Twentieth Century - Finestre sull'Arte

An exhibition in Arezzo traces eight centuries of the depiction of St. Francis in art

Eight hundred years after the death of St. Francis of Assisi, Arezzo is celebrating its historical and spiritual bond with the patron saint of Italy through a major exhibition dedicated to the evolution of his image in art. Paintings, sculptures, min...
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From Mental Hospitals to Feminist Struggles: 200 Photographs by Carla Cerati at Palazzo Reale in Milan to Mark Her Centennial

The transformations of Italy in the second half of the 20th century, political and social tensions, Milan’s cultural life, and individual stories are transformed into images and words in the work of Carla Cerati, a photographer and writer who made he...
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Lucio Fontana: The Hidden Side of the Slit Canvases on Display at Tornabuoni Arte in Milan

Hidden on the backs of Lucio Fontana’s famous slashed canvases lies a lesser-known universe, made up of notes, phrases, and personal impressions that reveal an intimate, everyday dimension of his work. This hidden side of the artist’s oeuvre serves a...
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Memo Vagaggini’s Metaphysical, Unreal, and Geometric Maremma. What the Exhibition in Bibbona Is Like

These are silences that permeate the Maremma countryside, the result of a mind that viewed those fields, those pine trees, those rivulets, and those marshes as one might view a gold ground, a painting by Piero della Francesca, or a geometric abstract...
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Christie’s is auctioning the collection of Antonio Homem Sonnabend

Christie’s is bringing Antonio Homem Sonnabend’s collection to the market—a vast collection of postwar and contemporary art, photography, multiples, prints, and design—which will be offered in a series of auctions held in London, Paris, a...
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The Staglieno Cemetery in Genoa: The City of the Dead, Where Sculpture Tells the Story of Life

“The first impression you feel, deep within yourself, is that of your precarious existence—an impression that cannot be concealed upon entering this place of meditation; yet this is immediately followed by wonder and surprise at the magnificent...
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Milan: An Exhibition at MUDEC on Matisse and His Dialogue with Non-European Cultures

From October 8, 2026, to February 21, 2027, MUDEC, the Museum of Cultures in Milan, presents a wide-ranging exhibition project dedicated to the relationship between Henri Matisse (Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 1869 – Nice, 1954) and the diverse c...
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James McNeill Whistler: The Dandy Between Aestheticism and Japonism. A Look at the Exhibition at Tate Britain

Born in New England in 1834 and having moved to Europe at a very young age, James McNeill Whistler was not only a key figure in European painting during the Post-Impressionist era, but also a theatrical character, witty and irreverent, a polemical pa...
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