The *Portrait of a Gentleman in Black* is back in the news ; a few years ago, a hypothesis was put forward attributing it to Caravaggio. The work, housed at the Museo Civico – Pinacoteca Crociani in Montepulciano ( Siena), had hung…
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Blue as the common thread running through twenty centuries of trade, travel, and encounters between civilizations: this is the theme of OLTREMARE, the exhibition that will be on view at the Diocesan Museum of Genoa from November 19, 2026…
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A painting damaged by the 1966 flood, which was salvaged through a complex restoration process and remained in the museum’s storage for years, is once again on public view. From November 3, 2026, to January 31, 2027, the Galleria…
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Works and artists Ancient art Art and cinema Cinema Halloween
Anyone who has seen *The Exorcist* will most likely remember Linda Blair as the young girl Regan MacNeil, the menacing figure of an ancient statuette, the soundtrack—with those notes from Mike Oldfield’s *Tubular Bells* that still…
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What does a lion tell us about the history of Florence? For centuries, its image has been a constant presence in the city’s political and cultural life—from the sculptures in its squares and public buildings to its architectural…
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Interviews Ancient art Dutch art Five hundred Six hundred
Witches, demons, monsters, and apparitions constitute one of the most distinctive aspects of the visual culture of the Netherlands in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries—an imagery that art history has often, almost automatically…
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The collection of Lorenzo the Magnificent (Florence, 1449 – 1492) was much more than a collection of paintings and sculptures: among the works and objects preserved in the Medici residence on Via Larga in Florence were gems, cameos…
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In Rome, , Francesco Borromini ’s architectural white — with its warm and cool shades—is once again on display to visitors at Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza, one of the masterpieces of Roman Baroque. Starting Tuesday, October 27, 2026…
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