In a notebook belonging to Édouard Manet (Paris, 1832–1883), a name appears: Laure. It is the name of the woman the painter portrayed between 1862 and 1863—the same woman who,in *Olympia*(now at the Musée d’Orsay…
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A painting by Giorgio Vasari that had long been out of the public eye has returned to the spotlight after selling for 588,800 euros— more than double the initial estimate. The work is*The Carrying of Christ to the Tomb*, an oil on panel…
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One hundred archaeological artifacts returned by the United States and an exhibition bringing together bronze sculptures of Roman emperors, which had been scattered for decades across various countries and collections. At the…
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Thirty works by Mario Sironi are being added to the national collection and will form the core of a new museum dedicated to one of the leading figures of 20th-century Italian art. In fact, the Mario Sironi Museum – Sironi Studies…
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A former factory in Tradate is reopening as a cultural center and hosting an exhibition on the restoration site. And the most important piece in the exhibition is the building itself. In this town in the province of Varese, the former…
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The time it would take to move Giorgio Vasari’s*The Last Supper* (Arezzo, 1511 – Florence, 1574) to safety if the Arno River were to flood the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence again, as it did on November 4, 1966, is just…
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Human bones arranged in geometric and floral patterns line the walls of a small underground chapel in the center of Rome. And even deeper below, beneath the floor, lie the remains of Roman walls that may have belonged to the building…
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The Marche Region, through the Marche Cultura Foundation, has launched an initiative to inventory and promote the region’s historical, architectural, and landscape heritage. The Network of Historic Residences and Parks of the Marche…
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