Drawings - 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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Generous donation to the Capodimonte Museum: the Fratelli Alinari Drawings Library joins the collections

Fratelli Alinari's Library of Drawings becomes part of the collections of the Gabinetto dei Disegni e Stampe del Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte thanks to the generous donation of Claudio de Polo Saibanti. A recipient of the title of Commendatore ...
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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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Andrea Chiesi investigates the essence of places in "Dharmata" in Diano Marina, Imperia

Civiero Art Gallery, in collaboration with the Cultural Department of the City of Diano Marina and Guidi&Schoen Gallery of Genoa, is hosting the solo exhibition Dharmata by artist Andrea Chiesi from December 13, 2025 to January 11, 2026. The exhi...
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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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Drawing and design at the Guggenheim in Venice: a series of workshops for families with the Family Card

Venice is preparing for a new series of workshops dedicated to design and drawing, aimed at families and children. From October 18, 2025 through April 2026, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents Drawing and Design: from line to idea, six appointme...
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Moonflower: lunar symbolism in the works of Pascal Murer in Ascona, canton of Ticino

The Castello San Materno Museum-Foundation for Culture Kurt and Barbara Alten in Ascona, Canton Ticino, Switzerland, is hosting the solo exhibition Moonflower by artist Pascal Murer from Sept. 27 to Dec. 28, 2025, with a second installment scheduled...
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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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