Modern Art - Finestre sull'Arte

The Fattori Museum in Livorno Gets a Makeover: Why the New Exhibition Design Marks a Turning Point

The old layout of the Fattori Museum in Livorno is gone, finished, no longer exists, and we will never see it again: dismantled before last year’s exhibition on Giovanni Fattori, it has now been completely renovated, transformed, and replaced. ...
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Adele Bloch-Bauer, Gustav Klimt's "Woman in Gold"

A profusion of gold floods Gustav Klimt’s *Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I* , sweeping through the entire composition like a river of precious metal and immersing the viewer in a dazzling vision. Gold is the undisputed protagonist of the entire...
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Rodin According to Rilke: An Exhibition in Switzerland Explores the Dialogue Between Sculpture and Poetry

The sculpture of Auguste Rodin (Paris, 1840 – Meudon, 1917) takes center stage once again at the Pierre Gianadda Foundation in Martigny, Switzerland, with a new exhibition project dedicated to the relationship between art and poetry. From June ...
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Hamilton's record-breaking "Laocoön": It is the most expensive neoclassical sculpture ever sold at auction

A new world record for neoclassical sculpture was set in London. Last night at Sotheby’s, the monumental *Laocoon Hamilton*, a life-size bronze by Auguste-Jean-Marie Carbonneaux (Paris, 1790–1843), was sold for 13.6 million pounds, equivalent ...
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Morbelli Through His Drawings: The Tortona Collection Reopens Research on the Divisionist Painter

An artist’s archive does not merely preserve letters, notes, newspaper clippings, receipts, envelopes, and scattered documents. When systematically examined, it can breathe new life into an entire historical figure, freeing it from the somewhat...
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Ottone Rosai and the Wounded Social Fabric of the Tavern

If there is one place where, at the dawn of the 20th century, popular social life revealed all its ambiguity, it is the tavern. Trattoria, tavern, wine bar, and inn: different names for spaces that we today tend to associate solely with conviviality,...
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From Leonardo to Keith Haring: Drawings on Display at the Castello Sforzesco

A journey through five centuries of art history, following the subtle yet decisive thread of drawing. This is the heart of *Passione Disegno*. From Leonardo da Vinci to Keith Haring, the exhibition presented by Milan’s Castello Sforzesco in the...
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Ducal Palace: Thirteen Paintings by Alessandro Dal Prato Donated to the Museum of Modern Art

On Saturday, June 27, 2026, at 11:00 a.m., the Atrio degli Arcieri in the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua will host the presentation of a donation of thirteen paintings by Alessandro Dal Prato. The collection comes from the artist’s heirs, Anna Maria ...
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