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Gio' Pomodoro on Elba: A Thematic Exhibition Traces the Connection Between the Artist and the Island Modern Art

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Van Gogh, Hodler, and a Cabriolet: Basel Hosts the First Major Exhibition Dedicated to Gertrud Dübi-Müller Exhibitions

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Manduria: New Archaeological Excavations Begin in San Pietro Mandurino Archaeology

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Theft of a work by Antonello da Messina: The van used in the getaway has been found; the hunt is on for the accomplice News

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Fire Breaks Out During Fireworks Display; Flames Threaten the Aragonese Castle in Ortona News

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The Metropolitan Museum in New York is exhibiting the oldest fragment of the *Odyssey* Ancient art

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Verita Monselles’s Women’s Photography on Display at the Pecci Center in Prato Exhibitions

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17/08/2026, 17:40:27
A Picasso painting stolen in 1961 has resurfaced, and now the Guggenheim wants it back News

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The girl with the pearl earring will never travel again

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Federico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta 22/07/2014

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In 18th-century Sarzana guided by a historian of the period. Bonaventura de' Rossi's copious Collettanea.

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Federico Giannini 10/08/2018

The Parisian Mantegna. The works of the Musée Jacquemart-André Exhibition reviews

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Van Gogh exhibition in Milan, why yes and why no: double review Exhibition reviews

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Canova, Hayez and Cicognara: in Venice, three greats for an urgently topical exhibition Exhibition reviews

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07/01/2018, 23:59:51
Witches, ghosts, demons and esoteric cults: art and magic on display in Rovigo Exhibition reviews

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18/11/2018, 15:29:28
Ulvi Liegi between stain and impression in a painting that is an ode to color. The exhibition in Livorno Exhibition reviews

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The classical dream of Salvador Dalí Exhibition reviews

The classical dream of Salvador Dalí

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A piece of Neapolitan baroque in Apulia: the Cappellone di San Cataldo at Taranto Cathedral

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Ruggiero Doronzo 18/11/2019

The Theft of a Work by Antonello da Messina: Are Thieves More Professional Than Professionals? Opinions

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Why do they want to put an obscure Leonardo da Vinci on the new euro banknotes? Opinions

Why do they want to put an obscure Leonardo da Vinci on the new euro banknotes?

09/08/2026, 16:51:55
Why do we often feel stupid when faced with contemporary art? The problem isn't us Opinions

Why do we often feel stupid when faced with contemporary art? The problem isn't us

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Spider-Man and the Faces That Don't Exist Works and artists

Spider-Man and the Faces That Don't Exist

13/08/2026, 16:48:16
George Grosz's Eclipse: When the Sun Is Darkened and Power Loses Its Mind Works and artists

George Grosz's Eclipse: When the Sun Is Darkened and Power Loses Its Mind

12/08/2026, 02:53:29
Giuditta Branconi: When Painting Breaks Free Beyond Its Own Boundaries Works and artists

Giuditta Branconi: When Painting Breaks Free Beyond Its Own Boundaries

11/08/2026, 14:56:32