Bologna - Finestre sull'Arte

At Palazzo Fava the "suspended ticket" to visit Michelangelo

Palazzo Fava(Bologna) kicks off the suspended ticket project, an initiative designed to extend access to culture and make the museum a more inclusive space. Promoted by Fondazione Carisbo and Opera Laboratori, in collaboration with ASP Città d...
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Bartolomeo Cesi in Bologna: a critical reinterpretation in the age of the Carracci at the Museo Civico Medievale

The first monographic exhibition dedicated to Bartolomeo Cesi (Bologna, 1556 - ivi, 1629), open from Nov. 22, 2025 to Feb. 22, 2026 in the Lapidarium of the Museo Civico Medievale in Bologna, offers a wide-ranging and documented review of the figure ...
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An exhibition in Bologna will trace Japanese graphic art, from Hokusai to Manga

Coming to Bologna, at the Museo Civico Archeologico, a major exhibition that aims to visually retrace the milestones of Japanese graphic design, in a journey from the Edo period (1603-1868) to contemporary expressions. Graphic Japan. From Hokusai to ...
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Bologna dedicates an exhibition to Pietro Pietra on the 140th anniversary of his birth

From December 6, 2025 to February 12, 2026, Palazzo d'Accursio in Bologna is hosting the exhibition Pietro Pietra (1885-1956). The Power of Sign, promoted by theBologna Association for the Arts and curated by Daria Ortolani. The exhibition, organized...
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A new biography of the Painter-Heroine Elisabetta Sirani. Interview with Adelina Modesti

Adelina Modesti has published her second monograph in English on the artist, Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665), a virtuosa of early modern Bologna. At the heart of Modesti’s study is the life and work of a painter and printmaker who, raised in her ...
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Lionello Spada, the miracle of the book and the forclusion of evil

In Western religious painting, the theme of evil has also experienced a constant stylistic and iconographic evolution. It is not the purpose of this paper to reconstruct its evolution and fortune (a work already exhaustively accomplished in Luther Li...
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Michelangelo in Bologna: the genius on display at Palazzo Fava

From Nov. 14, 2025 to Feb. 15, 2026, Palazzo Fava in Bologna will host the exhibition Michelangelo and Bologna, an exhibition project promoted by the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna and included in the cultural project Genus Bononiae, produc...
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Four million from region to save Garisenda Tower, symbol of Bologna

The Emilia-Romagna Regional Government has allocated 4 million euros for the restoration of the Garisenda Tower, one of the best-known and most recognizable symbols of the city of Bologna. The intervention, described as "a source of pride" by the reg...
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