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A Renaissance fresco reborn in Urbania. A restoration that could shed light on its author

A fresco tarnished by time, a fresco important to its city and its inhabitants, a fresco that has been revived thanks to careful restoration. We are talking about the restoration of the fresco of the Madonna and Child with Saints, a Renaissance work ...
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"Here Are New Discoveries on Guido Reni and Bolognese Painting." Interview with scholar Giulia Iseppi

The recent exhibition on Guido Reni at the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna(La favola di Atalanta. Guido Reni e i poeti, which ended last Feb. 16) introduced important new information on the Bolognese artist and, in general, on the artistic environmen...
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Scotland, Roman fibula discovered in Iron Age fortified settlement

Archaeological excavations conducted in 2020 at the William Grant & Sons Girvan Distillery at Curragh in South Ayrshire, Scotland, uncovered a fortified settlement dating back to the Iron Age. The work, carried out by archaeologists from GUARD Ar...
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The restoration of the Rocca di Dozza: the rediscovered Hall of Arms and Great Hall

With the interventions held between 2022 and 2024, the restoration of the Hall of Arms (Sept. 12, 2022) and the Great Hall (March 27, 2024) of the Rocca in the village of Dozza, positioned in the territory between Imola and Bologna, were completed. ...
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The ceramic art of Enrico Baj in a volume that reveals its ironic and experimental side

Ceramics, a material that is shaped and transformed under the artist's hands, is an element that plunges its roots into the past, between craft and art, between its everyday utility and aesthetic expression. And it is in this space that the artistic ...
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The restoration of Lorenzo Lotto's Visitation: a masterpiece coming back to life. With its mystery

The restoration program of the Visitation by Lorenzo Lotto (Venice, 1480 - Loreto, 1556/1557), a work preserved at the Pinacoteca Civica di Palazzo Pianetti in Jesi, is certainly an important milestone in safeguarding Italy's artistic heritage. The i...
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Giacinto Cerone, free and independent sculptor: interview with curator Marco Tonelli

From January 18 to April 27, 2025, the exhibition Giacinto Cerone is on view at the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza. The Necessary Angel, an anthological exhibition dedicated to Giacinto Cerone (Melfi, 1957 - Rome, 2004), a singular sc...
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Working with clay: the seeds of Arianna Cordiviola. "A wonderful material."

Arianna Cordiviola has been creating interesting works with clay for years. She was born in Carrara in 1977, where she refined her artistic sensibility at the Artemisia Gentileschi Art School. She continued her education at the Academy of Fine Arts i...
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