After seven years of closure and an extensive restoration project, the Jewish Museum of Venice will reopen to the public on October 22, 2026. Located in the heart of the Venetian Ghetto— the oldest in the world—the MEV will once again be…
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The fifty silver-leaf reliquaries housed in the Cell of St. Francis, in the convent of San Francesco a Ripa Grande in Rome’s Trastevere district, have been restored. The restoration, carried out between July and October 2026, was…
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What connects the compass held by the surveyor in Raphael’s *School of Athens* to a wooden object crafted today in a workshop in Urbino? At first glance, nearly five centuries separate the fresco painted in the Vatican Rooms from the work…
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The preservation of museum collections extends beyond the galleries open to the public: a significant portion of the heritage held by museums is, in fact, located in storage facilities, where environmental conditions, security, and…
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A sumptuous banquet, a young woman seated before a lavishly set table, maids and musicians gathered around her, and, in the background, colonnades opening onto the landscape; all around, a rich border featuring cherubs, friezes, and floral…
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The fifth edition of the Scripta Prize for Young Art Critics, sponsored by the Scripta Association , is now open . The prize uses the power of words to support the next generation of scholars engaged in research and critical writing on the…
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Carlo Palli’s collection is being added to the Fondazione Caript’s holdings, featuring a core group of over one hundred works by Roberto Barni, Umberto Buscioni, and Gianni Ruffi, leading figures of the Pistoia School. The donation will be…
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A canal built about two thousand years ago, capable of transporting water for tens of kilometers without the use of pumps or other mechanical systems, remained in operation—albeit intermittently—until about a century ago. It is one of the…
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