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Disconcerting: one in three female archaeologists has been abused in the workplace

Yesterday, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, theNational Association of Archaeologists (ANA) released data from a survey that captures the prevalence of gender discrimination and abuse in the fiel...
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Venice Biennale 2024 closes with 700,000 visitors

It closed on Sunday, November 24, 2024, the 60th Venice Biennale, entitled Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Everywhere (our review here). Curated by Adriano Pedrosa, the edition recorded 700,000 tickets sold, marking an 18 percent increase over 2019 an...
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Treviso, an altarpiece stolen 48 years ago from its church found and returned

Significant restitution by the Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale (TPC) unit of Venice, which, at the church of San Francesco in Treviso, officially returned to the bishop the altarpiece with Our Lady of Mount Carmel by Bartolomeo Litterini (Ven...
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Venice, Carabinieri find and return to Archaeological Museums a marble head of Diana

In the morning today, the Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale (TPC) unit in Venice officially handed over to the National Archaeological Museums of Venice and the Lagoon a precious marble head depicting the goddess Diana, dating back to Roman art...
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Rome Quadrennial 2025 will be "Fantastic": next edition presented

This is what the 18th edition of the Quadriennale d'Arte di Roma, one of the most anticipated events in the Italian contemporary art scene, will look like: it will be called Fantastica, it will be held from October 2025 to January 2026 at the Palazzo...
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TPC Carabinieri seize numerous Etruscan archaeological artifacts in perfect condition

Carabinieri from the Nucleo Tutela Patrimonio Culturale - archaeology section, coordinated by the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court of Perugia, presented today, in Rome, at the headquarters of the Operational Department of the Carabinieri Tutel...
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Venice, closes the Fondaco dei Tedeschi

Fondaco dei Tedeschi, the luxury shopping center located in the 13th-century building of the same name in the heart of Venice, next to the Rialto Bridge, will close in 2025. Four floors, 226 employees working in the stores, a focal point of the histo...
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Milan, Leonardo3 Museum risks closure due to bureaucratic problems

The Museo Leonardo3 in Milan, the museum dedicated to the figure and genius of Leonardo da Vinci, isin danger of closing: highly faithful reconstructions of Leonardo's machines, ultra-high-definition reproductions of his drawings, exhibitions that of...
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Florence, G7 Tourism kicks off: armored Piazza della Signoria

Piazza Signoria armored for the G7 Tourism Ministers' meeting in Florence. That's how the area surrounding Palazzo Vecchio looked this morning in anticipation of the summit called for by Minister Daniela Santanchè with colleagues from the worl...
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Airbnb invests $1.5 million for the Colosseum and also funds ... a course for gladiators

Collaboration between Airbnb and the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum (PArCo ) with the aim, the Park makes known, of boosting the promotion of conscious tourism. Despite the fact, therefore, that short term rentals, i.e., Airbnb's core business ...
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St. Peter's visitable online: the Basilica's digital twin is born with Microsoft and AI

St. Peter's Basilica, for centuries the spiritual heart of the Catholic world and an extraordinary artistic treasure, is going digital thanks to an ambitious project promoted by the Fabbrica di San Pietro in collaboration with Microsoft. The project...
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Thanks to Intesa Sanpaolo at the start of maintenance work on the frescoes of Santa Maria foris portas

Work has begun on the monitoring and maintenance of the fresco cycle in the apse of the church of Santa Maria foris portas in the Castelseprio Archaeological Park near Varese. The work will be carried out by restorer Luigi Parma (Milan, Italy) and wi...
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Massimo Bernardi is the new director of MUSE - Trento's Museum of Science

Appointed the new director of MUSE - Science Museum of Trento: he is Massimo Bernardi. The appointment was formalized today with a measure of the Provincial Council signed by President Maurizio Fugatti, at the conclusion of a selection procedure laun...
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Restoration of Donatello's Gattamelata will begin in 2025, thanks to Friends of Florence and Save Venice

The Pontifical Delegation of the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua, with the American nonprofit organizations Friends of Florence and Save Venice, will fund the restoration of Donatello's equestrian monument to Gattamelata. The mid-15th-century bronze...
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Carabinieri seize over 2,000 fake works: Warhol, Modigliani, Banksy and more. Photos of the forgeries

More than two thousand fake works of art: this is the incredible amount of the maxi-sequestration made by the Carabinieri Nucleo Tutela Patrimonio Culturale of Rome as part of theCariatide operation, which led the military to seize more than 2,100 wo...
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Vignettes and memes about Trump winning the US presidential election: the funniest ones

Donald Trump 's recent victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election unleashed a new wave of online memes and cartoons, which quickly went viral both in the United States and abroad. The reaction to this victory has been particularly heated on socia...
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