Sculpture - Finestre sull'Arte

Rome, two baroque masterpieces by Algardi and Duquesnoy at Palazzo Barberini

Starting Oct. 21, 2025, the National Galleries of Ancient Art in Rome present a new chapter in the enhancement of its collections. Two extraordinary Baroque busts signed by Alessandro Algardi (Bologna, 1595 - Rome, 1654) and François Duquesnoy...
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Moonflower: lunar symbolism in the works of Pascal Murer in Ascona, canton of Ticino

The Castello San Materno Museum-Foundation for Culture Kurt and Barbara Alten in Ascona, Canton Ticino, Switzerland, is hosting the solo exhibition Moonflower by artist Pascal Murer from Sept. 27 to Dec. 28, 2025, with a second installment scheduled...
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Mario Ceroli, 70 years of sculpture on display at the National Gallery in Rome

From Oct. 7, 2025 to Jan. 11, 2026, the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome is dedicating a major monographic exhibition to Mario Ceroli (Castel Frentano, 1938), a central figure in 20th-century Italian sculpture. Entitled Ceroli ...
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Nasher Prize 2027, an award for excellence in contemporary sculpture, goes to Petrit Halilaj

Petrit Halilaj has been awarded the Nasher Prize 2027, an award dedicated exclusively to excellence in contemporary sculpture. The prize provides $100,000 and the opportunity to develop public programs with the Nasher Sculpture Center. The artist has...
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Maurizio Cattelan receives an award, but to collect it he sends ... a portrait of himself done by a robot

The 2025 edition of the Marmomac Best Communicator Award was held yesterday in Verona, as part of the leading exhibition dedicated to the techno-lapid supply chain, Marmomac, running at Veronafiere until Sept. 26. The award, given annually to persona...
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Giuseppe Correale, sculptor of time. A master of the 20th century to be rediscovered

What would happen if today, as they did in ancient Greece with sculptures placed in shrines and public spaces, suddenly and for different reasons works were removed because they hindered movement and circulation? Imagine if, as they did then, the aut...
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Francesco Ciusa, Sardinia rediscovers sculptor who turned pain into eternal myth

From a young man of good hopes, capable of infusing humanity and formal purity into the albeit crude realism, to a great forgotten of Italian art, between the two wars and in the second half of the last century. Francesco Ciusa (Nuoro, 1883 - Cagliar...
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Architecture, art and AI: "Space of the Possible" exhibition in Mestre.

From Sept. 18 to Nov. 30, 2025, the International Sculpture Park in Mestre will host Spazio del Possibile, an exhibition curated by Francesca Zaccarelli that interweaves architecture, art and technology. The exhibition, promoted by Banca Ifis in coll...
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