Baroque - Finestre sull'Arte

Baroque, workshop of modernity. What the major exhibition in Forli looks like.

What is Baroque? It is an attitude, and as such it transcends time, becoming a category. This is argued by Cristina Acidini, one of the curators of the exhibition recently opened at the Museo Civico San Domenico in Forlì. If we no longer think...
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The virtue and grace of women in Baroque painting: at the BPER Gallery in Modena, an exhibition on the theme

From April 3 to June 28, 2026 The BPER Gallery in Modena is hosting the exhibition La virtù e la grazia. Figures of Women in Baroque Painting, curated by Lucia Peruzzi and realized under the patronage of the Municipality of Modena. The exhibit...
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Bernini from the Uffizi in Francavilla Fontana (Brindisi) for the exhibition "Baroque and Neo-Baroque from Rubens to Fontana"

From March 21 to July 31, 2026, the Imperiali Castle in Francavilla Fontana (Brindisi) will host the exhibition Baroque and Neo-Baroque from Rubens to Fontana, an exhibition project that puts works from different eras, from the seventeenth century to...
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Rome starts special tours to discover Bernini in St. Peter's Basilica

The National Galleries of Ancient Art and the Fabbrica di San Pietro in the Vatican are promoting a calendar of guided tours of St. Peter's Basilica as part of the celebrations for the 400th anniversary of the consecration of the new Basilica, which ...
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Rome, major exhibition at Palazzo Barberini on the link between Bernini and Maffeo Barberini

From February 12 to June 14, 2026, in Rome , the Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica is hosting the exhibition Bernini e i Barberini, curated by Andrea Bacchi and Maurizia Cicconi, at Palazzo Barberini. The exhibition, held to coincide with the 400th a...
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200 works to tell the story of the Baroque and the twentieth century: the great exhibition of 2026 in Forli

From February 21 to June 28, 2026, the San Domenico Civic Museum in Forli will host the exhibition Baroque. The Grand Theater of Ideas, a major exhibition dedicated to one of the central seasons of European culture and its long influence on modernity...
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Exhibitions 2026: all the previews of the announced exhibitions

Let's start 2026 with previews of the exhibitions that will take us throughout this new year. From Milan to Venice, from Genoa to Turin to Rome, here are 20 exhibitions announced for a 2026 full of great art. 1. Anselm Kiefer, Robert Mapplethorpe, t...
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Baroque in Forlì: 200 masterpieces between the 17th and 20th centuries at the San Domenico Museum

Forli is preparing to host an exhibition dedicated to the Baroque. From February 21 to June 28, 2026, the San Domenico Civic Museum will host Baroque. The Grand Theater of Ideas, an exhibition that will feature about 200 masterpieces from such intern...
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