Leonardo Bison

Zuchtriegel surprisingly reopens debate on Pompeii's eruption! August or October?

In a post on his socials on August 24, Pompeii Archaeological Park director Gabriel Zuchtriegel recalled theeruption of Vesuvius on August 24, 79 A .D ."On August 24, 79 A.D., the eruption of Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum," Zuchtriegel r...
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The Belvedere Torso, a jewel of the Vatican that also captivated Michelangelo

Walking through the endless corridors of the Vatican Museums, now filled with visitors even on winter Tuesday mornings, it is not easy to focus on the most extraordinary works, to grasp the difference between wonder and masterpiece, between the parti...
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The media has a (big) problem with attribution in art

On May 14, at the Foreign Press Room at Palazzo Grazioli in Rome, a scholar of Renaissance art, Amel Olivares, told the journalists present that after an eight-year search, she had identified an alleged new work by Michelangelo, kept in a vault in Ge...
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The Museum of Ancient Ships in Pisa, one of the most important museums on the sea in antiquity in the world

On the Lungarno Simonelli in Pisa, inside what used to be the Arsenali Medicei, the Museum of Ancient Ships will be located as of 2019. A name that will perhaps say little to many, but which in reality hides one of the richest and best-kept archaeolo...
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Centrale Montemartini, the most amazing archaeological museum in Rome (and beyond)

Italy is full of little-known excellences, excellences often born from the intuition of the moment, sometimes from chance, sometimes from opportunity. One such is the museum of the Centrale Montemartini, Ostiense district, Rome: a jewel, as well-kept...
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Chaos, strikes and closures: what's happening at Lombard state museums

Yesterday, a free Sunday, state museums in the Camonica Valley remained closed, and so did the Certosa Museum in Pavia. Other state museums belonging to the Regional Directorate of Museums of Lombardy are also struggling, as some contract workers sin...
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The origins of Futurism on display in Padua: a great occasion, amid surprises and some disappointments

It opened in Padua on Oct. 1 in the rooms of Palazzo Zabarella, and will remain open until Feb. 26, 2023, Futurism 1910-1915. The Birth of the Avant-Garde, one of the most anticipated and ambitious exhibitions of the season, curated by Fabio Benzi, F...
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Verona, opening of the entire prehistoric section of the National Archaeological Museum

Inaugurated today, October 26, the rooms dedicated to theIron Age in the new National Archaeological Museum of Verona, housed in the former Habsburg Prison of San Tomaso. It was a less lavish inauguration than the one that, on February 17, had accomp...
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