Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Finestre sull'Arte

Rome, the route to discover ten of Gian Lorenzo Bernini's most famous works

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Naples 1598 - Rome 1680) is the leading figure of seventeenth-century European Baroque figurative culture. In his artistic career he distinguished himself among Roman artists, earning a prestigious reputation with the popes and ...
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Bernini painter on display at Zani Foundation: works from family collection

From Sept. 8 to Oct. 29, 2023, the Paolo and Carolina Zani Foundation House Museum in Cellatica (Brescia) is offering the exhibition Private Bernini. La forza e l'inquietudine, which showcases several paintings by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Naples, 1598 -...
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The doodle in art, from Leonardo da Vinci to Cy Twombly

From March 3 to May 22, 2022, theAcademy of France in Rome - Villa Medici presents a preview of the exhibition Gribouillage / Scarabocchio. From Leonardo da Vinci to Cy Twombly, curated by Francesca Alberti and Diane Bodart, with the collaboration of...
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Spain, blocked sale of 17th-century bronze (estimated 2,000 euros): possibly by Bernini

In Spain, a case similar to that of theEcce Homo attributed to Caravaggio, which was to go to auction, in a sale of the Ansorena house, and was later withdrawn because of the strong interest aroused by the work, is being repeated. This time the same ...
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An exhibition against violence against women at the Uffizi. Protagonists Bernini and Ilaria Sagaria

The Uffizi Gallery is hosting an exhibition against violence against women from Nov. 2 to Dec. 19. It is Lo Sfregio (The Scarring), an exhibition that puts the works of the young Salerno artist Ilaria Sagaria (Palomonte, 1989) in dialogue with a mast...
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Milan, the relationship between man and time in a major exhibition at Poldi Pezzoli

The Poldi Pezzoli Museum presents The Shape of Time: an exhibition dedicated to man's relationship with time, from antiquity to the threshold of the modern age, which relates the iconography of it to the technological advancement in its measureme...
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Time in Baroque art is on display at Rome's Palazzo Barberini

In Rome, from May 15 to October 3, 2021, the Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica presents the exhibition Tempo Barocco, curated by Francesca Cappelletti and Flaminia Gennari Santori, at the Palazzo Barberini venue. The exhibition, which inaugurates the...
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The light of the Baroque on display in Ariccia: a review with paintings from Roman collections

The exhibition Luce del Barocco (Light of the Baroque) is on view at Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia until January 10, 2021. Paintings from Roman Collections. Produced by the European Center for Tourism and Culture in Rome and in collaboration with the Pal...
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