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Gallo Fine Art brings paintings and sculptures from the 16th and 18th centuries to Art and Collectibles Rome

From September 18 to 23, 2025, Palazzo Barberini in Rome will host the second edition of the exhibition Art and Collecting in Rome, an event dedicated to ancient art and collecting: among the participants will be the Venetian gallery Gallo Fine Art f...
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Germany, millions of visitors but declining turnover for shopping galleries: the study

Germany's art galleries are in severe economic distress but still constitute a dynamic cultural fabric capable of producing thousands of exhibitions and attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors. This, in a nutshell, is what emerges from the Galer...
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"Art and Collecting" returns to Rome: 63 galleries at Palazzo Barberini Sept. 18-23

After the inaugural edition, the Art and Collectibles exhibition-market returns to Rome, scheduled for Sept. 18-23, 2025 in the new venue of Palazzo Barberini, home of the National Galleries of Ancient Art. The move from the previous exhibition space...
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The VAT revolution in the Italian art market: the new prospects for the sector

The landscape of the Italian art market has always been a complex interweaving of culture, passion and, inevitably, legal discipline of the sector. For years, operators and insiders have reported a gradual contraction of the sector, often blamed on o...
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Original Birkin sold at Sotheby's for $10 million, is the most expensive handbag ever

Ten million dollars for a handbag. Of course, it's not just any bag: it's the original Birkin bag, the first one ever made, the prototype that in 1984 Jean-Louis Dumas, creative director of Hermès, custom-designed for Jane Birkin beginning the...
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CortonAntiquaria 2025 returns: Italy's oldest antiques fair from Aug. 23 to Sept. 7

The CortonAntiquaria National Antiques Fair returns to take place, as per established tradition, from August 23 to September 7, 2025 in the historic center of Cortona, hosted inside theformer convent of Sant'Agostino, a building of historical and arc...
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Canaletto masterpiece sold at Christie's for £31 million

The Canaletto painting that was going up for auction late this afternoon at Christie's in London was sold for over £30 million. It was a masterpiece, for which there was great expectation: the work, The Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day, one ...
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Kicking off the 54th edition of Pennabilli Antiques, market exhibition bringing art treasures to the village

The 54th Pennabilli National Antiques Market Exhibition, a major event in the Italian antiques scene held from June 29 to July 13, 2025 in Pennabilli (Rimini), has started in Romagna. Organized by thePennabilli Antiques Cultural Association, the even...
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