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An Italian Art Historian in the U.S.: An Interview with Davide Gasparotto, Curator at the Getty Museum

Since 2014, Davide Gasparotto has served as Senior Curator of Painting and Chair of Curatorial Affairs at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. The institution, founded in 1954 by J. Paul Getty, has been governed since 1976 by a much more complex structur...
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Spain: An ancient bronze votive chariot, the only one of its kind on the Iberian Peninsula, has been discovered

At the Casas del Turuñuelo archaeological site, in the municipality of Guareña, in the province of Badajoz, Spain, a bronze votive chariot of great decorative and iconographic complexity has been discovered; it is considered to be a spe...
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Kittens, Colors, and Tenderness: An Exhibition at the Louvre-Lens Celebrates the Power of Cuteness in Art

At the Louvre-Lens in France, the exhibition will bring together over 300 works —including paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos, installations, books, films, and objects—that will take visitors on a journey through tenderness. Titled “So Cute! ...
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Rembrandt Rediscovered: A Masterpiece by the Young Master, Featuring a Self-Portrait, to Be Auctioned in London

A painting by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Leiden, 1606 – Amsterdam, 1669) that has remained in the shadows for nearly four centuries is about to make its triumphant debut on the international art market. On July 1, Sotheby’s will offer for ...
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From Leonardo to Keith Haring: Drawings on Display at the Castello Sforzesco

A journey through five centuries of art history, following the subtle yet decisive thread of drawing. This is the heart of *Passione Disegno*. From Leonardo da Vinci to Keith Haring, the exhibition presented by Milan’s Castello Sforzesco in the...
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Vermeer's "Woman in Blue" Arrives in Rome Following the Exhibition in Turin

The Italian tour of *The Woman in Blue*, one of the most famous paintings by Johannes Vermeer (Delft, 1632–1675)—part of the Rijksmuseum’s collection in Amsterdam and considered one of the finest examples of 17th-century Dutch painting—co...
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Rome: Restoration of the West Wing of Raphael’s Loggia at the Vatican Museums Has Begun

On Wednesday, June 24, 2026, at 11:00 a.m., at the Lapidary Gallery of the Vatican Museums, the restoration project forthe west wing of the Second Loggia—known as the Raphael Loggia—on the second floor of the Apostolic Palace, overlooking the Courtya...
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Parma: The Pilotta Hosts the First Exhibition Dedicated to Giorgio Gandini del Grano

From October 17, 2026, to January 17, 2027, the Pilotta Monumental Complex in Parma will host the first major monographic exhibition dedicated to Giorgio Gandini del Grano (Parma, 1498 – 1538), one of the most fascinating and, at the same time,...
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