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Theft of Antonello da Messina’s Works: AStArte Highlights Security Flaws

The theft of the three surviving panels from the San Gregorio Polyptych and the double-sided panel by Antonello da Messina did not come as a surprise tothe National Association of Art Historians, which issued a statement on the matter. President Silv...
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Farewell to Mary Heilmann, a painter of contemporary American abstract art

She passed away on August 14, 2026, at the age of 86, following complications from a fall, Mary Heilmann, one of the most significant figures in contemporary American abstract painting, whose body of work helped profoundly renew the relationship betw...
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Viterbo: The Marian Chapel of the Former Church of Santa Maria delle Fortezze Has Been Restored—New Discoveries

On the Feast of the Assumption, new and surprising discoveries are drawing attention back tothe former church of Santa Maria delle Fortezze in Viterbo, formerly known as Santa Maria Annunziata and later as San Francesco di Paola. The church was built...
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Theft at the Regional Museum of Messina: Two Works by Antonello da Messina Have Already Been Recovered

Two of the works by Antonello da Messina that were stolen on the evening of Saturday, August 15, around 9:50 p.m., from the MuMe—“Accascina” Regional Museum in Messina, have already been recovered. The works are panels depictingSt. Benedict andSt. Gr...
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Giulia Monzani from Grazie di Curtatone (Mantua) does it again and triumphs once more at the Madonnari

For the second consecutive year, Giulia Monzani, an artist from Filago in the province of Bergamo, has won first place at the 52nd National Gathering of Madonnari in Grazie di Curtatone (Mantua). The event, dedicated this year to “The Message of St. ...
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Serious Theft in Messina: Paintings by Antonello da Messina Stolen from the Regional Museum

A very serious theft occurred on the evening of Saturday, August 15, at the “Accascina” Regional Museum in Messina. Unknown individuals managed to break into the museum’s galleries by bypassing the alarm system and the security measures i...
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Bill Viola Pays Homage to Pontormo: The Video Installation *The Greeting* Arrives in Rome at the Roman Forum

A convergence of contemporary art, the Renaissance, and antiquity takes shape in Rome, at the Basilica of Santa Maria Antiqua, one of the most evocative sites in the Roman Forum. Here, from October 11, 2026, to February 7, 2027, Bill Viola’s *T...
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Works by Cézanne, Renoir, and Matisse stolen from the Magnani Rocca have been found in a storage room in Parma

New details are emerging about the theft of three works by Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Henri Matisse stolen on the night of March 22–23 from the Magnani Rocca Foundation in Mamiano di Traversetolo ( Parma) and recovered today ...
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