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ICCROM Puts Cultural Heritage at the Center of the UN General Assembly

On the occasion of the high-level week of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), ICCROM, an intergovernmental organization that works to support its member states in promoting the conservation of all forms of cultural heritag...
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Matera and the Invisible Sea: An Exhibition Explores the Mediterranean Through Art and Artificial Intelligence

From October 3 to December 8, 2026,Matera will host *The Sea Is Closer Than You See*, a site-specific group exhibition dedicated to the relationship between contemporary art, digital technologies, artificial intelligence, and Mediterranean culture. T...
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Ibrahim Mahama brings three wooden boats from Ghana to the heart of Naples

From September 21 to November 18, 2026, Piazza Municipio in Naples will host “Voyageur,” a new public art installation by Ibrahim Mahama, curated by Vincenzo Trione. The Ghanaian artist, one of the leading figures in international contemporary art, h...
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Vulci: Discovery of the "Tomba della Camera di Pietra," a monumental tomb of the Etruscan aristocracy

A new excavation campaign at the Polledrara necropolis, in the ancient Etruscan city of Vulci, has unearthed an important funerary complex from the Orientalizing period. At the heart of the discovery is the Stone Chamber Tomb, a monumental burial sit...
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A rare fragment of an altarpiece by Gaudenzio Ferrari has resurfaced: Matteo Salamon is bringing it to the BIAF

For nearly two centuries, all trace of Gaudenzio Ferrari’s (Valduggia, 1475 – Milan, 1546) *Saint Anthony of Padua* had been lost. The panel was part of an altarpiece intended for the high altar of the Church of Santa Chiara in Milan, and...
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The Museum That Took a Chance on Van Gogh: The Extraordinary Story of the Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam

On the night of 1864, a devastating fire swept through the Schielandshuis Palace in the heart of Rotterdam, reducing to ashes more than two-thirds of the art collections accumulated up to that point by the city museum, which had been founded fifteen ...
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St. Peter's Basilica: The dome of the Clementine Chapel has been restored; 371 square meters of mosaics have been preserved

More than 300 square meters of mosaics—371, to be exact—created in the early 17th century based on cartoons by Cristofano Roncalli, known as il Pomarancio (Pomarance, 1552 – Rome, 1626), are once again visible in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. ...
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How a Painting Changes After Restoration: Here Are the Colors of Neri di Bicci’s “Annunciation”

To understand just how much a painting can change after restoration, one need only look atthe *Annunciation* by Neri di Bicci (Florence, 1418/1420–1492) in the Church of Sant’Agata in Florence. Beneath a thick layer of grime, yellowed var...
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