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The Lenci Collection reopens at the Royal Museums of Turin with a new multimedia exhibition

The Lenci Collection reopens at the Royal Museums of Turin with a new multimedia exhibition

Starting Saturday, September 12, 2026, the Lenci Collection at the Royal Museums of Turin will reopen to the public on the third floor of the Sabauda Gallery with a revamped exhibition layout and new resources for further exploration. The opening coi...
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Weddings and Events at the State Archives of Naples: Former Director Asked to Explain

Weddings and Events at the State Archives of Naples: Former Director Asked to Explain

The investigations conducted by the Carabinieri’s Cultural Heritage Protection Unit, the Ministry of Culture, and the Campania Regional Prosecutor’s Office of the Court of Auditors into the managementof the State Archives of Naples have concluded. Th...
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Giacometti and Italy: Over 100 Works at Palazzo Reale Illustrate His Connection to the Peninsula

Giacometti and Italy: Over 100 Works at Palazzo Reale Illustrate His Connection to the Peninsula

More than thirty years after the last major exhibition dedicated to Alberto Giacometti in Milan, Palazzo Reale once again hosts the Swiss sculptor’s work with the exhibition “Alberto Giacometti and Italy,” scheduled from February 25 to June 20,...
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Luca Bertolo reflects on the origins of art with “L’inizio ci assale” in Venice

Luca Bertolo reflects on the origins of art with “L’inizio ci assale” in Venice

From November 5, 2026, to February 14, 2027, the Palazzetto Marcello in Venice will host*L’inizio ci assale*, the first exhibition held in the building on Calle del Dose, in the Castello district. The featured artist is Luca Bertolo (Milan, 196...
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Giotto Shines Once Again at Santa Croce: The "Stories of St. Francis" in the Bardi Chapel Have Been Restored

Giotto Shines Once Again at Santa Croce: The "Stories of St. Francis" in the Bardi Chapel Have Been Restored

After four years of work, Giotto’s *Stories of St. Francis* in the Bardi Chapel of the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence are once again fully visible. The extensive restoration has made it possible to restore the paintings’ expressive p...
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Daphne, Narcissus, and Orpheus Come to Life: Ovid’s *Metamorphoses* on Stage in the Garden of the Borghese Gallery

Daphne, Narcissus, and Orpheus Come to Life: Ovid’s *Metamorphoses* on Stage in the Garden of the Borghese Gallery

The Borghese Gallery’s garden transforms into an open-air stage to bring Ovid to life through theater, dance, music, and images. On Monday, September 28, Tuesday, September 29, and Wednesday, September 30, 2026, the exhibition *Metamorphoses. O...
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RADICI: Over 100 Artists at Frinco Castle (Asti) for Bruno Fantelli’s Genealogy Exhibition

RADICI: Over 100 Artists at Frinco Castle (Asti) for Bruno Fantelli’s Genealogy Exhibition

From September 19 to October 19, 2026, Frinco Castle, in the Monferrato region of Asti (Asti), will host *RADICI. Genealogy of a Monster*, an exhibition conceived and curated by Trentino-based artist Bruno Fantelli. The project brings together over o...
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Medici Chapels: The Bronzes of Ferdinand I and Cosimo II Have Been Restored

Medici Chapels: The Bronzes of Ferdinand I and Cosimo II Have Been Restored

At the Museum of the Medici Chapels in Florence, conservation and extraordinary maintenance work on the monumental bronze statues of Ferdinando I and Cosimo II de’ Medici, located in the Chapel of the Princes, has been completed. The museum is ...
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A permanent pavilion designed by Gerhard Richter will be built in Qatar

A permanent pavilion designed by Gerhard Richter will be built in Qatar

, a new permanent space dedicated to Gerhard Richter (Dresden, 1932), will be built in Doha, Qatar—a pavilion conceived by the artist himself as a site-specific work that unites architecture and art. The Doha Pavilion, as it will be called, will be ...
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Finland's Largest Viking Silver Treasure in the Country's History Discovered

Finland's Largest Viking Silver Treasure in the Country's History Discovered

An important archaeological discovery has been made in Finland, where , near the village of Sysmä, what appears to be the largest hoard of silver coins from the Viking Age ever found in Finland has been unearthed. The last time a hoard of this ...
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Fragility as a Strength: The CONNEXXION Festival Returns to Savona

Fragility as a Strength: The CONNEXXION Festival Returns to Savona

From September 18 to 26, 2026, CONNEXXION—the Widespread Festival of Contemporary Art—returns to Savona for its fourth edition, curated by Livia Savorelli. This year’s theme is “Elegy of Fragility,” a project that, through participatory art, pe...
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How much is a 1996 Charizard worth? A Pokémon card in Milan is worth about one million euros

How much is a 1996 Charizard worth? A Pokémon card in Milan is worth about one million euros

Collecting Pokémon cards has returned to the spotlight in recent years, with values that can reach high figures. This is the context for an initiative organized by Collecto, an Italian startup that fractionalizes collectibles ranging from art ...
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Peru: A pre-Inca burial complex that had been sealed for 600 years was discovered in Chan Chan

Peru: A pre-Inca burial complex that had been sealed for 600 years was discovered in Chan Chan

In Chan Chan, Peru, archaeologists have uncovered afunerary complex belonging to the Chimú elite thathad beensealed off for over 600 years. The discovery, announced by Peru’s Ministry of Culture, took place within the walled complex of U...
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Rome, Frank Horvat at the Baths of Caracalla: Fashion, Portraits, Landscapes

Rome, Frank Horvat at the Baths of Caracalla: Fashion, Portraits, Landscapes

At the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, an exhibition traces the work of Frank Horvat (1928–2020) through 72 photographs organized into three sections. The exhibition, titled “Frank Horvat,” will run from September 11, 2026, to January 10, 2027, and is ho...
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Maurizio Cattelan created a work of art using the ashes of a deceased friend

Maurizio Cattelan created a work of art using the ashes of a deceased friend

Maurizio Cattelan has created a work that holds the ashes of a deceased friend. The piece is titled *Dust*, one of the new works presented as part of *NIGHT*, the exhibition that the Padua-born artist opened today at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berli...
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Rome: At Villa Giulia, Mouna Rebeiz’s tarot cards engage with Etruscan divination

Rome: At Villa Giulia, Mouna Rebeiz’s tarot cards engage with Etruscan divination

From September 16 to November 29, 2026, the National Etruscan Museum at Villa Giulia in Rome will host *The Seer*, an installation by Lebanese-born artist Mouna Rebeiz, curated by art critic Roberta Semeraro. The exhibition is organized by the museum...
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Isabella d’Este: Her Correspondence Is Becoming Increasingly Digital—Agreement Between Italy and the United States

Isabella d’Este: Her Correspondence Is Becoming Increasingly Digital—Agreement Between Italy and the United States

The General Directorate of Archives of the Ministry of Culture, the University of California, Irvine, and the CINECA Interuniversity Consortium have signed an agreement to support and develop IDEA – Isabella d’Este Archive, with the goal ...
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Sant’Elpidio a Mare: A 6th-century B.C. Picene Tomb Discovered

Sant’Elpidio a Mare: A 6th-century B.C. Picene Tomb Discovered

New evidence of the Picene culture has come to light in Sant’Elpidio a Mare, in the province of Fermo. During a site inspection conducted on September 8, 2026, near the town cemetery, the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Landscape...
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Villa Adriana: An Inscription Discovered That Reveals a Site Consecrated After a Lightning Strike

Villa Adriana: An Inscription Discovered That Reveals a Site Consecrated After a Lightning Strike

New evidence of the ancient Roman rite associated with the consecration of sites struck by lightning has come to light at the Villa Adriana in Rome, in the area of the so-called Amphitheater. The discovery was made in an area between the Amphitheater...
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Cariplo Foundation: 3 million to make museums more accessible to everyone

Cariplo Foundation: 3 million to make museums more accessible to everyone

Making a museum accessible does not simply mean removing architectural barriers, but rather rethinking spaces, services, communication, and organization so that people with different needs can fully enjoy their visit. This is the goal of “Museums and...
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In Florence, Georg Baselitz’s Mannerist graphics engage in a dialogue with Dürer and Parmigianino

In Florence, Georg Baselitz’s Mannerist graphics engage in a dialogue with Dürer and Parmigianino

Florence once again explores the relationship between the Renaissance and Mannerism through the collection of a contemporary artist. From September 10, 2026, to January 5, 2027, Palazzo Medici Riccardi will host *Beyond the Renaissance*. Between D&uu...
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Maurizio Cattelan Transforms a Museum in Berlin into a Contemporary Church

Maurizio Cattelan Transforms a Museum in Berlin into a Contemporary Church

Maurizio Cattelan Sets Out to Conquer Germany: After winning the 2026 edition of the Preis der Nationalgalerie, the Padua-born artist is set to have an exhibition at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, which opens today: “NIGHT” is the first major s...
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The Pantheon becomes the venue for a fencing marathon: “A fil di spada” is coming on September 12

The Pantheon becomes the venue for a fencing marathon: “A fil di spada” is coming on September 12

In Rome, the Pantheon will serve as the backdrop for a fencing marathon: on Saturday, September 12, 2026, Piazza della Rotonda will host the 16th edition of “A Fil di Spada,” the world’s largest inclusive fencing marathon, which will take place...
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Lucien Smith, a former child prodigy of American art, dies at age 37

Lucien Smith, a former child prodigy of American art, dies at age 37

Lucien Smith, an American artist who was once considered one of the most talked-about figures in the contemporary art market and who in recent years had devoted himself primarily to supporting emerging artists, has passed away at the age of 37. The n...
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Russia Closes All Goethe-Institut Locations: It's Official

Russia Closes All Goethe-Institut Locations: It's Official

Germany will have to close all Goethe-Institut branches located within the Russian Federation: after Russia threatened this measure last week through statements by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during the Eastern Economic Forum held in Vladi...
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