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Italy Purchases Rare Caravaggio Portrait for $34.7 M.

03/12/2026

Italy has purchased a rare Caravaggio portrait for €30 million ($34.7 million), one of the largest sums ever paid by the state for a work of art, according to the country’s culture ministry. The painting, depicting the cleric Monsignor Maffeo …

Метки : караваджоискусствоиталияживописькультурное наследиебарокко

Flash ArtFounder Giancarlo Politi Dies at 89

03/03/2026

Flash ArtFounder Giancarlo Politi Dies at 89 Critic, poet, and publisherGiancarlo Politi, founder of the influential contemporary art journalFlash Art, one of the first international publications of its kind, died on February 24. He was eighty-nine. Politi, over a career …

Метки : искусствожурналыиздателииталияхудожникинаследие

Quattro Gatti Is the Official Gin of the 2026 Venice Biennale

02/25/2026

Aperol and Campari might have some serious competition at the Venice Biennale this year. While spritzes made with those apéritifs is often the drink of choice for collectors, curators, and critics taking a break from the tumult of the opening …

Метки : биенналевенецияджинискусствоспонсорыиталия

Rome Fresco Altered After Complaints Over Giorgia Meloni Likeness

02/09/2026

The face of an angel who appeared to resemble Italy’s right-wing prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has been removed from a fresco in a Rome church after complaints from Vatican officials. The image appeared in a chapel of the Basilica of …

Метки : искусствополитический скандалиталияджорджия мелониватиканфреска

Archeologists Uncover 2,000-Year-Old Basilica Designed by Vitruvius

01/21/2026

Italian officials unveiled the discovery of a 2,000-year-old basilica that archeologists have attributed to Vitruvius, the ancient Roman architect, at a press conference on Monday, according to a report in Reuters. The ancient basilica, which would have been used as …

Метки : археологияиталиявитрувийоткрытие векадревностькультурное наследие

10 Must-See Chapels in Italy

12/25/2025

While most flock to museums to experience world-famous artworks, some of the most influential pieces reside outside institutions—especially in Italy, where, during the Renaissance, a number of wealthy patrons commissioned works of art in smaller chapels. Those chapels were intended …

Метки : искусствоиталияренессанскапеллыархитектураистория.

Artissima Director Luigi Fassi Discusses Italy's VAT Cuts

11/04/2025

Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, a new ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. In July, Italy’s government finally bowed to two decades of lobbying from galleries, …

Метки : искусствоиталияналогиartissimaсовременное искусствоколлекционеры

Italian police seize 21 suspected forgeries attributed to Dalí

10/03/2025

This week the Italian authorities seized 21 suspected forgeries attributed to Salvador Dalí from a major monographic show titled “Dalí, Between Art and Myth” in the northern city of Parma.The exhibition of 80 drawings, engravings, and tapestries opened at Palazzo …

Метки : искусствоподделкадали#культураиталиярасследование

Three Loaned Banksy Works Incite Dispute Between England and Italy

09/22/2025

Three Banksy works are the source of a dispute between John Brandler, a British specialist in street art, and Metamorfosi, a Rome-based enterprise that presents touring exhibitions. According to a report in the Guardian, Brandler loaned the works to Metamorfosi …

Метки : бэнксиискусствострит-артвыставкиспориталия

Italy Protests Return of Carpaccio Altarpiece to Slovenia

09/11/2025

A 16th-century altarpiece by Vittore Carpaccio has been returned to the Slovenian town of Piran, where it was originally commissioned, drawing sharp criticism from Italian politicians who insist the work remains part of Italy’s cultural patrimony. Madonna and Child Enthroned …

Метки : #культураиталиясловенияискусствоистория.наследие

Erotic Mosaic Held by Nazi Officer Goes on View in Pompeii

07/18/2025

An ancient mosaic that may have been looted by a Nazi officer has returned to its home in Italy decades after being stolen. The mosaic depicts a bedroom scene and probably originated somewhere in the area around Mount Vesuvius, the …

Метки : мозаикаиталияархеологияистория.помпейрепатриация

National Archaeological Museum in Naples Exhibits Ancient Artifacts

04/14/2025

An exhibition featuring hundreds of previously missing artifacts, some of them hunted by a special police unit over decades, are now being exhibited for the first time at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. The museum in Southern Italy has …

Метки : искусствовыставкаиталияартефактыкультурное наследиемузей

The Stolen Madonna Returns to the Spotlight in Standoff Legal Fight

03/13/2025

A 16th-century painting stolen from an Italian museum more than half a century ago has resurfaced—not in a grand gallery or a private collection, but at the center of a bitter dispute between an English widow and a small-town museum …

Метки : искусствоиталиясудебные разбирательствакультурное наследиекартины

Italian Museums Are Offering Dog-Sitting to Boost Visitor Numbers

01/13/2025

Italian museums have started offering free dog-sitting services in a bid to boost visitor numbers.The scheme, initiated by the Bauadvisor dog services company, launched on Sunday in Rome at four major cultural sites, among them the Museum of the Ara …

Метки : италиямузеисобакиаудитория#культурауслуги