The Cathedral of Siena (whose construction began in the mid-twelfth century and completed by 1370) re-opens its “Gate of...
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The “Head of Medusa” by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Uffizi Gallery, Florence) is an example of the parade shields...
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The name of the Belgian artist Harold Ancart is at the moment on the wishing list of many collectors,...
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The starting point for a conceptual approach to Renaissance art could be pinpointed in the flowering of the Neo-Platonic...
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A few weeks ago we were in Volpedo, where we visited the perfectly preserved studio of Giuseppe Pellizza, a...
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Among the recent attempts to enhance the connection between contemporary art and the art by dead artists, we have...
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There is a particular artist whom we would like to draw your attention to, that is Andrea Previtali (Berbenno,...
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In the civic museum of Modena, there is a room that preserves the nineteenth-century layout of a wide selection of...
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There are some shows which are able to maintain the rigor of scientific studies while offering to the general...
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From 8 March to 20 July 2014, Palazzo Strozzi in Florence will host the exhibition “Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino....
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A couple of days ago, Christie’s international head of postwar and contemporary art, Brett Gorvy, told to the French financial...
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Here is how during the Second World War Rodolfo Siviero saved many Italian art treasures from the Nazi, and where...
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Francesco I de’ Medici (Florence 1541 – Poggio a Caiano, 1587) was one of the finest patrons in the history...
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We believe these lines from Kirk Varnedoe’s book “Picture of nothing” (Mellow Lecture, 2003) to be the perfect introduction...
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It takes less than an hour driving from Milan to reach Volpedo, but international tourists and art lovers don’t...
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Ayan Farah was born 1978 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Exposed until the 7th of March at Bugada&Gargnel in Paris, Farah’s...
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The Polyptych by Master Paroto, “Madonna and Child with Saints,” 1447, is a work of great charm: for its...
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From our perspective, the essence of the conversation between artist Philippe Parreno and curatorCarlos Basualdo put up last Thursday...
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After visiting the new 3500 squared meters bakery-style space of the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice – that to us...
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Last night a friend showed us this charming artwork. Take a close look at the Christ’s crossed arms and...
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