Exhibition reviews Barberini Palace baroque art Gian Lorenzo Bernini Rome
Who, then, was Gian Lorenzo Bernini? In front of the long, uniform, sumptuous gallery of portraits gathered in the rooms on the first floor of Palazzo Barberini, one might be tempted to dismiss the feeling that Bernini was a man who…
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From March 21 to July 31, 2026, the Imperiali Castle in Francavilla Fontana (Brindisi) will host the exhibition Baroque and Neo-Baroque from Rubens to Fontana, an exhibition project that puts works from different eras, from the seventeenth…
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From February 12 to June 14, 2026, in Rome , the Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica is hosting the exhibition Bernini e i Barberini, curated by Andrea Bacchi and Maurizia Cicconi, at Palazzo Barberini. The exhibition, held to coincide with…
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From January 20 to February 22, 2026, the Borghese Gallery is hosting the exhibition Zanabazar at the Borghese Gallery. From Mongolia to Global Baroque, which offers a novel reading of artistic relations between East and West in the 17th…
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From February 12 to June 14, 2026, the National Galleries of Ancient Art at Palazzo Barberini will host the major exhibition Bernini and the Barberini family, curated by Andrea Bacchi and Maurizia Cicconi. The exhibition will explore the…
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The scorching heat sweeping across Italy is not sparing the capital. In Rome, where temperatures continue to touch or exceed 40 degrees, the wave of mugginess has led to increasingly frequent scenes of citizens and tourists seeking…
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From June 3 to September 28, 2025, the Palace of Versailles is dedicating an exceptional exhibition to one of its best-known treasures: the bust of Louis XIV sculpted in 1665 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Entitled Le génie et la…
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Exhibition reviews Ancient art baroque art Gian Lorenzo Bernini Rome Six hundred
The gilded frames, the mirrors and paintings, the screaming sculpture heads tell of the pomp required by the patrician and the collective effort of the artists to please the gentleman. It is, was, the carriage that, thanks to Giovan…
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