The Sicilian Region must update its Professional Matrix before launching any large-scale competitive hiring process in the cultural heritage sector, ensuring it includes all the specialized roles necessary for the protection of cultural…
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News Focus Antonello da Messina Sicily Theft
The two Renoirs stolen on September 8 from the museum dedicated to the artist in Cagnes-sur-Mer, on the French Riviera, were recovered on October 9—almost exactly one month after the theft. DNA evidence proved decisive. However…
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A small roll of film, a few photos taken in Centuripe, and a wedding photograph from 1979 helped reconstruct the history of the Centuripe pyx—the precious 3rd-century B.C. terracotta vessel thatthe Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam has…
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New traces of Roman Agrigento are emerging from the Valley of the Temples. During excavations conducted by the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa within the Archaeological and Landscape Park of the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, remains…
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Work has begun in Petralia Soprana, in the Palermo area, on the restoration and extraordinary maintenance of one of the majolica-tiled spires of the Church of Santa Maria di Loreto, which has been affected by deterioration and the collapse…
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Starting September 13, 2026, the famous Kouros of Lentini will return to the halls of the city’s Regional Archaeological Museum. The sculpture, consisting of a head and torso carved from fine Parian marble and dating to the first decade of…
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Opinions Ancient art Antonello da Messina Renaissance Sicily Theft
The Strait of Messina is unique in the world for its beauty and natural richness; it clearly surpasses the Bosphorus in quality of life, the Strait of Istanbul—which connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, is heavily trafficked, and…
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News Focus Antonello da Messina Sicily Theft
“It’s impossible. The mounting system of the panels of the San Gregorio Polyptych makes it impossible to remove them in the two or three minutes during which, according to press reports, the theft took place.” The…
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