Nineteenth century - Finestre sull'Arte

Sandokan at Villa Reale in Monza: Dayak artifacts on display for the first time

From March 7 to June 28, 2026, theOrangery of the Villa Reale in Monza will hostSandokan. The Tiger Roars Again, an exhibition project conceived and produced by Vertigo Syndrome and curated by Francesco Aquilanti and Loretta Paderni. The initiative, ...
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Portraits of the insane: when Géricault gave a face to madness

At a time when madness was still seen as an obscure and stigmatized phenomenon, Théodore Géricault (Rouen, 1791-Paris, 1824) tackled the subject with rigor and depth. We are talking about the same Géricault who, yes, had led Fren...
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Giovanni Bartolena, color as the cipher of the twentieth century on display in Livorno

Until Feb. 14, 2026, the Sede di Rappresentanza Castagneto Banca 1910 in Livorno, Via Rossini 2, is hosting the exhibition Nel Novecento di Giovanni Bartolena, tra innovazione e riflessione sul magistero fattoriano, sponsored by Fondazione Castagneto...
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Musée d'Orsay acquires an important self-portrait by Gustave Caillebotte

An important acquisition for the Musée d'Orsay in Paris: a masterpiece by Gustave Caillebotte (Paris, 1848 - Gennevilliers, 1894), Portrait de l'artiste au chevalet ("Portrait of the Artist at the Easel"), which occupies a central and unique p...
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An exhibition on homosexuality at the Kunstmuseum Basel, with about 100 works from the 19th and 20th centuries

From March 7 to August 2, 2026, the Kunstmuseum Basel is hosting the exhibition The First Homosexuals. The Birth of New Identities, 1869-1939, which grew out of a project conceived by Alphawood Exhibitions and initially presented at Wrightwood 659 in...
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In Milan, Palazzo Reale celebrates the Macchiaioli with a retrospective of more than 100 works

Milan is preparing to host a major retrospective dedicated to the Macchiaioli, one of the most important movements in 19th-century European painting, in conjunction with the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The exhibition I Macchia...
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For the first time in its history, Fondation Beyeler dedicates a monographic exhibition to Paul Cézanne

For the first time in its history, the Fondation Beyeler in Basel is devoting a monographic exhibition to Paul Cézanne, a pioneer of modern art and a central figure in its collection. Open to the public from Jan. 25 to May 25, 2026, the exhibi...
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Giuseppe Baldini, rediscovering the first master of Fattori and Corcos.

Leonardo da Vinci's famous maxim "sad is that disciple who does not advance his master" seems to have guided the students of Giuseppe Baldini (Livorno, 1807 - 1876), a Leghorn artist who imparted the first rudiments in painting to important names in ...
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