Siena - Finestre sull'Arte

Siena, Palazzo delle Papesse celebrates first birthday: here are the exhibitions, from Armando Testa to Renaissance

On Saturday, September 13, Siena 's Palazzo delle Papesse celebrates the first anniversary of its reopening as a space dedicated to art and culture, thanks to the management of Opera Laboratori. The palace, a historic home destined for Catherine, sis...
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Siena, a rare early 15th-century wooden crucifix returns to view restored. Attributed to little-documented artist

A rare example of early 15th-century wooden sculpture has returned to public view: it is the large wooden crucifix attributed to Alberto di Betto d'Assisi, now on display in theOratory of San Bernardino, home of the Diocesan Museum of Siena. Coming ...
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Siena, visits to see the sunrise view from the top of monuments

The month of September in Siena opens with an event that combines spirituality, history and beauty. It is called Prima Lux and offers a very special experience: watching the sunrise from the city's most fascinating vantage points. An occasion that, i...
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Montalcino, a national competition to tell the story of Poggio Civitella with contemporary art

In Montalcino, the past meets the present in a new challenge launched by the Fondazione Musei Senesi. With Vis-à-Vis, a project that connects cultural heritage with contemporary visual arts, an initiative that calls on young talents in photogr...
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Siena Cathedral opens to exclusive dawn visits with claviger

There is a moment, every day, when Siena Cathedral opens its eyes to the world, when light filters through the spires and caresses the polychrome marble of its facade: it is dawn, and it is at that suspended hour, when the city still sleeps and the n...
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Domenico Beccafumi's cartoons for Siena Cathedral: the idea that anticipates light in marble

Cesare Brandi, in 1933, compiling the catalog of the collection held by the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena, had called them "heirlooms." a term that has perhaps become inadequate today to define, in a single word, the cartoons that Domenico Beccafumi ...
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The Floor of Siena Cathedral is revealed: the inlay of Hope is visible for the first time

On the occasion of the 25th Ordinary Jubilee of the Catholic Church, centered on the theme of Hope, Siena Cathedral will once again unveil its beautiful marble floor, June 27 to July 31 and Aug. 18 to Oct. 15. "Let us live our faith, especially in t...
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A call to rethink nature: sustainable ideas for events and cultural spaces in Siena

Reconfiguring the view of nature, questioning new forms of relationship with green spaces, imagining cultural installations capable of combining functionality and sustainability: these questions are the starting point of the call for ideas launched i...
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