Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Finestre sull'Arte

Rome, major exhibition at Palazzo Barberini on the link between Bernini and Maffeo Barberini

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 the 400th a...
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Rome's Galleria Borghese hosts two Zanabazar works from Mongolia

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 century. In ...
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Rome, in 2026 at Palazzo Barberini a major exhibition on the relationship between Bernini and Maffeo Barberini

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 privileged r...
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Rome, man plunges into Bernini's Triton Fountain in search of refreshment

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 refreshment in the...
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Bust of Louis XIV sculpted by Bernini returns to star in exhibition at Versailles

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 majesté: Lou...
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Bernini total artist: what the double exhibition at Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia looks like.

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 Lorenzo Bernini's...
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A terracotta model by Bernini on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has received an important sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Naples, 1598 - Rome, 1680) on permanent loan from a private collector. It is the only sculpture by the Baroque sculptor to be found in the Netherlands: it is th...
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Bernini and the painting of the 1600s, masterpieces from the Koelliker Collection on display in Ariccia

At Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia, from December 7, 2024 to May 18, 2025 it will be possible to visit the exhibition Bernini and the Painting of the 1600s. Paintings from the Koelliker Collection, curated by Francesco Petrucci, Curator of Palazzo Chigi and...
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