Ancient art - Finestre sull'Arte

Perugia Foundation acquires the Albertini Collection: 1749 valuable parchments from the 14th-15th centuries

The Albertini Collection, a nucleus of 1,749 parchments and documentary covers of Perugia origin dating from the 14th and 15th centuries, was presented today at theState Archives inRome's historic headquarters of Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza. The collectio...
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At MANN, a new exhibit tells the story of Pompeii's domus and furnishings

The National Archaeological Museum of Naples is enriching its exhibition with a new permanent section dedicated to the furnishings of Pompeian domus. Inaugurated on June 30, 2025, the exhibit entitled Domus. The Furnishings of Pompeii is housed on th...
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Ahmet Güneştekin exhibits at the National Gallery: memory and identity in dialogue with the present

From July 1 to Sept. 28, 2025, the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome presents YOKTUNUZ(You Were Absent), a solo exhibition by Turkish artist Ahmet Güneştekin (Batman 1966), curated by Sergio Risaliti and Paola Marino, with...
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Renaissance equestrian statue found in Toul, France, buried after demolition of north gate

During an archaeological surveillance operation related to road works in the historic center of the French city of Toul, in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, archaeologists from theInstitut National de Recherches Archéologiques Prév...
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At the Diocesan Museum of Agrigento an exhibition on the figure of Mary Magdalene, with works by great masters

From July 6 to October 30, 2025, the Diocesan Museum of Agrigento, in the year of Agrigento Capital of Culture 2025, will host the exhibition The Fire of Love. Mary Magdalene. Female Witness of Hope, sponsored by the Holy See's Dicastery for Culture....
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Not only Bezos and Sanchez: all the rich people who chose Italy (and our museums) to get married

In the celebrity world, the wedding appears as a spectacular event, designed down to the smallest detail to reflect the personality, status and aesthetic vision of the bride and groom. The locations, often lavish and rich in history, become as promin...
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Notre-Dame: new bell supports for the south tower bells completed

Restoration work on the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral takes another step forward with the completion of the new logs, the solid wood supports intended to support and allow the movement of the two bells of the south tower. The announcement was made Ju...
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Bronze fragment resurfaces in Salento: new archaeological discovery off the coast of Leuca

The waters off Leuca harbor have returned a fragment of a bronze statue, presumably part of a male torso from the Roman period. The find emerged during anunderwater archaeological survey conducted by the Department of Cultural Heritage of the Univers...
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