Carrara - Finestre sull'Arte

White Carrara 2026, marble design returns to the city: 30 works for the historic center

The city of Carrara is hosting from June 5 to August 30, 2026 the tenth edition of White Carrara, entitled Design Lives in the City. The event takes place under the artistic direction of Domenico Raimondi - thesignlab and takes the form of a widespre...
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The gipsoteca that isn't and won't be there: the plaster casts of the Carrara Academy still without a museum

For decades in Carrara, there has been an ongoing attempt to find an exhibition venue that can permanently house one of Italy's most important plaster cast collections: the plaster cast collection of the Academy of Fine Arts. Retracing, albeit briefl...
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Ministry of Culture promises 500 thousand euros to save Moneta Castle

500 thousand euros to save the Moneta Castle in Carrara. This is the sum promised by Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli , who visited the city of marble yesterday. Moneta Castle is one of the city's most important monuments: an ancient castle mentione...
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Carrara, Moneta Castle in danger of disappearing: new signs of subsidence

Carrara, a new crack runs through the history of Moneta Castle. In fact, from the hill overlooking the town comes another warning sign: the walls of the Moneta village church, just below the ancient fortress, are cracking. Giving news of this is an a...
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White Carrara, another missed opportunity to talk about marble: review below expectations

Examined by scratching the surface a little, the seventh edition of White Carrara, the festival that has enlivened the start of summers in the historic center of the city of the marbles since 2017, looks a lot like a Monicelli film. It resembles the ...
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John Anthony Cybei at last: the first monographic exhibition of the great forgotten sculptor

After years of waiting, Carrara finally welcomes the first monographic exhibition on Giovanni Antonio Cybei (Carrara, 1706 - 1784), one of the greatest artists the city has produced, and who had never before been able to boast of an exhibition ...
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Florence, the Museo Novecento dedicates an exhibition to the relationship between Arturo Martini and Carrara

From September 10 to November 14, 2021, the Museo Novecento in Florence is dedicating an exhibition to the relationship between Arturo Martini (Treviso, 1889 - Milan, 1947). Entitled Arturo Martini and Carrara. Woman Swimming Underwater, curated by L...
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Carrara, at Vôtre space the exhibition-tribute to Andrea Di Marco

Until September 5, 2021, the Vôtre space in Carrara is hosting the exhibition Lievissimo, a double solo show that takes the form of a tribute by Francesco Lauretta (Ispica, 1964) to his friend Andrea Di Marco (Palermo, 1970 - 2012), a painter w...
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