Museums - Finestre sull'Arte

To satisfy the whims of Berlusconi and his cronies, we (s)sell our heritage

On our Facebook page, whenever we try to draw the attention of our thousands of fans to current political events, we always receive criticism (by now it is mathematical) related to the fact that we should deal only with art and not politics. It is no...
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An encouraging sign for our appeal against the "rental" of cultural property

Despite the fact that Minister Bray has not yet responded to the appeal against the measure on unexposed cultural heritage contained in the Simplification Bill, an appeal we launched on these pages on August 1, and which you can still sign by clickin...
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Appeal to Minister Bray: NO to renting out our cultural property. Sign it too!

The Simplification Bill approved by the Council of Ministers last June 19, as all art enthusiasts know, contains a measure that envisages the possibility of state-owned cultural assets being taken out of Italy to be granted to foreign countries upon ...
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If renting a room at the Uffizi costs as much as a table at Billionaire. Reflections on the fee schedule

In the last few hours, in Il Fatto Quotidiano, art historian Tomaso Montanari has divulged some of the figures of the fee schedule for the concession of the Polo Museale Fiorentino 's spaces for events, a fee schedule that will be presented by Cristi...
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Art according to Matteo Renzi: the seven "best" renzian gimmicks in five years in office

By now he has become a regular presence, not a day goes by that I don't see at least one appearance by Matteo Renzi on television or in the newspapers, so much so that when I don't hear news about him or see his jolly face on the news, I almost get w...
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Seven (bad) clichés about Italian art

Anyone with the slightest interest in art history has come across one of these seven cl ichés about Italian art at least once in their life. Seven bad myths that often recur on the pages of newspapers or in the mouths of politicians and that it is...
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Thinking at the Museum: the story of Rosita | Stories of youth and culture

Today's protagonist of Stories of Youth and Culture is Rosita Cacciali, she is from Roccabianca (in the province of Parma), and she calls herself "the soul" of "Il Mondo Piccolo" Museum, a museum dedicated to the Parma plain between the 19th and ...
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Italian artworks for rent

Among the novelties proposed in the "Simplification" Bill approved yesterday by the current Council of Ministers, we find a content that has already provoked the first discussions at least on social networks and that (and this is little but certain) ...
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