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Spoleto, restored the crypt of San Primiano

Spoleto, restored the crypt of San Primiano

Spoleto rediscovers one of its oldest and most meaningful places with the presentation this afternoon of the end of the restoration of the crypt of San Primiano, located inside the Cathedral Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta. The restoration work on th...
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Bergamo Arte Fiera and Italian Fine Art kick off art fairs in Italy 2026

Bergamo Arte Fiera and Italian Fine Art kick off art fairs in Italy 2026

The two events that mark the beginning of art fairs in Italy in 2026 are returning to the Bergamo Fair: Bergamo Arte Fiera (BAF), now in its 21st edition (Jan. 16-18), and Italian Fine Art (IFA), in its ninth edition (Jan. 16-25). The two events, the...
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Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring on a trip to Japan.

Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring on a trip to Japan.

Another international move for Girl with a Pearl Earring, a masterpiece by Johannes Vermeer (Delft, 1632 - 1675) kept at the Mauritshuis in The Hague. The work will go to Japan, to the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka, next summer, between August a...
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Florence, finishes the restoration of the Corsini Chapel in the Basilica del Carmine

Florence, finishes the restoration of the Corsini Chapel in the Basilica del Carmine

A presentation was held in Florence yesterday on the completion of restoration work on the Corsini Chapel in the Basilica of Santa Maria del Carmine, one of the most significant examples of Baroque sculpture and decoration in the city. The event was ...
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A famous Ecce Homo by Antonello da Messina at auction at Sotheby's: estimate of 15 million

A famous Ecce Homo by Antonello da Messina at auction at Sotheby's: estimate of 15 million

It is sure to be one of the most important auctions of the year: an Ecce Homo by Antonello da Mess ina (Messina, c. 1430 - 1479) will go on sale at Sotheby 's in New York on February 5, with an estimate of €10-15 million. This is a rare sale that a...
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Contemporary art of 2025 is women. What emerges from the ranking of the best exhibitions

Contemporary art of 2025 is women. What emerges from the ranking of the best exhibitions

Two pieces of data emerge, and extremely prominently, from the ranking of the best exhibitions held in Italy in 2025. Before going into them, however, a few details to provide the reader with a little context. Finestre sull'Arte wanted to repeat last...
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Restorations at Hôtel-Dieu in Toulouse, France, unearth a walled medieval mullioned window

Restorations at Hôtel-Dieu in Toulouse, France, unearth a walled medieval mullioned window

In the context of the restoration campaigns of the facades of theHôtel-Dieu in Toulouse , France, overlooking the Garonne River and started in 2023, the third tranche of the work, which began in 2025, revealed a remarkable archaeological discov...
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Byzantine-era residential monastic complex discovered in Sohag, Egypt

Byzantine-era residential monastic complex discovered in Sohag, Egypt

The Egyptian archaeological mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, working at the site of Al-Qariah Bil-Dueir, in the Tama district, Sohag governorate, Egypt, has unearthed the remains of a complete monastic residential complex, datable to th...
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