Modern Art - Finestre sull'Arte

Andrea Appiani beyond Napoleon: Milan rediscovers the painter of beauty. What the exhibition looks like

Almost half of what is preserved at the Brera Art Gallery is due to the ideas and taste of a man, Andrea Appiani, who was well regimented within the Napoleonic bureaucratic apparatus. Right from the start: as early as 1796, the year of Napoleon's arr...
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World record for Frida Kahlo: her Sueño sold for 54.7 million

The sale of El sueño (La cama), a self-portrait made by Frida Kahlo in 1940, set a record for the artist but not only. The work was sold Nov. 20 during the Surrealist art auction organized by Sotheby 's in New York for a total of $54.7 million...
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Drawing by John Constable sold for £71,740 after 200 years in private collection

The chalk and watercolor drawing A House and Haystack at Flatford (A House and Haystack at Flatford) by John Constable (East Bergholt, 1776 -London, 1837), which belonged to the artist's family and close friends for nearly two centuries, sold today f...
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England, a rare and unpublished drawing by John Constable pops up: it will go to auction

A drawing of extraordinary historical and artistic interest by John Constable (East Bergholt, 1776-London, 1837), among the greatest masters of English landscape painting, is re-emerging on the market after nearly two centuries of absence. The work, ...
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New York, two Caillebotte masterpieces on display at Louis Vuitton flagship store

Until Nov. 16, 2025, two masterpieces by Gustave Caillebotte are on display in Louis Vuitton 's new flagship store in New York on 57th Avenue. On the fifth floor of the store, in a space redefined as Espace Louis Vuitton, is the exhibition that bring...
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Milan, here is the program of exhibitions on the occasion of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympics

Milan is preparing to welcome the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games with an approach that goes beyond sports, transforming the city into a major cultural stage. The City Council, together with leading cultural institutions, has p...
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Sotheby's Paris: record 89.7 million and a Modigliani sold for 27 million

During Art Basel Paris week, the energy surrounding the art market translated into an unprecedented result for Sotheby's Paris office. The auction house recorded its highest total ever in France for a combined sale of modern and surrealist art, with ...
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England, five-figure sale for a Dalí that was bought for only £150

A fortuitous discovery turned into a surprising artistic rediscovery and a major adjudication on the international market. An original painting by Salvador Dalí, purchased for only 150 pounds during a house clearance in Cambridge, England(we h...
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