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Venice Biennale, Minister Giuli will attend neither the pre-opening nor the opening ceremony

Venice Biennale, Minister Giuli will attend neither the pre-opening nor the opening ceremony

Minister Alessandro Giuli will not be present in Venice during the pre-opening days of the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, nor will he take part in the opening ceremony scheduled for May 9. The decision was officially annou...
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In Germany, at Kunsthaus Apolda, the fashion and nude photographs of Günter Rössler

In Germany, at Kunsthaus Apolda, the fashion and nude photographs of Günter Rössler

Through May 3, 2026, Kunsthaus Apolda, Germany, is hosting the exhibition Günter Rössler. Fashion and Nude Photography, curated by Kirsten Schlegel. Among the most significant figures in twentieth-century German photography, Günter R&o...
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In Venice, at the Berengo Foundation, Tony Cragg investigates the qualities of matter

In Venice, at the Berengo Foundation, Tony Cragg investigates the qualities of matter

The Berengo Foundation, in the spaces of Ca' Tron in Venice, will present from May 5 to November 22, 2026 the exhibition Ocean of Drops, where the protagonist will be Tony Cragg (Liverpool, 1949), among the main protagonists of contemporary sculpture...
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A large decorated cloth in a 17th-century church: in Cremona, the work of Castelli and Cherstich

A large decorated cloth in a 17th-century church: in Cremona, the work of Castelli and Cherstich

A kind of runway , of large canvas inside a seventeenth-century church. It happens in Cremona where, until June 2026, the church of San Carlo hosts Sospeso nel moto con addebito di vuoto, a project signed by Guglielmo Castelli and Fabio Cherstich tha...
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At MAXXI in Rome, the second chapter of the exhibition on Andrea Pazienza

At MAXXI in Rome, the second chapter of the exhibition on Andrea Pazienza

From April 24 to September 27, 2026, MAXXI in Rome hosts Andrea Pazienza. You Don't Always Die, an exhibition curated by Giulia Ferracci and Oscar Glioti that constitutes the second chapter of the exhibition project dedicated to the artist on the 70t...
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In Bologna, more than 300 works tell the story of Banksy's origins and the School of Bristol

In Bologna, more than 300 works tell the story of Banksy's origins and the School of Bristol

From March 27 to August 2, 2026, Palazzo Fava in Bologna hosts Banksy Archive 01 - The School of Bristol (1983-2005), an exhibition that systematically addresses the cultural, urban, and political context in which Banksy's visual language took shape....
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Vezzoli's Metaphysical Nike enters permanent exhibit at Santa Giulia Museum in Brescia

Vezzoli's Metaphysical Nike enters permanent exhibit at Santa Giulia Museum in Brescia

On Thursday, April 23, 2026, in the Viridarium of the Santa Giulia Museum in Brescia, Francesco Vezzoli's Nike Metafisica was installed, a work that becomes a permanent part of the contemporary sculpture park's itinerary. The intervention is part of ...
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Peggy Guggenheim in London: the birth of a collector on display in Venice

Peggy Guggenheim in London: the birth of a collector on display in Venice

From April 25 to October 19, 2026, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice presents the exhibition Peggy Guggenheim in London. Birth of a Collector, the largest exhibition ever mounted in a museum setting dedicated to theLondon experience of the ce...
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Up for auction is the De Oratore illustrated by Bartolomeo Sanvito, a masterpiece of Renaissance miniature painting

Up for auction is the De Oratore illustrated by Bartolomeo Sanvito, a masterpiece of Renaissance miniature painting

A masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance is returning to the international market. Indeed, in May, at Pandolfini 's Milan headquarters, an extraordinary copy of Marcus Tullius Cicero's De Oratore, illuminated and calligraphed by Bartolomeo Sanvito (P...
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Venice Biennale, jury excludes Russia and Israel from awards

Venice Biennale, jury excludes Russia and Israel from awards

The international jury of the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale has made it known that it will refrain from considering countries whose leaders are currently charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Co...
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Turkey, two-meter-high statue of Athena discovered in Laodicea's Western Theater

Turkey, two-meter-high statue of Athena discovered in Laodicea's Western Theater

In Turkey, at the archaeological site of Laodicea in the Denizli district, a new discovery in the Western Theater complex has brought attention back to the monumental and decorative phases of stage architecture in Roman Asia Minor. As part of the ong...
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Sougwen Chung in Milan: BODY MACHINE (MERIDIANS) on the ledwall of Palazzo Citterio

Sougwen Chung in Milan: BODY MACHINE (MERIDIANS) on the ledwall of Palazzo Citterio

From April 23 to July 14, 2026, the large ledwall on the ground floor of Milan's Palazzo Citterio will host BODY MACHINE (MERIDIANS), an installation by Sino-Canadian artist Sougwen Chung (1985). The work is being presented for the first time in Ital...
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A papyrus of the Iliad in a Roman mummy: here's what emerges from discovery in Egypt

A papyrus of the Iliad in a Roman mummy: here's what emerges from discovery in Egypt

A discovery destined to impact studies in papyrology and funerary archaeology comes from the site of al-Bahnasa, Egypt, identified with ancient Oxyrhynchus. The archaeological mission of theUniversity of Barcelona and theInstitute of the Ancient Near...
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Europa Nostra Awards 2026, here are the winners. There are five Italians

Europa Nostra Awards 2026, here are the winners. There are five Italians

Thirty are the winners of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2026, announced by the European Commission and Europa Nostra. The awards, co-funded by the Creative Europe program, represent the largest European award scheme dedicated to...
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Art historians, protest against the Ministry of Culture: garrison on April 28

Art historians, protest against the Ministry of Culture: garrison on April 28

Tension is growing around the Ministry of Culture 's decision to let the ranking list for the MiC 518 public competition for the profile of Art Historian Officer, due to expire on May 30, 2026, lapse. A decision that has prompted the reaction of CISD...
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Norway, works Munch painted for chocolate factory on display in Oslo

Norway, works Munch painted for chocolate factory on display in Oslo

An art project created for a factory now becomes the focus of an exhibition that interweaves art, social history and rights. In fact, the Munchmuseet in Oslo is hosting from May 21 to October 11, 2026 the exhibition Edvard Munch and the chocolate fac...
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Pandolfini presents Julie Hamisky's "Alchemical Garden" at Design Week 2026

Pandolfini presents Julie Hamisky's "Alchemical Garden" at Design Week 2026

On the occasion of Design Week 2026, the Milan office of Pandolfini Casa d'Aste is hosting the solo exhibition Giardino Alchemico by French artist Julie Hamisky, created in collaboration with Mitterrand gallery. The exhibition, scheduled from April 2...
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An all-female jury for the Venice Biennale 2026

An all-female jury for the Venice Biennale 2026

The jury of the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, scheduled from May 9 to Nov. 22, 2026 between the Giardini and the Arsenale in Venice, will be composed of only women. Chairing the panel will be Solange Oliveira Farkas, flank...
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Who is the new undersecretary for culture Giampiero Cannella

Who is the new undersecretary for culture Giampiero Cannella

Giampiero Cannella is the undersecretary at the Ministry of Culture who takes the place of Gianmarco Mazzi, who became minister of tourism. Canenlla was appointed April 22, 2026, by the Council of Ministers during a meeting at Palazzo Chigi that defi...
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At the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris, the first major retrospective in France dedicated to Giovanni Segantini

At the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris, the first major retrospective in France dedicated to Giovanni Segantini

From April 29 to August 16, 2026, the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris welcomes the exhibition Giovanni Segantini (1858-1899). I Want to See My Mountains, the first major retrospective in France dedicated to Giovanni Segantini, one of the most r...
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Bicentenary of the discovery of the Winged Victory of Brescia: a full calendar of events to celebrate the anniversary

Bicentenary of the discovery of the Winged Victory of Brescia: a full calendar of events to celebrate the anniversary

Brescia is preparing to celebrate the bicentenary of the discovery of the Winged Victory, a masterpiece of the Roman age for its compositional quality, material and state of preservation. It is one of the very rare Roman bronzes from excavations that...
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Denis Ton officially takes over as director of Parma's Complesso della Pilotta: "It will be a square of culture"

Denis Ton officially takes over as director of Parma's Complesso della Pilotta: "It will be a square of culture"

On Monday, April 20, 2026, the official handover at the helm of Parma's Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta took place: Denis Ton took over as director, succeeding Stefano L'Occaso, who served as acting director from January 2024. Appointed by the Mi...
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Egypt, colossal statue attributed to Ramses II discovered in eastern Nile Delta

Egypt, colossal statue attributed to Ramses II discovered in eastern Nile Delta

A monumental statue, most likely attributed to Pharaoh Ramses II, has been found at the Tellel-Faroun archaeological site in the eastern Nile Delta area. The discovery occurred as part of the activities of an Egyptian mission operating under the ausp...
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Rome, Forte Aurelia reopens, handed over by the Guardia di Finanza to the city: it will be a cultural hub

Rome, Forte Aurelia reopens, handed over by the Guardia di Finanza to the city: it will be a cultural hub

Forte Aurelia has been handed back to the city of Rome, at the end of a long recovery and restoration process. The official ceremony of reopening and handover of the Fort to the city by the Guardia di Finanza marked the conclusion of a 10-year projec...
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Venice, Tintoretto masterpieces restored and relocated to San Giorgio Maggiore

Venice, Tintoretto masterpieces restored and relocated to San Giorgio Maggiore

The restoration of two monumental works by Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti; Venice, 1518 - 1594), The Last Supper and The Jews in the Desert, two masterpieces from the late phase of the Venetian painter's career, now once again on view in the basilica of ...
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