Auctioned by Il Ponte Auction House is the rediscovered manuscript of Princess Ippolita Maria Sforza. On parchment, richly illuminated and still preserved in its original binding, the mid-15th-century codex contains the first decade of Titus Livy 'sA...
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OnMonday, March 2 at 9:30 p.m., Rai 1 will air (and will also be available on RaiPlay) the special of Ulysses - The Pleasure of Discovery that will take viewers inside one of the world's most famous and fascinating royal residences: the majestic Pala...
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After careful and complex restoration work, the Door of the Martyrs and the Door of the Apostles made by Donatello between about 1440 and 1442 have been relocated to the Old Sacristy of the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence. The two restored bronze...
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In recent years, the Piedmont cultural scene has seen the phenomenon of Street Art consolidate in the Province of Vercelli thanks to two distinct but complementary initiatives: Waral - Urban Art Project and DeRive - Public Art in Rural Space. Both pr...
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An Egyptian archaeological mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities has unearthed a group of rock tombs at the Qubbet el-Hawa site in Aswan, Egypt, dating back to theOld Kingdom. The burials, discovered during the current excavation campaign, in...
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TheUrn of Bottarone, an Etruscan masterpiece housed at the National Archaeological Museum in Florence, has been restored sixty years after the devastating flood that hit the city in 1966. At the time, the Arno also invaded the museum's halls, submerg...
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From Feb. 6 to April 12, 2026, Palazzo Ragazzoni in Sacile (Pordenone) becomes the venue for an exhibition dedicated to Alberto Biasi, a central figure of the Italian neo-avant-garde and a recognized exponent of international optic-kinetic research. ...
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From March 17 to July 19, 2026, the Musée d'Orsay in Paris presents the exhibition Renoir and Love. Happy Modernity (1865-1885), curated by Paul Perrin, chief curator and director of conservation and collections at the museum, with the collabo...
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From March 5 to July 19, 2026, the Genius Museum in Rome is dedicating a major retrospective to Robert Doisneau, among the most famous and beloved photographers of the 20th century. Born in Gentilly in 1912, Doisneau was one of the leading figures of...
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Thirty-five Rembrandtetchings have been found in a private home in the Netherlands, where they had been sitting in a drawer for decades. The discovery, as ArtNews reports, came during the COVID-19 pandemic when Charlotte Meyer, after a recent move, ...
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The art auction and collecting world is gearing up for a busy week in late February and early March 2026. In Italy, the agenda opens on Thursday, February 26, with the event organized by the Viscontea auction house, which is hosting the Milano Decor ...
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After nearly four centuries, the Visitation attributed to Raphael, Giulio Romano and Giovanni Francesco Penni is returning to L'Aquila. The painting returns to the Abruzzo capital, marking one of the most important events in the program of L'Aquila I...
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Annick Lemoine is the new president of the Public Institute of Museums Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. In recent months the post had been held on an interim basis by Julia Beurton, who took over...
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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