The 15 most-read articles of 2023 on Finestre Sull'Arte

For years now, on New Year’s Eve, on Finestre Sull’Arte we open the New Year with a ranking of the most-read articles of the past year. So what were the most read articles on Finestre Sull’Arte in 2023? As per tradition, here are the rankings from 15th to first position!

15. The new appointments of autonomous museum directors.

In December, the 10 new directors of the autonomous museums that had expiring directors were appointed. To the Uffizi goes Simone Verde, Eike Schmidt migrates to Capodimonte. TV popularizer Costantino D’Orazio to the National Gallery of Umbria, writer Alessandra Necci to the Estensi Galleries. That’s the news that opens the rankings Read the full story here

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14. Madrid, the restoration of Guido Reni’s Saint Sebastian

Guido Reni’s Saint Sebastian has been restored in Madrid, with all repainting removed, including the one that censored his pubis. The cleaning also revealed the saint’s hand. Read the full story here

13. Study says tourism impoverishes Salento.

A study by University of Salento professors and tourism experts concluded that tourism has not grown Salento (and Lecce in particular) but, rather, has impoverished it. Read the full story here

12. The in-depth study on Botticelli’s Venus.

Perhaps dragged along by the Ministry of Tourism’s promotion campaign, our detailed in-depth study on Botticelli’s Venus also enters the rankings. Read the full story here

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11. Discovering the most beautiful villages between Val Seriana and Val di Scalve

Among the “tourism” themed articles, the most widely read was the one about the villages in the Seriana and Scalve Valleys. Read the full story here

10. Outstanding discovery in the heart of Rome: a domus with unparalleled mosaic decorations

News from a few days ago, an extraordinary discovery in the heart of Rome. The Archaeological Park of the Colosseum has in fact unearthed some rooms of a luxurious domus of the late Republican age, renamed Domus del Vicus Tuscus, which has mosaic decorations that have no comparisons to date. Read the full story here

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9. Vulci, archaeologists open an untouched Etruscan tomb.

More archaeology in the top ten. A 2,600-year-old Etruscan tomb, discovered in April, was opened in the Vulci Archaeological Park in October and had remained inviolate. Much curiosity about what archaeologists found inside. Read the full story here

8. Sea storms in Tuscany bring to the surface the remains of a Roman villa

Lots of archaeology among the top 15 most-read news stories this year. In Ansedonia (Grosseto), violent sea storms in early December washed much of the sand away from the shoreline, causing the remains of an ancient Roman imperial villa to resurface. Read the full story here

7. Vacationing in Italy by American tourists? Too hot and hard to get used to local customs

In August, a short New York Times report on American tourists’ vacations in Italy caused much discussion. What’s wrong? Too much heat and the difficulty of reconciling one’s habits (for example, water with ice or flip-flops everywhere) with the Italians’ higher threshold of heat tolerance. Could this become a problem in the future? Read the full story here

6. Madrid, Prado restores its Caravaggio

In Madrid, the Prado finished in December the restoration of its only Caravaggio work, the David with the Head of Goliath from around 1600, which had been clouded by yellowed paint and dirt. We now see it much closer to how the great painter envisioned it. Read the full story here

5. Van Gogh exhibition review in Rome.

Open from October 2022 to May 2023, the Van Gogh exhibition in Rome drew a record number of visitors (over 600,000). As a result, the review of the exhibition, written by Federico Giannini, was one of the 5 most-read articles on Finestre Sull’Arte. As well as the most-read review of the year. Read the full story here

4. Rai Cinema launches free game inspired by The Divine Comedy, to step into Dante’s shoes

Ahead of Dante 2023, Rai Cinema unveiled a multiplatform project dedicated to the Divine Comedy in March. And it also launched a free, universally accessible game inspired by Dante’s universe. Read the full story here

3. Rai5’s documentaries on colors in art.

Rai again, this time on the third step of the podium. Starting Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 9:15 p.m., Rai5 offered a series on colors in art history, “Art Night. The Colors of Art,” with six episodes to tell the story of art through colors. The first was dedicated to red. Read the full story here

2. World’s oldest fortress found in Siberia.

A team of archaeologists led by the Free University of Berlin has discovered in Siberia the settlement of the oldest known fortified site to date. According to the German university, the discovery is revolutionary because it could change our knowledge about the emergence of complex societies. Read the full story here

1. In-depth look at Rosso Fiorentino’s Deposition

Published in January, our in-depth look at Rosso Fiorentino’s spectacular Deposition wins for 2023 as the most-read article of the year. The most comprehensive article on the painting you will find on the web, dragged down perhaps a little by the work’s restoration, which was completed in the fall, and a little by the fact that it is one of the greatest masterpieces in art history. Read the full story here

The 15 most-read articles of 2023 on Finestre Sull'Arte

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