Renaissance - Finestre sull'Arte

Titian and Lotto in Ancona, two masterpieces in dialogue at Pinacoteca Podesti

From Feb. 14, 2026, the Pinacoteca Civica "Francesco Podesti" in Ancona opens its halls to two exceptionally important loans that bring into direct dialogue two absolute protagonists of the Italian Renaissance: Titian Vecellio and Lorenzo Lotto. TheM...
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Antonello da Messina's Ecce Homo: was it a good buy?

There is some lateral significance to be found in the fact that the Italian state has decided to invest nearly $15 million, or 12.5 million euros at today's exchange rate, to purchase Antonello da Messina'sEcce Homo that everyone, even those who have...
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Antonello da Messina's Ecce Homo, how the negotiations went: talks Fabrizio Moretti

It had already hinted at a major private purchase negotiation that Antonello da Messina 'sEcce Homo had been withdrawn a few hours before theauction at Sotheby's on Feb. 5, an auction that was shaping up to be one of the most notable this year, and i...
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According to authoritative sources, the state would purchase Antonello da Messina's Ecce Homo

It had been withdrawn a few hours before the Feb. 5 sale at Sotheby's: Antonello da Messina'sEcce Homo , which was about to go to auction with an estimate of $10-15 million, was already shaping up to be one of this year's highlights on the market. An...
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Rare Michelangelo study for Sistine Chapel sold at Christie's: record

New world record for a work by Michelangelo at auction: it happened at Christie's in New York, where a rare study for the Libyan Sibyl from the Sistine Chapel sold for $27.2 million (23.10 million euros). And to think that this figure was the result...
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Venice, Doge's Palace reopens the Hall of the Four Doors after a two-year restoration

After more than two years of work, the Hall of the Four Doors at the Doge's Palace in Venice has been reopened to the public at the end of a comprehensive restoration project involving the ceiling decorations, stone portals, and monumental sculptural...
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Sistine Chapel, start of extraordinary maintenance of Michelangelo's Last Judgment

Extraordinary maintenance of Michelangelo 's Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel has begun, one of the most delicate and long-awaited conservation interventions in recent years on one of the absolute masterpieces of art history. The start of the work...
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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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