Genoa - Finestre sull'Arte

Giulio Romano in Genoa: Saint Stephen's altarpiece and cartoon from the Vatican Museums on display

Genoa welcomes an exhibition dedicated to one of the great protagonists of Italian Mannerism, Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi de' Iannuzzi; Rome, 1499 - Mantua, 1546). In fact, from September 20, 2025 to January 17, 2026, theLigustica Academy of Fine Art...
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Sara Armella is the new president of Genoa's Palazzo Ducale: she is the first woman to lead the institution

Sara Armella is the new president of Palazzo Ducale Fondazione per la Cultura in Genoa. The Board of Directors has elected, for the first time, a woman to lead the cultural institution. A lawyer and one of the leading international experts in custom...
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Genoa, precious fresco by Giovanni Andrea Carlone found: sole survivor of spectacular vaulting

An important fragment of a fresco depicting St. Ignatius by Giovanni Andrea Carlone (Genoa, 1639 - 1697) has been rediscovered in Genoa .This valuable find represents a significant development in studies of late 17th-century Genoese Baroque painting....
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Genoa, controversy over Luca Bizzarri's words on Palazzo Ducale

There is controversy in Genoa over the words Luca Bizzarri, actor, comedian, and former president of Palazzo Ducale, has addressed to the current management of the palace, the city's main cultural hub. An attack came on the afternoon of Monday, Augus...
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At the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa a major exhibition inspired by Moby Dick, Herman Melville's famous novel

From October 11, 2025 to February 15, 2026, the Appartamento and Cappella del Doge at Palazzo Ducale in Genoa will host Moby Dick - The Whale. History of a Myth from Antiquity to Contemporary Art, a major exhibition inspired by Herman Melville's famo...
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Venice, a special guest at Palazzo Cini: Antoon van Dyck's Christ Crucified arrives from Genoa

The Guest at the Palace event returns for 2025, taking place as usual at Palazzo Cini in Venice. The Giorgio Cini Foundation will host, from May 14 to September 8, Antoon van Dyck's Christ Crucified, considered one of the absolute masterpieces of the...
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A new edition of the course for cultural popularizers at the University of Genoa. Presentation tomorrow

A new series of d:cult meetings, a course entirely dedicated to the popularization of science and the transmission of cultural heritage, will kick off on May 13, 2025 in Genoa. The initiative, is part of a larger program of training and discussion pr...
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Uncovered in Austria an unpublished masterpiece by Luca Cambiaso. It will go to auction

A lost masterpiece by Luca Cambiaso (Moneglia, 1527 - El Escorial, 1585) resurfaces after centuries of oblivion and goes up for auction in Vienna at Dorotheum. It is a canvas depicting Diana and Callisto, and will be offered for sale on April 29, est...
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