Modena - Finestre sull'Arte

Modena, at BPER Bank Gallery an exhibition on the centaur and feral creatures of Jules van Biesbroeck

From April 18 to June 29, 2025, the BPER Banca Gallery, Modena 's exhibition space at 9 Via Scudari, reopens to the public with theexhibition Creature Ferine. Centaurs, Fauns and Myths in the Art of Jules van Biesbroeck and Contemporary Imagery, cura...
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Modena, restored thanks to Lions Club The Alcoholic attributed to Giuseppe Molteni

After five months of restoration, The Alcoholic attributed to Lombard painter Giuseppe Molteni (Milan, 1800-1860) returns to enrich the Campori Room of the Museo Civico di Modena. It is thanks to the generous contribution of the Lions Club, offered a...
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Modenantiquaria's best work: small monument to Francesco III d'Este awarded

The Modenantiquaria Cremonini Prize was awarded last night for the first time: the award, introduced this year, honors the work of art deemed the most significant at the Modena antiques exhibition, now in its 38th year (it can be visited until Feb. 1...
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Reportage from Modenantiquaria 2025: our selection of the most interesting works (with prices)

Modenantiquaria is one of the most important events in the Italian and international antiques scene, and the 2025 edition, running from Feb. 8 to 16, will not disappoint the expectations of enthusiasts and experts in the field. The fair, held every y...
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Discovering Modena: 10 places to get to know the city

Modena, one of the most precious pearls of Emilia-Romagna, is a city that enchants because of its happy union of art, history, culture and gastronomy. Famous in the world for its traditional balsamic vinegar, luxury cars such as Ferrari and Maserati,...
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Modenantiquaria 2025: the heart of antiques returns to Modena

FromFebruary 8 to 16, 2025, Modena returns as the capital of fine antiques with the 38th edition of Modenantiquaria, hosted in the spaces of ModenaFiere. The event stands out as a reference point for collectors, designers and antique art lovers, attr...
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Francesco Bianchi Ferrari's Annunciation: a theological compendium in a single scene

To paint one of the most widely represented Gospel episodes in the history of art, the Annunciation, while transforming the scene, so familiar and so traditional, into a narrative capable of also showing the faithful the entire history of salvation. ...
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A nativity scene that served as a predella. Antonio Begarelli's masterpiece in Modena Cathedral.

It is not easy to make a nativity scene, wrote Dino Buzzati. It is a "job that may seem like a game and is instead charged with seriousness and mystery," a job not suitable "for mothers," because it "requires skill organizational skills, technica...
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