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 ...

Starting January 1, 2026, tourists from outside the European Union will pay more in Paris to visit some of France’s most important museums and monuments.The entrance fee to the Louvre will rise from ...

Nato a Roma nel 1962, Carlo Alberto Bucci si è laureato nel 1989 alla Sapienza con Augusto Gentili. Dalla tesi, dedicata all’opera di “Bartolomeo Montagna per la chiesa di San Bartolomeo a Vicenza”, ...

London's new Victoria and Albert Museum depot has been open to visitors since May 31: 16,000 square meters of rarely exhibited collections, including a work by Picasso, Brutalist architecture and ...

President Donald Trump ’s announcement of the firing of National Portrait Gallery director Kim Sajet(here for previous article) has opened an institutional rift that calls into question the ...

At Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia, from December 7, 2024 to May 18, 2025 it will be possible to visit the exhibition Bernini and the Painting of the 1600s.Paintings from the Koelliker Collection, curated by ...

Caravaggio 2025 in Rome's Palazzo Barberini is more than a blockbuster exhibition: it's an exhibition. And from a scholarly point of view, it is a lukewarm occasion. Main reason to see it: the ...

It has been definitively established that the Lion towering in St. Mark's Square in Venice is actually a Chinese monster. Here is how the discovery was made, and what it entails. Over the past ...

During an archaeological excavation campaign on a piece of land in the municipality of Montaione (Florence), a small white marble statue, dating back to the 3rd-4th centuries AD, was found.The work, ...

What are the trends in young contemporary painting? How do painters born after 1980 paint, how do they work, and what do they tell? Here is a quick overview. Finally, to close this rapid and ...

To the figure of Cleopatra, the famous queen of Egypt, a woman of extraordinary charm and power, whose events have inspired illustrious writers such as William Shakespeare, Théophile Gautier and ...

The city of Bruges is a must-see for all art enthusiasts on a trip to Belgium. The capital of West Flanders is a resplendent jewel, with its medieval old town that has been a UNESCO World Heritage ...