Mantua - Finestre sull'Arte

Sonnabend Collection Mantua opens, new museum dedicated to one of the most important private collections of the 20th century

On Saturday, November 29, 2025, the new museum of contemporary art Sonnabend Collection Mantova, one of the most important private collections of the twentieth century, opens in Mantua's Palace of Reason. An exhibition itinerary, divided into eleven ...
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Near Mantua there is a fair that is 600 years old, and has been gathering madonnarians from around the world for 51

A very ancient fair that this year even celebrates 600 years of history, and the world's largest gathering of madonnari, who have been animating the fair for 51 years. We are talking about theAntichissima Fiera delle Grazie, which this year takes pla...
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The River and Art. A solid study by Paolo Piva on art in the Polirone Abbey.

Those who wish to make a curious visit to the great Palace of Revere, there where the last Duke of Mantua of the Gonzaga line was born, might see the model with which the ancient game of crossing ferries on the Po, with people and goods, using the ve...
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From Venice, Andrea Mantegna's St. Sebastian on loan to Mantua's Ducal Palace

From April 12, 2025, the Doge's Palace in Mantua will welcome Andrea Mantegna 's Saint Sebastian from the Giorgio Franchetti Gallery at the Ca' d'Oro in Venice. Documented in 1506 at the heirs of the great painter, who painted it in the last years of...
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Mantua, restored three 16th-century paintings recently donated to Ducal Palace

An important opportunity for in-depth study of Mantuan painting of the second half of the 16th century is offered by the restoration of three paintings that will be presented to the public on Feb. 28, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in the Atrio degli Arcieri of ...
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Mantua, Palazzo Te turns 500: here is the program of celebrations among exhibitions and restorations

Mantua is preparing to celebrate an extraordinary anniversary: the 500th anniversary of Te Palace, Giulio Romano 's masterpiece and symbol of the Gonzaga family's greatness. In 1525, Federico II Gonzaga commissioned the brilliant architect to build a...
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A museum is born in Mantua that will house a collection of international significance: the Sonnabend Collection

Mantua is preparing to welcome a new contemporary art museum in the heart of the city. Starting in winter 2025 (so next), the renovated Palazzo della Ragione will become the permanent home of the Sonnabend Collection, one of the most important privat...
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A forest of construction sites: how the Ducal Palace in Mantua will become. Director Stefano L'Occaso speaks.

For the past few months Stephen L'Occaso has been reappointed as director of the Ducal Palace in Mantua, a vast complex that since 2021 has seen the opening of numerous construction sites aimed at seismic improvement and structural restoration: some ...
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