In February 1909, in the Parisian newspaper *Le Figaro*, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti launched his famous challenge against the worship of the past, ushering in the 20th century with the Futurist Manifesto: “We affirm that the magnificence of the ...
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Six new exhibitions at the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Bologna and a comprehensive plan for restoration, redesign, and outreach projects: five months after his appointment as director of the National Museums of Bologna and Emilia-Romagna, Luigi Gallo pre...
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A fragment of Homer’s*Odyssey* dating from the 3rd or 4th century A.D. has been discovered in the special collections of Utrecht University in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The discovery was made by Mark de Kreij of Radboud University as part of a ...
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On September 25, 2026, the Vatican Apostolic Library will open AQVA to the public—the first chapter of *Catastrophe and Wonder*, a new five-year exhibition series dedicated to the dialogue between heritage preserved over the centuries and contemporar...
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Rome, 1621. That year, the physician, scholar, and collector Giulio Mancini took an interest in a large canvas by Rutilio Manetti (Siena, 1571–1639) that had recently arrived in the city: it wasthe Allegory of the Four Seasons, painted by the S...
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If one were to go by the headlines, it would seem there are no major doubts regarding the authenticity of the *Portrait of a Young Man*, which was presented with some grand ceremony in the halls of the Ducal Palace in Urbino—which are under the juris...
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In Florence , the *Madonna and Child*, a 17th-century painting that—thanks to recent restoration work—has been attributed to the circle of Francesco Curradi (Florence, 1570–1661), is once again on display in the women’s gallery of the museum t...
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The Spanish Ministry of Culture has presented the Museum of Fine Arts in La Coruña—a state-owned institution whose administration has been transferred to the Galician regional government—with a beautiful 16th-century Flemish panel painting dep...
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