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The revenge of Simone Cantarini, the restless man who challenged Guido Reni. What the Urbino exhibition looks like

Exactly seventy-five years have passed since Francesco Arcangeli wished the arrival of a "good day" for Simone Cantarini as well, "a name unknown to most, the name of a short-lived schoolboy of the far more famous Guido Reni." And it is still difficu...
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Marche, a 17th-century copy of Federico Barocci reborn with Art Bonus

Intimate and solemn, a 17th-century Nativity , a copy of the painting by Federico Barocci (Urbino, 1533 - 1612) kept at the Prado Museum in Madrid, which has been legible again for two years thanks to restoration, carried out in 2023, through the Art...
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For the first time, street artist Clet reinterprets the entire signage of a Marche village

For the first time, the entire street sign system of a historic village is transformed into an organic urban art intervention. The author is Clet Abraham, an internationally renowned French street art artist applied to signage, who has reinterpreted ...
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Simone Cantarini's sacred elegy. The sweetness of the divine among affections, silences and melancholy

An innate sweetness pervades the works of Simone Cantarini (Pesaro, 1612 - 1648), painter of contrasts: restless and rebellious was the man, delicate and elegant his painting. And in his art, even the sacred becomes poetry. Or rather: of an openly " ...
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Urbino, a major exhibition on Simone Cantarini at the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche

From May 22 to Oct. 12, 2025, the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche in Urbino will pay tribute to Simone Cantarini (Pesaro, 1612 - Verona, 1648), known as "il Pesarese," with a major monographic exhibition dedicated to his artistic production. The even...
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The traumas of Urbania and its Ducal Palace.

Urbania enshrines within the walls of its Ducal Palace the poetry of Federico Barocci. Most enter here to get a close-up look at the Madonna of the Clouds, the beautiful painting attributed to him that is revealed at the end of a winding path through...
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A Renaissance fresco reborn in Urbania. A restoration that could shed light on its author

A fresco tarnished by time, a fresco important to its city and its inhabitants, a fresco that has been revived thanks to careful restoration. We are talking about the restoration of the fresco of the Madonna and Child with Saints, a Renaissance work ...
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Ancona's Roman Amphitheater joins the Italian Museums network. It will be open to visitors from mid-April

Ancona's Roman Amphitheater officially becomes part of the national network of Italian Museums, under the management of the Marche Regional Museums Directorate, headed by Luigi Gallo. The amphitheater will be open to the public from mid-April, offeri...
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