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At Florence's Cathedral of the Image, the immersive journey into Dante's Inferno

At Florence's Cathedral of the Image, the immersive journey into Dante's Inferno

Starting May 15, 2026, the Cathedral of the Image in Florence will host INFERNO - Immersive Experience in the Divine Comedy, an immersive exhibition inspired by Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. The experience will take the audience on a journey into ...
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Art on TV May 3-9: Warhol, Leonardo da Vinci and Botticelli

Art on TV May 3-9: Warhol, Leonardo da Vinci and Botticelli

Rai and Sky Arte present a wide-ranging programming schedule that spans art, design and in-depth features dedicated to Italian territories. Below is the schedule from May 3 to 9. On Rai Storia, Sunday, May 3 from 09:50 to 10:40 a.m. airs Leonardo da...
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Equatorial Guinea debuts at the Venice Biennale with Paraguayan artist Ingrid Seall and the theme of undergrowth

Equatorial Guinea debuts at the Venice Biennale with Paraguayan artist Ingrid Seall and the theme of undergrowth

From May 9 to Nov. 22, 2026, Palazzo Donà dalle Rose in Venice will host, within the Pavilion of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, present for the first time in history in the official programming of the Venice Biennale, Paraguayan artist Ing...
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Venice, at Palazzo Franchetti the contemporary glass of Bertil Vallien and Martin Janecký

Venice, at Palazzo Franchetti the contemporary glass of Bertil Vallien and Martin Janecký

On the occasion of the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, Palazzo Franchetti is hosting from May 5 to November 22, 2026, two solo exhibitions dedicated to Bertil Vallien and Martin Janecký, major figures in the internati...
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Como dedicates exhibition to Turner: Lake and Italian landscape in Tate's works

Como dedicates exhibition to Turner: Lake and Italian landscape in Tate's works

From May 29 to Sept. 27, 2026, the city of Como will host an exhibition project dedicated to William Turner (1775-1851), a central figure of English Romanticism, with a path spread between Palazzo del Broletto and the Pinacoteca civica. The initiativ...
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At MAXXI L'Aquila, exhibition dedicated to Ai Weiwei recounts catastrophes and memory

At MAXXI L'Aquila, exhibition dedicated to Ai Weiwei recounts catastrophes and memory

From April 29 to Sept. 6, 2026, MAXXI L'Aquila will host AI WEIWEI: Aftershock, an exhibition entirely dedicated to Ai Weiwei (Beijing, 1957), a Chinese artist, architect and activist who is among the best-known figures on the international contempor...
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Venice, in the Sale Canoviane of the Museo Correr, Julian Charrière in dialogue with Canova

Venice, in the Sale Canoviane of the Museo Correr, Julian Charrière in dialogue with Canova

At the Museo Correr in Venice the exhibition Dialoghi Canoviani continues, a project that relates contemporary artistic research to the legacy of Antonio Canova. The second edition offers a confrontation between the Franco-Swiss artist Julian Charri&...
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Mart in Rovereto showcases all the works of Giacomo Balla in the Biagiotti collection

Mart in Rovereto showcases all the works of Giacomo Balla in the Biagiotti collection

The MART Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto is hosting for the first time in Italy the entire collection of works by Giacomo Balla belonging to the Biagiotti Cigna Foundation and the private collection of Laura and Lavinia B...
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Sanctions on Russia: Hermitage director also hit. The reasons

Sanctions on Russia: Hermitage director also hit. The reasons

The Council of the European Union adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/509 on April 23, 2026, further strengthening the framework of restrictive measures against Russia in connection with the war against Ukraine. The decision is based on the Tre...
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Klesch Collection acquires early masterpiece by Sandro Botticelli

Klesch Collection acquires early masterpiece by Sandro Botticelli

The Klesch Collection, a major British private collection, has announced the acquisition of the Madonna and Child Enthroned by Sandro Botticelli (Florence, 1445 - 1510), an important early work datable to between 1465 and 1470: the work will be on pu...
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Federculture contract signed: raises and new protections for workers

Federculture contract signed: raises and new protections for workers

The new Federculture National Collective Bargaining Agreement was signed in Rome, a long-awaited step that operationalizes the measures provided for in the renewal for the three-year period 2022-2024 and, at the same time, marks the start of a new ne...
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Farewell to Georg Baselitz, among the great innovators of European painting

Farewell to Georg Baselitz, among the great innovators of European painting

The celebrated German painter Georg Baselitz, among the most influential figures incontemporary European art, died today at the age of 88.Born in 1938 in Deutschbaselitz, then East Germany, as Hans-Georg Kern, he moved in 1956 to East Berlin, where h...
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Venice Biennale, international jury resigned. Award ceremony postponed

Venice Biennale, international jury resigned. Award ceremony postponed

The International Jury of the 61st. International Art Exhibition, In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh (May 9-Nov. 22, 2026), composed of Solange Farkas (president), Zoe Butt, Elvira Dyangani Ose, Marta Kuzma, Giovanna Zapperi. This has just been announced in...
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Rome, Dublin researchers discover early medieval manuscript with oldest known poem in Old English

Rome, Dublin researchers discover early medieval manuscript with oldest known poem in Old English

A manuscript, datable to the early 9th century, has been discovered at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale in Rome that contains the oldest known poem in Old English: it is a copy of theCaedmon Hymn dating from between 800 and 830, making it the third ...
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Villa delle Rose in Gaeta reopens with more than 150 species of rare palms

Villa delle Rose in Gaeta reopens with more than 150 species of rare palms

With the arrival of spring, Villa delle Rose, a garden located in Gaeta within the Monte Orlando Regional Park between the ancient and modern city, reopens to the public. The site presents itself as a green area characterized by a collection of palm ...
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Royal Palace of Genoa, Luca Giordano's large canvases in the Throne Room restored

Royal Palace of Genoa, Luca Giordano's large canvases in the Throne Room restored

Starting May 1, the public will once again be able to admire in the Throne Room of the Royal Palace in Genoa two large canvases by Luca Giordano, one of the main protagonists of seventeenth-century Italian Baroque painting. They are The Struggle betw...
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Tivoli, an inscription discovered confirming the basilica of the Shrine of Hercules the Victor

Tivoli, an inscription discovered confirming the basilica of the Shrine of Hercules the Victor

An important archaeological discovery has emerged during investigations conducted at the Sanctuary of Hercules the Victor in Tivoli, one of the most significant monumental complexes in Roman Italy. As part of a new campaign of studies promoted by the...
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Auctions of the week: modern art, jewelry and oriental art

Auctions of the week: modern art, jewelry and oriental art

The art market calendar for the week between April and May 2026 promises to be one of the densest and most varied of the spring season. Auctions in Italy In Italy, activity is feverish, featuring some of the industry's most prestigious signatures. ...
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Salerno, attempted sale of medieval blocks stolen from Devil's Bridges

Salerno, attempted sale of medieval blocks stolen from Devil's Bridges

The Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the provinces of Salerno and Avellino has initiated urgent checks after reports of a vandalism incident allegedly involvingSalerno's Medieval Aqueduct, popularly known as Devil's Bridges...
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Ministry of Culture sends inspectors to Biennale over Russian pavilion case

Ministry of Culture sends inspectors to Biennale over Russian pavilion case

The Ministry of Culture has ordered inspectors to be sent to the headquarters of the Venice Biennale at Ca' Giustinian as part of a series of checks related to the staging of the Russian pavilion planned for the 2026 Art Biennale. As reported by the ...
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337 cultural assets repatriated to Italy from the United States: officially unveiled today in Rome

337 cultural assets repatriated to Italy from the United States: officially unveiled today in Rome

Presented today, at the Caserma "La Marmora" in Rome, headquarters of the Carabinieri Operational Department for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (TPC), 337 cultural goods returned from the United States at the end of operations concluded between ...
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Restoration of the Fountain of Lions at Trento's Buonconsiglio Castle gets underway

Restoration of the Fountain of Lions at Trento's Buonconsiglio Castle gets underway

A restoration project involving the Fountain of Lions has been launched at the Buonconsiglio Castle in Trento, with work scheduled between April and July 2026. The operation is part of a historical-artistic heritage enhancement initiative supported b...
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Jannis Kounellis on display at 10 Corso Como in Milan with installation of seventy coats

Jannis Kounellis on display at 10 Corso Como in Milan with installation of seventy coats

From May 13 to June 16, 2026, the Gallery of 10 Corso Como in Milan presents an exhibition project dedicated to Jannis Kounellis (Piraeus, 1936 - Rome, 2017), among the main protagonists ofArte Povera and a central figure intwentieth-century art. The...
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Rome, Palazzo Venezia opens construction site to public: tours of monumental rooms under restoration

Rome, Palazzo Venezia opens construction site to public: tours of monumental rooms under restoration

In May and June 2026 the Monumental Rooms of Palazzo Venezia in Rome will be accessible to the public as part of the project Cantiere aperto. The Monumental Rooms of Palazzo Venezia, an initiative that will allow visitors to take a closer look at one...
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Correggio in Dresden: the first retrospective outside Italy at the Gemäldegalerie

Correggio in Dresden: the first retrospective outside Italy at the Gemäldegalerie

At the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Gallery) in Dresden, within the Zwinger complex, the first-ever retrospective exhibition outside Italy dedicated to Antonio Allegri known as il Correggio (Correggio, c. 1489 - 1534), titled Corregg...
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