Ancient art - Finestre sull'Arte

Face to face with Leonardo returns: sheet with Three views of manly head with beard exhibited in Turin

From March 20 to June 28, 2026, the Spazio Leonardo, on the second floor of the Sabauda Gallery of the Royal Museums of Turin, will host a new edition of A tu tu per tu con Leonardo, the project that offers the public, inside a climate-controlled, ar...
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Spring as a state of mind: when we too begin to bloom again

Between the rigors of winter and the explosion of summer, there is a season when shyly nature is reborn and blooms again. We notice it in the meadows filled with daisies, in the branches of trees, in the tiny buds that put seedlings on our balconies ...
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Taranto, Capucci at MArTA: high fashion dialogues with history

From March 19 to July 12, 2026, the National Archaeological Museum of Taranto welcomes Forme senza tempo - Roberto Capucci dialogues with MArTA, an exhibition project that relates the designer's production with the artifacts preserved in the Apulian ...
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At the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice the first full restoration of Bellini's St. Job Altarpiece

The first full restoration of Giovanni Bellini's St. Job Altarpiece, considered one of the greatest masterpieces of the Venetian Renaissance, is kicking off at the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice. For the first time, the intervention will be carrie...
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Rosso Fiorentino's first painting rediscovered: the Met in New York will acquire it

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has announced plans to acquire a newly rediscovered painting by Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo; Florence, 1494 - Fontainebleau, 1540), one of the leading figures of Mannerism. The work, a Mado...
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Secret Franceschini: in Bologna, the unreleased model of Santa Cecilia in glory

From March 26 to Sept. 20, 2026, the Municipal Museums of Ancient Art of the City of Bologna will host a painting by Marcantonio Franceschini (Bologna, 1648 - 1729) from a private collection at the Museo Civico d'Arte Industriale and Galleria Davia B...
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Venice, restoration of Lefèvre's Jacob's Dream in San Giorgio Maggiore completed

Twelve meters high, on the vault of Longhena's Scalone in the monumental complex of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Valentin Lefèvre 's The Dream of Jacob (1642-1677) becomes legible again today after a restoration that has restored to the wor...
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Five restored Etruscan vases on display at Florence's Opificio delle Pietre Dure

From March 17 to May 30, 2026, the Museo dell'Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence is hosting the exhibition Farsi forma. The Restoration of Five Etruscan Vases from the Guarnacci Museum in Volterra, part of Caring for Art. Restorations on Display,...
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