Bologna - Finestre sull'Arte

Bologna, lots of news for Arte Fiera 2026: new artistic direction, new curators and reorganization of sections

Arte Fiera, the international fair of modern and contemporary art in Bologna now in its 49th edition, the longest-running among Italian art fairs, returns Feb. 6-8, 2026, with preview on Feb. 5, inaugurating a new cycle with the first artistic direct...
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Elisabetta Sirani, a successful painter in 17th-century Bologna. Told by those who studied her

Those who wanted to make a biopic dedicated to Elisabetta Sirani would have at their disposal all the factors useful for the success of a film: the figure of an independent, cultured woman determined to pursue an extraordinary success, which indeed c...
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Bologna, entire cycle of frescoes in the Sala dei Carracci digitized in very high definition

On the occasion of International Museum Day 2025, scheduled for Sunday, May 18, UniCredit Art Collection and Haltadefinizione - tech company of Gruppo Panini Cultura - present a new project that combines digital innovation and artistic enhancement. T...
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Bologna, special initiatives and free openings for the 50th anniversary of GAM and the 40th anniversary of the Museo Civico Medievale

In 2025, the Bologna Civic Museums are celebrating two important anniversaries: on May 1, the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of the Bologna Gallery of Modern Art, forerunner of the MAMbo - Museum of Modern Art of Bologna, and on May 5, the 40th...
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Bologna, Basilica of San Petronio opens for first time to secular contemporary art with Joan Crous

For the first time,secular contemporary art is making its entrance into the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna: starting Saturday, April 26, on the anniversary of the bombing of Guernica (1937) during the Spanish Civil War at the hands of German and...
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New life for the Roman theater of Claterna (Bologna), returned to the community

A small glass necklace in vivid colors - green, white and red - depicting a theatrical mask: perhaps missed by a bystander two thousand years ago, it is now one of the most fascinating symbols of the latest excavation campaign in the Roman Theater of...
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Ludovico Carracci's Annunciation on loan from Bologna to Capodimonte as distinguished guest

From March 25 to June 15, 2025, the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte welcomes Ludovico Carracci 's 1584Annunciation, which has come on loan from the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna as an illustrious guest. In the painting, the Virgin is caught in t...
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"Here Are New Discoveries on Guido Reni and Bolognese Painting." Interview with scholar Giulia Iseppi

The recent exhibition on Guido Reni at the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna(La favola di Atalanta. Guido Reni e i poeti, which ended last Feb. 16) introduced important new information on the Bolognese artist and, in general, on the artistic environmen...
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