Can a city’s history fit inside a pack of five stickers? In Liguria, it would seem so: in Genoa, Savona, and the Tigullio region, starting September 21, the history of these Ligurian areas is being collected, shared, and pieced…
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Works and artists Genoa Liguria Modern Art Nineteenth century Twentieth Century
“The first impression you feel, deep within yourself, is that of your precarious existence—an impression that cannot be concealed upon entering this place of meditation; yet this is immediately followed by wonder and surprise at the…
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Travel Liguria The ways of silence
To help his readers understand just how steep and arduous the ascent of Antipurgatory was, Dante suggested they imagine a whole range of inaccessible places, starting with Noli, which—if we are to trust the fourth canto of *Purgatory*—…
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News Focus Antiques Liguria Sarzana
For the past five years, the summer antiques fair has been held in Sarzana, where , back in 2023, the city decided to dust off its National Antiques Exhibition—held at the Firmafede Fortress—after a ten-year hiatus: the experiment had…
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Travel Ancient art Five hundred Genoa Liguria Rolli Days Six hundred
Right in the heart of Genoa, along that noble street that, starting in the first half of the 19th century, was known as “Strada carrettabile Carlo Alberto”—and is now called Via San Lorenzo—stands one of the most famous…
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The National Gallery of Liguria, located in Palazzo Spinola in Genoa, reopens to the public with a completely revamped permanent exhibition enriched by significant acquisitions from the Ministry of Culture. The opening is scheduled for…
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A painting believed lost for centuries unexpectedly resurfaced on the art market and is now back on public view through an exhibition dedicated to the visual history of Lerici. It is around this extraordinary discovery that The…
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Works and artists Ancient art Genoa Liguria Maritime Republics
In the oldest part of Genoa, within the walls of Palazzo San Giorgio, a canvas survives that no other documents attest to, signed by a painter of whom almost nothing is known. It is Luchino da Milano's Saint George Slays the Dragon, dated…
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