Modern Art - Finestre sull'Arte

Where is Chagall's pure soul hidden? Against goodist views

If one steps outside the Chagallian interpretive scheme that interweaves Chassidic Judaism and a certain ethnic-religious idea of fairy-tale reality that finds in the flying sweethearts and in certain upside-down world situations typical of the fairy...
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Parma, a major exhibition on Italian Symbolism at the Magnani-Rocca Foundation

From March 14 to June 28, 2026, the Magnani-Rocca Foundation in Mamiano di Traversetolo, a few kilometers from Parma, hosts The Symbolism in Italy. Origins and Developments of a New Aesthetic 1883-1915, an exhibition that brings together more than 14...
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Milan Cortina 2026: in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Casa Italia finds home in the spaces of FARSETTIARTE

On the occasion of the XXV Olympic Winter Games in Milan Cortina 2026, scheduled from February 6 to 22, CONI-Italian National Olympic Committee will be present in the Olympic venues with Casa Italia, the reception space traditionally reserved for ath...
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Stolen Picassos return to court: art theft trial in Nice

Seven years after the recovery of a substantial core of stolen artworks in the hills above Nice, the case is back before the courts. A trial involving 10 defendants, variously accused of participating in or benefiting from a scheme to manage and rese...
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Bergamo Arte Fiera and Italian Fine Art kick off art fairs in Italy 2026

The two events that mark the beginning of art fairs in Italy in 2026 are returning to the Bergamo Fair: Bergamo Arte Fiera (BAF), now in its 21st edition (Jan. 16-18), and Italian Fine Art (IFA), in its ninth edition (Jan. 16-25). The two events, the...
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Contemporary art of 2025 is women. What emerges from the ranking of the best exhibitions

Two pieces of data emerge, and extremely prominently, from the ranking of the best exhibitions held in Italy in 2025. Before going into them, however, a few details to provide the reader with a little context. Finestre sull'Arte wanted to repeat last...
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80 works on Ovid's Metamorphoses on display at the Rijksmuseum, in collaboration with the Galleria Borghese in Rome

Very few literary works of antiquity have exerted such a profound and lasting influence on art as Ovid's Metamorphoses. The major exhibition to be staged at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam from February 6 to May 25, 2026, entitled Metamorphoses, will br...
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Donated 61 works by Matisse to the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris. They tell the story of the bond between the artist and his daughter

Sixty-one works by Henri Matisse are entering the collections of the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris thanks to a generous donation from Barbara Dauphin Duthuit, wife of Claude Duthuit, grandson of the famous painter. Following the Matisse et Mar...
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