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Happiness, the new communication campaign of the Ministry of Culture, starts with Achille Lauro

Happiness, the new communication campaign of the Ministry of Culture, starts with Achille Lauro

The Ministry of Culture is launching Happiness, a new communication campaign dedicated to the National Museum System and theMusei Italiani app, a digital platform developed by the Directorate General for Museums as part of the PNRR Accessibility that...
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Sanlorenzo celebrates 10 years of cultural engagement: the 2026 program

Sanlorenzo celebrates 10 years of cultural engagement: the 2026 program

In 2026 Sanlorenzo celebrates ten years of cultural engagement with an annual program that brings together art, design, craftsmanship, innovation and sustainability. The company is presenting its most articulate calendar yet, built around the first f...
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Chiharu Shiota at MAO Turin, impressive numbers: 100,000 visitors in 107 days

Chiharu Shiota at MAO Turin, impressive numbers: 100,000 visitors in 107 days

Turin's Museum of Oriental Art (MAO) reached an unprecedented milestone withChiharu Shiota 's The Soul Trembles exhibition(our review here), which opened on Oct. 22. In just 107 days, theexhibition recorded 100,000 visitors, a figure that is unpreced...
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Mercanteinfiera returns to the Parma Fairs. A journey through the 20th century among writing, sports, San Remo and Happy Days

Mercanteinfiera returns to the Parma Fairs. A journey through the 20th century among writing, sports, San Remo and Happy Days

From March 7 to 15, 2026, Mercanteinfiera returns to Fiere di Parma, the international exhibition of modern antiques, antiques and collectibles. In this Spring edition, the event invites the public to immerse themselves in the 20th century, among sym...
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Venice Biennale 2026, here are the invited artists: no Italians on the list

Venice Biennale 2026, here are the invited artists: no Italians on the list

The 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, titled In Minor Keys, which will open to the public on Saturday, May 9, and remain open to the public until Sunday, Nov. 22, 2026, was presented this morning, spreading across the Giardini...
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Christophe Leribault: this is who is the new director of the Louvre

Christophe Leribault: this is who is the new director of the Louvre

The direction of the Louvre Museum, following the resignation of former director Laurence des Cars, will be entrusted to Christophe Leribault, former president of the Palace of Versailles and at the helm of the Musée d'Orsay until 2024. A gen...
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Louvre director Laurence des Cars resigns

Louvre director Laurence des Cars resigns

The president and director of the Louvre Museum, Laurence des Cars, has submitted her resignation to the President of the Republic, effective immediately. "Among difficulties and successes, directing the Louvre has been the honor of my professional ...
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Italian Council 2026, call for proposals kicks off: 2.7 million for contemporary art

Italian Council 2026, call for proposals kicks off: 2.7 million for contemporary art

With a total budget of 2.7 million euros, the Ministry of Culture 's General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity launched on Feb. 13, 2026 the 15th edition of Italian Council, the public program dedicated to the support and international promotio...
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Adamello, the last days of the glacier in the photographs of Michele Gusmeri

Adamello, the last days of the glacier in the photographs of Michele Gusmeri

From Feb. 21 to April 12, 2026, MuSa Museo di Salò (Brescia) is hosting The Last Days. The Adamello Glacier in the photographs of Michele Gusmeri, an exhibition project promoted by the Italian Alpine Club, Brescia section, and dedicated to the...
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Farewell to Giancarlo Politi, founder of Flash Art and leading figure in contemporary art

Farewell to Giancarlo Politi, founder of Flash Art and leading figure in contemporary art

Giancarlo Politi (1937-2026), publisher, poet and art critic, founder of Flash Art, among the most influential contemporary art magazines internationally, has died. Born in Trevi in 1937, Politi traversed more than half a century of art history as a ...
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Gela, Greek shipwreck museum opens: 1998 wreck on display

Gela, Greek shipwreck museum opens: 1998 wreck on display

The Greek Shipwreck Museum was inaugurated today in Gela, in the state-owned area of Bosco Littorio, a new facility designed to house and tell the story of one of the most important finds inSicilian underwater archaeology: a Greek-era cargo ship disc...
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Cardini at the Uffizi: twelve lectures on Florence between East and West

Cardini at the Uffizi: twelve lectures on Florence between East and West

The Uffizi Galleries is inaugurating the third edition of Cattedra Uffizi with a lecture series entrusted to medievalist historian Franco Cardini. The course, titled Florence, Tuscany, the Orient, will be held from Feb. 27 to May 29, 2026 in the Magl...
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Marco Musmeci is the new director of Anghiari's Palazzo Taglieschi

Marco Musmeci is the new director of Anghiari's Palazzo Taglieschi

The new director of Palazzo Taglieschi in Anghiari (Arezzo) has taken office in recent days: he is Professor Marco Musmeci, coming from the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio for the provinces of Ravenna, Forlì-Cesena and Rimin...
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Schwitters, returning to Switzerland: first major exhibition in 20 years at Zentrum Paul Klee

Schwitters, returning to Switzerland: first major exhibition in 20 years at Zentrum Paul Klee

From March 20 to June 21, 2026, the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern, Switzerland, presents Schwitters : On the Fringes of the Avant-Garde, the first major museum exhibition in Switzerland devoted to Kurt Schwitters in more than two decades. The exhibition,...
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Bertolucci and the Twentieth Century: exhibition in Parma for the 50th anniversary of the film

Bertolucci and the Twentieth Century: exhibition in Parma for the 50th anniversary of the film

From March 27 to July 26, 2026, the Palazzo del Governatore in Parma will host the exhibition Bernardo Bertolucci. The Twentieth Century, an exhibition project marking the 50th anniversary of Novecento, the film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and pr...
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The Room of Wonders, the new textbook to bring art to the center of the school

The Room of Wonders, the new textbook to bring art to the center of the school

It is entitled The Room of Wonders and aspires to transform the hour of art history and image into a journey of discovery capable of combining disciplinary rigor, emotional participation and practical experimentation. The new course for secondary sch...
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Florence, Keil Space serves as a cultural bridge between Italy and Bahrain

Florence, Keil Space serves as a cultural bridge between Italy and Bahrain

An interesting cultural diplomacy initiative was sealed in Florence : Sheikha Hala Mohamed Al Khalifa, director of the Culture and Arts Directorate of the Bahrain Culture and Antiquities Authority, was appointed "Global Ambassador" of Keil Space for ...
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South Africa forgoes 2026 biennial after clash over Gaza

South Africa forgoes 2026 biennial after clash over Gaza

South Africa will not participate in the 61st Venice Art Biennale in 2026. The national pavilion will remain empty, breaking an uninterrupted presence that lasted since 2011. The decision, confirmed by South Africa's Ministry of Culture to The Art Ne...
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London, Victoria & Albert Museum acquires and exhibits the first YouTube video in history

London, Victoria & Albert Museum acquires and exhibits the first YouTube video in history

A YouTube video officially enters the museum. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, one of the world's leading cultural institutions for art and design, has announced the acquisition of an item destined to mark a turning point in the way museums ...
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Rome, concessionary tickets between Colosseum and National Roman Museum

Rome, concessionary tickets between Colosseum and National Roman Museum

A system of cross-ticket concessions to strengthen Rome 's museum network and encourage more integrated access to the capital's archaeological heritage. This is the first concrete result of thetwo-year enhancement agreement signed between the Colosse...
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A letter copial by Giuseppe Ricci Oddi enriches the Modern Art Gallery of Piacenza

A letter copial by Giuseppe Ricci Oddi enriches the Modern Art Gallery of Piacenza

The Ricci Oddi Gallery of Modern Art announces the acquisition of a Giuseppe Ricci Oddi letter copial containing 172 letters dated from August 1929 to February 1931. The register, which collects copies of the collector's correspondence, was spotted o...
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Jobs in the art world: this week's opportunities

Jobs in the art world: this week's opportunities

The latest news from the world of art and culture, with a selection of vacancies, open positions and professional calls and opportunities published between February 17 and 23, 2026. In Turin, Fondazione Torino Musei has launched an expression of int...
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Archaeologists, more women and more self-employment: the profession is changing but standards lag behind

Archaeologists, more women and more self-employment: the profession is changing but standards lag behind

No longer just scholars of the past, but figures integrated into processes of land transformation and planning works. The profile of the Italian archaeologist has changed considerably in recent years, both in terms of demographic composition and plac...
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Spinello Aretino's restored triptych returns to the Academy of Florence

Spinello Aretino's restored triptych returns to the Academy of Florence

From Feb. 24 to May 11, 2026, the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence will host a temporary exhibition dedicated to Spinello Aretino's triptych depicting the Madonna and Child Enthroned and Four Angels among Saints Paulinus Bishop, John the Baptist, ...
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Vasari and Rome: the works of the Renaissance master on display in the Capitoline Museums

Vasari and Rome: the works of the Renaissance master on display in the Capitoline Museums

Rome hosts a new exhibition dedicated to Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, 1511 - Florence, 1574), concluding the celebrations for the 450th anniversary of his death. Vasari and Rome, set up in the Capitoline Museums at Palazzo Caffarelli from March 20 to July...
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