confirmed this morning when the Biennale organization released the list of national participations, is already arousing, for now on social media, outrage among Ukra...
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Cecilia Vicuña at Rivoli Castle: a hanging quipu for the missing glacier

Cecilia Vicuña at Rivoli Castle: a hanging quipu for the missing glacier

From April 29 to September 20, 2026, the Manica Lunga of the Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea will host Cecilia Vicuña - El glaciar ido (The vanished glacier / The vanished glacier), the artist's first solo exhibition in an Italia...
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Russia officially participates in Venice Biennale 2026 after two editions of absence

Russia officially participates in Venice Biennale 2026 after two editions of absence

After two consecutive editions marked by absence, Russia will reopen its national pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale. Confirmation came this morning from the Biennale organization itself, which included Russia among the official national participat...
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Five new gardens join the Great Italian Gardens network

Five new gardens join the Great Italian Gardens network

Five new gardens join the Grandi Giardini Italiani network, further expanding the network of places dedicated to the enhancement of landscape, botany and art. They are Ca' del Bosco, in Erbusco, in the heart of Franciacorta, a wine property where vi...
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Milan, renovated Ancient Egypt Gallery reopens at Sforza Castle

Milan, renovated Ancient Egypt Gallery reopens at Sforza Castle

On March 5, the renovated Ancient Egypt Gallery reopens to the public at the Castello Sforzesco: a particularly long-awaited return that gives back to the city of Milan one of the most striking collections of the civic heritage. The new layout, expan...
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An important early work by Gerrit van Honthorst purchased by the Centraal Museum in Utrecht

An important early work by Gerrit van Honthorst purchased by the Centraal Museum in Utrecht

An exceptional preview turns the spotlight on one of the leading figures of the Dutch seventeenth century. On the occasion of TEFAF Maastricht, the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, Netherlands, is presenting theEcstasy of Mary Magdalene-a rare early work ...
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Vermeer for the first time in Turin: the Woman in Blue at Palazzo Madama

Vermeer for the first time in Turin: the Woman in Blue at Palazzo Madama

From March 5 to June 29, 2026, Palazzo Madama in Turin is hosting in the Atelier Room one of the best-known works by Johannes Vermeer (Delft, 1632 - 1675), Woman in Blue on loan from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. This is the first time that Turin has...
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