Modern Art - Finestre sull'Arte

A Macchiaiolo to be rediscovered: Stanislao Pointeau on display for Uffizi Diffusi

Until Feb. 16, 2025, the "Giuliano Ghelli" Museum in San Casciano in Val di Pesa (Florence) is hosting an exhibition dedicated for the first time to Stanislao Pointeau (Florence, 1833 - Pisa, 1907), the French-Florentine painter who played a fundamen...
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Livorno, an exhibition tells a little-known side of Renato Natali

The artistic and human universe of Renato Natali (Livorno, 1883 - 1979), one of the leading post-Macchiaioli artists, is revealed in an exhibition titled Renato Natali, Rome and Beyond: Dialogue Between Art and Affections, hosted in Livorno from Dec....
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Walking Through Rome: from Antonacci Lapiccirella the Roman views of an English Grand Tour artist

From Dec. 13, 2024 to Jan. 31, 2025, Galleria Antonacci Lapiccirella Fine Art in Rome is hosting the exhibition Walking Through Rome: Roman Views by a Nineteenth-Century English Artist: the exhibition offers the public a rare opportunity to admire 43...
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"I'd like to come in your mouth": erotic letters by Gustave Courbet discovered. They will be exhibited

An exceptional discovery that was announced a few days ago in France: an unpublished correspondence between one of France's greatest artists, Gustave Courbet (Ornans, 1819 - La-Tour-de-Peilz, 1877) and a Parisian woman, Mathilde Carly de Svazzema, tw...
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For the first time in the history of the Metropolitan Museum to design a wing of the museum is a woman

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has unveiled the design signed by architect Frida Escobedo for the new wing dedicated to modern and contemporary art. This is a historic event for the museum: Escobedo is the first woman to design a wing in the Metrolit...
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How Etruscan art influenced twentieth-century art

The Etruscan civilization, with its aura of mystery, fascinating aesthetics and distinctive materials, was a powerful creative stimulus for artists, intellectuals and designers in the 20th century. To this day, many designers continue to be inspired ...
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Faenza, a new section dedicated to Art Nouveau and Deco opens at the Museum of Ceramics

Doors open today at the International Museum of Ceramics (MIC) in Faenza for the new section devoted to European ceramics between Art Nouveau and Deco, a journey through art and design from the early 20th century to the 1940s. With an itinerary displ...
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Milan, Leonor Fini's visionary genius on display at Palazzo Reale

Almost a century after her first solo exhibition in Milan, Leonor Fini (Buenos Aires, 1907 - Paris, 1996), an eclectic and visionary artist, is back in the spotlight with one of the most comprehensive retrospectives dedicated to her. From Feb. 26 to ...
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