Nineteenth century - Finestre sull'Arte

The Italiens de Paris: the Belle Époque told at Palazzo Blu. What the Pisa exhibition is like

It could have been titled Les Italiens de Paris the Belle Époque exhibition currently running at Palazzo Blu in Pisa until April 7, 2026, and indeed the subtitle reads "Italian Painters in Paris in the Age of Impressionism." In fact, the prota...
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Luigi Norfini and the Italy of the Risorgimento: the great exhibition in Lucca and Pescia

From December 20, 2025 to April 26, 2026, the National Museums of Lucca and the Palazzo Galeotti Museum in Pescia are hosting The King's Painter. Luigi Norfini in the Italy of the Risorgimento, the first major monographic exhibition dedicated to the ...
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Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Terni e Narni puts its collection on display

The Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Terni e Narni presents its collection with the exhibition Art Collection. From Signorelli to Burri, which can be visited from December 12, 2025 to March 1, 2026 in the rooms of Palazzo Montani Leoni in Terni. The ...
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Nomellini and the restless city: how Genoa ignited Italian symbolism. What the exhibition looks like

The history of Italian pointillism passes through Genoa. Pass through Genoa the social unrest that would later spill over into the arts. Passing through Genoa were the first Symbolist hotbeds that animated Italian painting in the latter part of the 1...
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70 works from the Centanini Collection on display at Padua's Museo degli Eremitani

From December 12, 2025 to March 8, 2026, the Museo Eremitani in Padua will host the Centanini Collection, part of the artistic heritage of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, on the occasion of the exhibition Collecting Beauty. Work...
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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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Canova's Colossal Horse comes back to life after more than 50 years in storage

The Colossal Horse by Antonio Canova (Possano, 1757 - Venice, 1822), one of the most representative works in Bassano's collections, finally returns to show itself in its entirety after more than 50 years spent in storage at the Civic Museums of Bassa...
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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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