Renaissance Art - Finestre sull'Arte

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Vasari and Rome: the works of the Renaissance master on display in the Capitoline Museums

Vasari and Rome: the works of the Renaissance master on display in the Capitoline Museums

Rome hosts a new exhibition dedicated to Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, 1511 - Florence, 1574), concluding the celebrations for the 450th anniversary of his death. Vasari and Rome, set up in the Capitoline Museums at Palazzo Caffarelli from March 20 to July...
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Turin, Defendente Ferrari's restored polyptych returns to Palazzo Madama

Turin, Defendente Ferrari's restored polyptych returns to Palazzo Madama

On Friday, February 20 at 11:30 a.m., Turin 's Palazzo Madama hosted the presentation of the restoration of the Polyptych with Saint Jerome and Saints, Annunciation and Scenes from the Passion by Defendente Ferrari (Chivasso, ca. 1475 - 1540), a work...
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Who authorized the Vitruvian Man censored in the RAI commercial? Question to the Ministry

Who authorized the Vitruvian Man censored in the RAI commercial? Question to the Ministry

Landing at the Ministry of Culture is the issue concerning the use of the image of Leonardo da Vinci 'sVitruvian Man within a commercial dedicated to the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, currently broadcast by Rai with daily programming and repeat...
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Vitruvian Man censored in theme song for Milan Cortina Olympics becomes international case

Vitruvian Man censored in theme song for Milan Cortina Olympics becomes international case

The television theme song that accompanies daily live broadcasts of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games has ended up at the center of a controversy involving the relationship between philological fidelity of the artwork and the need for globa...
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Antonello da Messina: Congressman Sebastiano Fabio Venezia calls for the return of Ecce Homo to Sicily

Antonello da Messina: Congressman Sebastiano Fabio Venezia calls for the return of Ecce Homo to Sicily

In the past few hours, regional deputy Sebastiano Fabio Venezia submitted aparliamentary interpellation addressed to the regional government asking for action to facilitate the assignment of Antonello da Messina'sEcce Homo to the Regional Museums of...
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State purchased Antonello da Messina's Ecce Homo for $14.9 million

State purchased Antonello da Messina's Ecce Homo for $14.9 million

Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli announced that, through the General Directorate of Museums, the state has acquired from Sotheby's, a well-known international auction house active in the art market, Antonello da Messina's tempera painting on pane...
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In Milan, four contemporary artists dialogue with Hans Memling's Crucifixion

In Milan, four contemporary artists dialogue with Hans Memling's Crucifixion

The Carlo Maria Martini Diocesan Museum in Milan will host from Feb. 19 to May 17, 2026 an event that puts Renaissance and contemporary art in dialogue. The focus of the exhibition HANS MEMLING. The Crucifixion. Four contemporary artists around a mas...
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Florence, the Hall of the Column will be included in the Brancacci Chapel tour route

Florence, the Hall of the Column will be included in the Brancacci Chapel tour route

The Sala della Colonna, a space hitherto accessible to visitors only on limited occasions, will be permanently open to the public starting Sunday, Feb. 1, as part of the Brancacci Chapel and Cloister tour of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence. The m...
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