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Why does Juan Sánchez Cotán’s cabbage look so contemporary?

by Piero Bisello

Brussels. Bozar sheds some light on Spanish Still Life and reminds us how close still life is to Duchampian ready...

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A family business: Querini Stampalia compares Mantegna and Bellini

by Gianluca Poldi

Venice introduces the show about Mantegna and Bellini that the National Gallery is going to open next October by putting...

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More than 160 million reasons to buy half of a Rembrandt

by Stefano Pirovano

In 2016 the Netherlands and France jointly acquired from the De Rothschild family the only double full length portrait painted...

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Johannes Freiherr von Diergardt

Herr Johannes Freiherr von Diergardt’s medieval jewels shine at the Neues

by Marta Galli

The Neues museum in Berlin celebrates Johannes Freiherr von Diergardt's extraordinary collection of Medieval jewels finally shedding some light on...

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What if traditional African art enters Medieval and Renaissance rooms?

by Marta Galli

Berlin: at the Bode Museum a show titled 'Beyond campare' juxtaposes traditional African art pieces with the museum's permanent collection...

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Sol LeWitt legacy comes to light at Fondazione Carriero

by Stefano Pirovano

An exhibition at Fondazione Carriero questions Sol LeWitt long lasting method. But is still the idea the most important aspect...

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The last Caravaggio: heirs and new masters

by Stefano Pirovano

An exhibition clarifies how Giulio Cesare Procaccini and Bernardo Strozzi perceived the last Caravaggio. Are art historians prone to the...

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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci: recent miracles of science and restoration

Salvator Mundi and the Magi's Adoration by Leonardo da Vinci were in a bad shape. The same goes for a...

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Leopoldo de’ Medic

Leopoldo de’ Medici art collection revives in Florence

by Marta Galli

Palazzo Pitti celebrates Leopoldo de’ Medici's 400th birthday with a comprehensive exhibition dedicated to his extended art collection and sends...

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acropolis museum

How does Brexit affect the Elgin marbles issue?

by Stefano Pirovano

Here is why, after the Brexit, the British Museum should return the Elgin marbles to the culture they belong to.

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Emerging old masters: Guido Cagnacci at the National Gallery

by Geoff Hands

To visit the National Gallery to see one painting is an indulgence; but for a work that is temporarily on...

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Rome celebrates first female painter in art history revealing three new original pieces

by Stefano Pirovano

A new pivotal exhibition is going to reinforce the already prominent position that Artemisia Gentileschi has in the history of...

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Help Center for Italian Modern Art to bring Depero Futurista back to life!

by Piero Bisello

It appears as a curious accident that the object some consider the first artist book in the 20th century was...

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Is the 1930s revival a prophecy of doom?

by Geoff Hands

In times of economic and political turmoil it is challenging to recognise the positive developments in culture when the Prophets...

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The National Gallery goes ‘Beyond Caravaggio’ placing a sexy milestone in master’s career

by Geoff Hands

Regretfully, we shall never have the pleasure of viewing, ‘Caravaggio: The Late Works’. Would we have seen something akin to...

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How Italians got crazy over Christo’s floating piers and ignored Bellini’s 500 years anniversary

by Piero Bisello

2016 marks five hundred years since the death of Venetian painter Giovanni Bellini, the seminal artist who embodied the transition...

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Mantua Italian capital of culture 2016: even Mantegna would be proud of it

by Alessandra Marelli

Since April Mantua has officially started its year as the Italian Capital of Culture 2016, a recognition that was appointed...

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The Isabel of Aragona’s miracle of the roses and the art market’s money dilemma

by Alessandra Marelli

While also some pivotal international players have started to question the many crucial problems affecting the opaque structures of the...

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Giorgione at the Royal Academy of Arts in London is so contemporary, contemporary, contemporary…

by Geoff Hands

ROSALIND: Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing? Come, sister, you shall be the priest and...

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Save Venice and Friends of Florence shake hands and look into the future of preservation

The first collaboration between two decisive philanthropic institutions for the Italian artistic heritage such as Save Venice and Friends of...

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