Padua - Finestre sull'Arte

A vase by Antonio Canova never before exhibited is on display in Padua

From Nov. 30, 2024 to March 9, 2025, the Diocesan Museum of Padua will host the exhibition Il Canova mai visto (Canova Never Seen), curated by Andrea Nante, Elena Catra and Vittorio Pajusco. The beating heart of the exhibition is the Vaso cinerario d...
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The spectacle of the Baptistery of Padua: the frescoes of Giusto de' Menabuoi

Inside the Baptistery of Pad ua is preserved one of the masterpieces of Paduan painting from the second half of the 14th century. The realization of the pictorial decoration of the sacred building was entrusted to the Florentine painter Giusto de' Me...
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Botanical Garden Museum of the University of Padua opens to the public.

On Feb. 13, the Botanical Garden Museum of the University of Padua opens to the public: a 500-square-meter itinerary that has been curated by scientific director Elena Canadelli. The museum aims to tell the story of botany and its relationship with m...
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Last episode of Wonders: Alberto Angela among the treasures of Padua, Herculaneum and Spoleto

Alberto Angela closes this season of Wonders, the Peninsula of Treasures between Padua, Herculaneum and Spoleto. The episode will air tonight on Rai1 at 9:25 pm. It will start in Padua, from Palazzo della Ragione, one of the city's symbolic places, ...
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Padua, the Equestrian Monument to Gattamelata will be moved to the Basilica Museum. In its place a copy

The famous equestrian statue of Gattamelata, a masterpiece by Donatello that stands in front ofSt. Anthony's Basilica in Padua, will leave its seat after more than five and a half centuries to be transferred to the Basilica Museum; a copy will be pla...
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Dante dialogues with Giotto at the Museo degli Eremitani in the sign of the contemporary

Entitled A riveder le stelle (To See the Stars Again ), the contemporary art exhibition running until January 30, 2022 at the Museo degli Eremitani in Padua intends to ideally dialogue with Giotto 's frescoes, which from July 2021 have been included ...
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Padua, the former Church of St. Agnes will become a contemporary art center after restoration

It kicked off on December 1, with a poster by artist Ignacio Uriarte, the Ante-Poster project that for about ten months, thanks to the works of six artists (Serena Fineschi, Susanne Kutter, Marc Nagtzaam, Giulia Siviero and Esther Stocker), will acco...
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A riveder le stelle: contemporary artists pay homage to Dante and Giotto in Padua

From Oct. 30, 2021 to Jan. 30, 2022, the Museo Eremitani in Padua presents the contemporary art exhibition A riveder le stelle, organized by the Cultural Department of the City of Padua, in collaboration with Antonio Menon's The Bank Contemporary Art...
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