Drawing - Finestre sull'Arte

France blocks last-minute auction of rare Hans Baldung Grien drawing

One of the most eagerly anticipated sales of the year for the antique drawing market was to be held on the afternoon of March 23 in the historic setting of theHôtel Drouot in Paris. Instead, just hours before bids were to be opened, the auction...
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Face to face with Leonardo returns: sheet with Three views of manly head with beard exhibited in Turin

From March 20 to June 28, 2026, the Spazio Leonardo, on the second floor of the Sabauda Gallery of the Royal Museums of Turin, will host a new edition of A tu tu per tu con Leonardo, the project that offers the public, inside a climate-controlled, ar...
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Very rare Renaissance drawing by Hans Baldung Grien discovered: goes to auction

A major event for the art market and for the history of Renaissance drawing is being prepared in Paris. On Monday, March 23, 2026, at theHôtel Drouot, the auction house Beaussant Lefèvre & Associés, in collaboration with the B...
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How Giovanni Fattori drew: the sheets from the Central Institute for Graphics in Rome

Giovanni Fattori's drawing, wrote Barna Occhini in 1940, in an article in Frontispiece, "is the most expressive that can be given, but the most reluctant to express itself in words." Occhini, in fact, immediately disregarded his catch-phrase, since h...
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Venice, valuable donation of drawings enriches Ca' Rezzonico: the Paolo Galli Collection arrives

Venice is celebrating a new gem in its already rich cultural landscape. The Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia has enthusiastically welcomed the donation of more than 200 sheets of graphic art from the personal collection of Ambassador Paolo Galli. T...
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An exhibition in Oderzo celebrates Alberto Martini and his drawings of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the death of Alberto Martini (Oderzo, 1876 - Milan, 1954), Oderzo (Treviso), his hometown and home of the Pinacoteca dedicated to him, is hosting at Palazzo Foscolo, from September 27, 2024 to March 25, 2025...
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Drawing is bare sculpture. Conversation with Riccardo Gemma

A conversation with Riccardo Gemma (Rome, 1963), a graphic designer and illustrator who talks to us about his art. After art high school he graduated from the IED, as a graphic designer he works freelance, mainly in publishing for contemporary art. H...
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Week dedicated to drawing and works on paper, contemporary and 20th century, returns to Milan

From Saturday, November 19 to Sunday, November 27, 2022, Milano Drawing Week returns to the Lombard capital with its second edition. The event is presented by the Ramo Collection and is in collaboration with and under the patronage of theDepartment o...
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