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Florence, the Mormile Polyptych returns to view reassembled almost in its entirety at the Cenacolo del Fuligno

Florence, the Mormile Polyptych returns to view reassembled almost in its entirety at the Cenacolo del Fuligno

Thanks to the acquisition in 2025 by the Ministry of Culture of two missing panels, Antonio Rimpatta 's Mormile Polyptych has now been reassembled almost in its entirety, thus returning to the public a work of considerable importance. The two panels ...
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Girolamini reopens after 14 years: Naples rediscovers oldest library after 2011 scandal

Girolamini reopens after 14 years: Naples rediscovers oldest library after 2011 scandal

The Girolamini Library in Naples will become accessible to the public again on April 22, 2026, after a 14-year closure. The opening, as reported by the Vesuviolive.it news outlet, will take place through an exhibition housed in the institute's histor...
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Egypt: 13 illegally stolen archaeological artifacts recovered from the United States

Egypt: 13 illegally stolen archaeological artifacts recovered from the United States

Egypt has recovered from the United States 13 archaeological artifacts that illegally left the country, as part of an operation conducted through cooperation between the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry and relevant ...
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Flooding at the Vatican Museums: water on the statues of the Profane Gregorian

Flooding at the Vatican Museums: water on the statues of the Profane Gregorian

A violent thunderstorm that hit Rome in the past week has caused water infiltration in the Vatican Museums, causing flooding in the Gregorian Profane section, one of the exhibition spaces that holds a significant part of the ancient sculpture collect...
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International illicit trafficking: 46 artifacts returned to National Museum of Sybaris (Cosenza)

International illicit trafficking: 46 artifacts returned to National Museum of Sybaris (Cosenza)

There are 46 archaeological artifacts from Etruscan, Greek and Roman times returned to the state and destined for the National Museum of Sibari, located in the territory of the municipality of Cassano all'Ionio, in the province of Cosenza, within the...
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The Last Dreams of Medieval Man. The frescoes of Lorenzo and Jacopo Salimbeni in Urbino

The Last Dreams of Medieval Man. The frescoes of Lorenzo and Jacopo Salimbeni in Urbino

Medieval man dwells within a tangle of symbols, lives by visions that lie between the earthly and the divine, conceives the universe according to an order that is not our own. In the mind of medieval man drowns all geometry; there are no straight lin...
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Mexico, new cave paintings from prehistory to 1521 AD discovered during work on Mexico-Querétaro train

Mexico, new cave paintings from prehistory to 1521 AD discovered during work on Mexico-Querétaro train

In the course of the archaeological preservation activities related to the construction of the Mexico City-Querétaro passenger train, promoted by the Secretaría de Cultura of the Government of Mexico through theNational Institute of Ant...
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Malù Cruz Piani in Milan: dialogue with the masterpieces of Longari arte

Malù Cruz Piani in Milan: dialogue with the masterpieces of Longari arte

From April 14 to May 15, Longari arte Milano gallery hosts Malù Cruz Piani - The Art of Becoming, a solo exhibition by Malù Cruz Piani curated by Giorgia Perin. The project develops as a direct confrontation between the Brazilian artist...
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