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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Archaeologist Luca Mercuri is the new director of the General Directorate of Museums, with a three-year term. AgCult announced this a few minutes ago, stating that it had learned the news from reliable sources. Mercuri, currently director…
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The *Portrait of a Gentleman in Black* is back in the news ; a few years ago, a hypothesis was put forward attributing it to Caravaggio. The work, housed at the Museo Civico – Pinacoteca Crociani in Montepulciano ( Siena), had hung…
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