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Ulysses lands in Japan: tonight Alberto Angela tells about the country of samurai

Ulysses, the Pleasure of Discovery dedicates a new episode to Japan. The Rai Cultura program hosted by Alberto Angela will air this evening, May 11, in prime time on Rai 1 with a journey through the history, traditions, modernity and collective imagi...
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Paolo Scheggi at MA*GA in Gallarate, an exhibition on the artist's environments.

From May 24 to October 11, 2026, the MA*GA Museum in Gallarate (Varese) presents Here and Elsewhere. The Environments of Paolo Scheggi 1964 - 1971, an exhibition dedicated to Paolo Scheggi, a central figure in the experimental artistic research of th...
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A meditative space in the making at the Canada Pavilion: starring a particular variety of water lily

On the occasion of the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, the National Gallery of Canada, as the official commissioner of the Canada Pavilion, involved the Botanical Garden of Padua in the realization of the exhibition project ...
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Shakeup at the Roman College: according to rumors, Minister Giuli fires his staff

Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli has reportedly decided to revoke the appointments of Emanuele Merlino, head of the Culture Ministry's technical secretariat, and Elena Proietti, head of the minister's personal secretariat. According to a report by C...
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MUSE of Trento participates in the Venice Biennale with Ronald Ventura's collateral dedicated to the Moon

MUSE - Museo delle Scienze di Trento is participating in the 61st International Art Exhibition in Venice as the co-organizing institution of Ronald Ventura: Luna, an official collateral event of the Biennale that interweaves contemporary art, scient...
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Uffizi, acquitted activists who attached flood images to glass of Botticelli's Venus

The case against three Ultima Generazione activists who, on Feb. 13, 2024, had entered the Uffizi and attached images of theCampi Bisenzio flooding that had occurred the previous fall to the protective glass of Botticelli's Venus, using scotch tape, ...
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Biennale, rules announced for Visitor's Lion. But dozens of artists withdraw

With the opening of the Venice Biennale 2026 to the public, voting for the Visitor Lions of the 61st International Art Exhibition, which will replace the traditional Golden Lions due to the resignation of the jury before the opening, also officially ...
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Bvlgari debuts at the Biennale with Lotus L. Kang, Lara Favaretto and Monia Ben Hamouda

Bvlgari inaugurates its role asexclusive partner of the Biennale Arte 2026 with a double initiative aimed at strengthening the Roman fashion house's link with the world of contemporary art and international cultural production. The debut of the colla...
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Mantua and Cremona have been without a superintendent for over a year. The appeal to Minister Giuli

A public appeal to the Minister of Culture, Alessandro Giuli, for the urgent appointment of a new superintendent of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the provinces of Cremona, Lodi and Mantua, a role that has been vacant since April 1, 2025 an...
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The Thebaid attributed to Fra Angelico found after 50 years: will go to auction in Florence

A work that disappeared from circulation for more than half a century, but was never forgotten by art history, suddenly returns to the center of international attention. In fact, the Thebaid attributed to Beato Angelico (Fra' Giovanni da Fiesole, bor...
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Venice rediscovers its Banksy: restored The Migrant Child

In Venice, Banca Ifis has completed the rescue and restoration of The Migrant Child, the work created by Banksy on the facade of Palazzo San Pantalon in Venice in May 2019. The intervention, launched in 2023 after a joint appeal launched by the Minis...
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South Korean video art on display at MASI in Lugano with "K-NOW! Korean Video Art Today"

The Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana in Lugano opens the 2026 exhibition season with K-NOW! Korean Video Art Today, a project dedicated to the contemporary scene in South Korea through the language of video art. The exhibition, on view from March...
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Venice Biennale, some pavilions (but not only) strike against Israel

There is no peace for this Biennale. Pre-opening day seems to be taking place in a climate marked by mobilizations and heated institutional and labor confrontation. A procession and a workers' strike, both linked to protests against Israel's pavilion...
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Mario Ceroli on display in Florence: forty works at Tornabuoni Arte

An exhibition in Florence traces more than 40 years of Mario Ceroli's research. The Tornabuoni Arte gallery is hosting, at its headquarters on Lungarno Benvenuto Cellini 3, the exhibition Mario Ceroli. Myth and Matter, which can be visited until May ...
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Marcel Duchamp and Sturtevant: a conceptual dialogue at Milan's Thaddaeus Ropac

Thaddaeus Ropac Milan opened on March 17, 2026 the exhibition Marcel Duchamp & Sturtevant. Dialogues are mostly fried snowballs, a direct confrontation between two central figures of the 20th century, distant in age but united by a critical appro...
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An exhibition in Salo traces the history of the Magnifica Patria under Venice

In 1426 the political community of the Brescian Riviera of Lake Garda entered the orbit of the Republic of Venice, inaugurating a phase destined to last until 1797, the year of the fall of the Serenissima. Six hundred years after that entry into Vene...
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Siena, an exhibition in the Palazzo delle Papesse recounts the interiors of the Sienese Renaissance

It will be presented on May 21, 2026 at 12 noon in Siena, in the halls of Palazzo delle Papesse, the exhibition Abitare il Rinascimento. Domestic Furniture in Siena from the 15th Century to the Age of Mannerism, scheduled from May 22 to November 1, 2...
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Ugo Mulas and Jasper Johns: photography and analysis as the birth of a language

There is a precise moment in the history of twentieth-century visual culture when photographic documentation ceases to be mere supportive reporting and turns into pure interpretation, itself becoming a critical act of the highest profile. This bounda...
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Images of the Austria Pavilion, the most talked about Pavilion at the 2026 Biennale

Queues of at least two hours to get in, signs warning that the work might offend public sensibilities, endless chatter, invitations not to take photos systematically disregarded by the public, and even a few tense moments caused by those who failed t...
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Mario Giacomelli, photography that exceeds the visible at the Saint-Bénin Center in Aosta

Until Sept. 13, 2026, the Saint-Bénin Center in Aosta is hostingBeyond the Visible, an exhibition dedicated to Mario Giacomelli (Senigallia, 1925 - 2000), one of the protagonists of 20th-century Italian photography. The exhibition, promoted by...
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Venice, the island of San Giacomo becomes the new home of the Sandretto Foundation

Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo is opening a new venue in Venice. As of May 7, 2026, theisland of San Giacomo, in the Northern Lagoon, will officially become part of the institution's network founded in 1995 by Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, jo...
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WAVES, in Venice the first exhibition produced by Sanlorenzo Arts

From May 6 to June 28, 2026, Casa Sanlorenzo in Venice is hosting WAVES, the first exhibition produced by Sanlorenzo Arts, a cultural project developed by the yachting maison as an extension of its activities in the field of contemporary art. The ini...
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At the Reggia di Venaria, 31 costumes tell the story of queens on stage

Until September 6, 2026, the Reggia di Venaria hosts Queens on Stage. The Art of Italian Costume between Cinema and Theater, an exhibition that investigates the role of costume in the construction of the imagery of royalty through different languages...
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Pietrasanta, Luca Pancrazzi investigates the relationship between city and nature in "Urbs ex arboribus"

Through May 31, 2026 MARCOROSSI artecontemporanea presents Urbs ex arboribus, Luca Pancrazzi 's first solo exhibition in the gallery spaces in Pietrasanta. The project brings together a nucleus of recent works that document some of the main direction...
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Prato, on display at Pecci the "Routes" of breaking art and the shots of Verita Monselles

The Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Art in Prato has scheduled a double exhibition for 2026 that is divided between the enhancement of an important donation and a critical reinterpretation of the work of a central figure in Italian photography of...
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