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Abruzzo region seeks free retirees for library services, controversy ensues

The Abruzzo Region is at the center of a controversy over a call for applications published Feb. 25, 2025, seeking free consultants to support the Cultural Assets and Activities Service of the Social - Local Government - Culture Department. The sele...
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Genova Antiquaria, success between art and solidarity at Palazzo della Meridiana

Genova Antiquaria exceeded expectations, transforming Palazzo della Meridiana into a meeting point of history, culture and solidarity. The first edition of the market-exhibition, held Feb. 21-26, recorded 1,488 admissions and raised 7,624 euros, enti...
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Florence, Louisa Stolberg Gedern's tomb restored thanks to American donor in love with Santa Croce

In the monumental complex of Santa Croce in Florence, the funeral monument of Louisa Stolberg Gedern (Mons, 1752 - Florence, 1824), Countess of Albany, has been restored. A woman of great intellect and marked diplomatic skills, she was the wife of th...
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Netherlands returns more than 100 Benin bronzes to Nigeria

The Netherlands will return to Nigeria a total of 113 Benin bronzes in Dutch state collections. This decision was made by Minister of Education, Culture and Science Eppo Bruins: these are the objects from the ancient Kingdom of Benin (now part of pre...
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US returns 107 stolen archaeological artifacts to Italy

The United States will return as many as 107 ancient artifacts toItaly : this was announced in these hours by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. The total value of the artifacts amounts to 1.2 million euros: these objects were recovered a...
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Milan is enriched by Giant Sunflower, Mauro Seresini's flower for Ukraine

Against a dramatic backdrop, an imposing three-meter-high sculpture has made its way into Milan's Library of Trees, where the war in Ukraine seems to materialize through a symbol that evokes both hope and suffering. (Un)forgotten Ukraine - A symbol o...
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Mantua, maintenance for the Bridal Chamber: goal to preserve Mantegna's masterpiece

From Feb. 24 to March 7, 2025, the Bridal Chamber, the fascinating work by Andrea Mantegna (Isola di Carturo, 1431 - Mantua, 1506) created between 1465 and 1474, will undergo a major scheduled maintenance operation. The pictorial masterpiece commissi...
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Turin among gardens and parks: at Palazzo Madama and other gardens, a path through botany

Observing how plants change, learning how to take care of them and discovering the city's tree heritage: this is the goal of the series of meetings From the Garden to the City: gardening and botany paths, scheduled from Feb. 26 to Nov. 10 between the...
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Donated to the Art Institute of Chicago one of the most prestigious private collections of French art in the U.S.

TheArt Institute of Chicago will be enriched by the most prestigious private collection of paintings, drawings, and sculpture by the great French masters of the 16th to 19th centuries in the United States, thanks to the extraordinary donation of Jeff...
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League introduces its bill to limit powers of superintendencies

After the first unsuccessful attempt in the culture dl, the League is now trying again: in fact, a bill has been presented that aims to limit the power of the Superintendencies in matters of landscape authorizations . The first assault, in January, h...
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Poldi Pezzoli Museum launches Quality Time: experiences for all among workshops and play-visits

The Poldi Pezzoli Museum inaugurates Quality Time, a cultural project designed to make art accessible to everyone, thanks to the support of the Baggi Sisini Foundation. The initiative, which will run throughout 2025, includes a rich calendar of event...
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Paris, Notre-Dame towers will reopen in summer 2025 with a completely renovated tour route

In the summer of 2025, visitors will have the opportunity to discover a completely renovated tour route in the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. This new route, developed under the direction of scenic agency Nathalie Crinière and in col...
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Rome, criticism of current management of National Gallery of Modern Art from CUNSTA and CGIL

The management of the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art is at the center of criticism coming from the National University Council for Art History (CUNSTA), which released an open letter criticizing the choices of the current director, a...
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Leonardo3 Museum still at risk of closure. Director threatens hunger strike

The Leonardo3 Museum has won an important battle, but it has not yet won the war. The latest developments in the thorny affair that threatens to shut down the museum located in Milan 's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele were summed up yesterday at a press c...
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Vinci, restoration of a drawing on a fireplace underway. Scholars advance hypothesis that it may be by Leonardo

A major restoration project is about to begin in Vinci on an interesting drawing executed in charcoal on the hood of an ancient fourteenth- and fifteenth-century fireplace located in a building owned by the municipality, located near the Conti Guidi ...
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Venice, Venice Gardens Foundation obtains the concession of the Royal Gardens until 2064

In Venice, the Giardini Reali will remain under concession to Venice Gardens Foundation for 40 years: an agreement was signed today betweenAgenzia del Demanio - Direzione Regionale Veneto and Venice Gardens Foundation extending the term of the conces...
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