Perugia - Finestre sull'Arte

Dario Fo, program for the centenary of the Italian Nobel laureate's birth starts in Umbria

Umbria officially launches its path to the 100th anniversary celebrations of the birth of Dario Fo (Sangiano, 1926 - Milan, 2016), a leading figure in contemporary theater and Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997. The multi-layered program, intended fo...
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Perugia, unveiled Mimmo Paladino's artist canvas that will cover during construction of Palazzo Baldeschi al Corso

Concerto in Piazza, the artist's cloth created by Mimmo Paladino that will cover the facade of Palazzo Baldeschi al Corso, Perugia, during extraordinary maintenance work on the building, has been unveiled. The project, directed by architect Carlo Sa...
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Gianni Berengo Gardin photographs Giorgio Morandi's studio: shots on display in Perugia

From May 23 to September 28, 2025, the National Gallery of Umbria in Perugia is hosting, within the CAMERA OSCURA space dedicated to photography set up within the museum's itinerary, the exhibition Gianni Berengo Gardin photographs Giorgio Morandi's ...
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Perugia, Villa del Colle del Cardinale reopens to public after redevelopment work

From March 21, 2025, the Villa del Colle del Cardinale in the hamlet of Colle Umberto in Perugia will reopen to the public. In fact, work on the rehabilitation of the gardens, financed by the PNNR Parks and Gardens Fund to the tune of 2 million euros...
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Two Perugino panels return to Perugia: purchased at auction by Perugia Foundation

Two works by Perugino (Pietro Vannucci; Città della Pieve, c. 1445 - Fontignano, 1523) long kept abroad are returning to his homeland. Indeed, the Perugia Foundation has announced the acquisition of two panels, Christ Crowned with Thorns (1497...
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The Chapel of San Severo in Perugia, where Raphael and Perugino painted the same wall

Tucked away among the medieval alleys of Perugia, after a steep climb, is a quiet and little-known place, far from the routes of mass tourism, where it is possible to see two great masters of art history side by side, in comparison, namel...
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From the Divine Painter to the Best Master of Italy. About the Perugino exhibition catalog.

Within the ambit of the Region of Umbria, and over the past three decades, institutions have promoted a series of restoration campaigns, recoveries and initiatives of various approaches, involving different forces directed toward the study and preser...
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The Monteripido Altarpiece: Perugino's work with two faces

In the center of the Perugino room in the National Gallery of Umbria is a particular work by Pietro Vannucci known as Perugino (Città della Pieve, c. 1450 - Fontignano, 1523): it is in fact the Monteripido Altarpiece, an opisthograph altarpie...
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