April 25, Liberation in the name of culture and art: free museums and archaeological parks for the celebration
On April 25th all state museums and archaeological parks will be open to the public free of charge
Degas' famous painting “Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando” will be exhibited at the National Gallery in London in June
In June 2024 at the National Gallery, Miss will take center stage in Degas' work Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando, 1879. This famous impressionist painting records an extraordinary moment and features an extraordinary model: the circus artist Miss La La…
Michelangelo at the British Museum, the great work "Epiphany" and other works on paper exhibited
A new landmark exhibition at the British Museum will explore the last three decades of the Renaissance and the illustrious life and career of master Michelangelo: 2 May to 28 July 2024 in the Joseph Hotung Great Court Gallery at the British Museum
Bologna, euthanasia of the Petronian History Museum: Morandi's paintings soon to be in the palace
In Bologna, Palazzo Pepoli Vecchi on free loan to the Municipality which will shortly place Giorgio Morandi's paintings there. But what will happen to the works to be transferred?
8 March: free entry for women on the proposal of the Ministry of Culture
Free entry for women to Italian museums on March 8th. The list of all the places of culture that have joined is proposed by the Ministry of Culture
Exhibitions 2024: Parmigianino at the National Gallery in London with “The Vision of Saint Jerome”
In winter 2024, the National Gallery will celebrate the first public exhibition in a decade, after a restoration, of a masterpiece of Italian mannerism, Parmigianino's Madonna and Child with Saints, also known as "The Vision of Saint Jerome"
Artificial Intelligence and curation of art collections. What will the future be?
Art museums are studying the potential of artificial intelligence in managing collections, improving the visitor experience and issuing attendance data. Among these, the field of artistic curation is the one that could have a significant evolution
Museums, new directors chosen: Schmidt at Capodimonte, Verdi at the Uffizi
The directors of four first-tier museums and six second-tier museums have been chosen. In addition to Schmidt and Verde, Renata Cristina Mazzantini at the Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome, Angelo Crespi at the Pinacoteca di Brera
Solomon R. Guggenheim: Mariët Westermann new director and CEO of the Museum and Foundation
Mariët Westermann will head the Foundation and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Foundation's flagship institution, and will also be the Foundation's managing director of its seminal collections and its constellation of museums in Europe and beyond…
The British Museum in London acquires new prints and drawings as a gift from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation
An important donation of prints and drawings by the American artist Roy Lichtenstein (1923 –1997) has been donated to the British Museum by the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, on the occasion of the centenary of the artist's birth
The National Gallery in London conquers with the Pay What You Wish program
The National Gallery is winning over new visitors by paying just £1 for entry on Friday evenings with the Pay You Wish scheme
Coco Chanel, couturière designer at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
Gabriel Chanel (Coco) on display (until 25 February 2024) in London traces the history of the French designer with an exhibition of 200 iconic looks
Louvre Museum: The Treasure of Notre-Dame soon unveiled in a new exhibition in Paris
Despite the restoration work on the cathedral now in its last phase, the Louvre museum is presenting an exhibition with 120 works from the treasury of Notre-Dame de Paris. The exhibition will be held from 18 October 2023 to 29 January 2024
Van Gogh at the Musée d'Orsay, his color palette and other works narrating his life in Auvers-sur-Oise
This exhibition entitled Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise (October 3, 2023 - February 4, 2024) at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris is dedicated to the works produced by Vincent van Gogh during the last two months of his life in Auvers-sur-Oise -Oise,…
Lugano Museum of Cultures (MUSEC) Filipe Branquinho's African art between irony and sarcasm
From 29 June to 5 November 2023 The MUSEC | Museo delle Culture in Lugano (Switzerland) hosts Branquinho (Maputo, Mozambique, 1977), an exponent of African art.
Léon Monet: the collection of the great Claude's brother on show in Paris. With Renoir, Pissarro and many others
The collection of Léon Monet, brother of the artist Claude, in an exhibition at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris until July 16, 2023
Night of Museums 2023, how does it work and how much does the ticket cost? Here is all the information
On Saturday 13 May, the historic event returns throughout Europe with its rich program of events and exhibitions to be visited on an extraordinary basis at the symbolic cost of 1 euro
Guggenheim For All Toolkit, a program to improve engagement for visitors with autism and sensory sensitivities
The Guggenheim for All Toolkit is a resource that aims to help cultural organizations become more accessible spaces for neurodivergent people by extending educational resources to museum staff and beyond
British Museum: A global event showcasing the resilience and creativity of XNUMXth-century China
The 'Hidden Century of China' exhibition (18 May - 8 October 2023) at the British Museum consists of 300 objects, most of which are being moved to the public for the first time
Thai art at MUSEC: Attasit Pokpong proposes the female portrait
Until 11 June 2023, the Attasit Pokpong solo exhibition at the MUSEC in Lugano offers: 29 large oil paintings and 22 watercolors depicting women's faces
Renaissance in Ferrara. Exhibition with over one hundred works curated by Vittorio Sgarbi and Michele Danieli
The exhibition is the first stage of a large and ambitious project entitled Renaissance in Ferrara 1471-1598 from Borso to Alfonso II d'Este
MUVE 2023: exhibitions and new structural interventions for the civic museums of Venice
MUVE 2023 presents Carpaccio, Chagall, Accardi, Portraits of the 800th century. Also structural investments of the Civic Museums of Venice
Intesa Sanpaolo museums on Valentine's Day offer appointments dedicated to love in art
Appointments not to be missed on February 14, in the name of love in art, at the Intesa Sanpaolo museums, from Milan, Naples and Vicenza to Arezzo with the formula on the 2x1 ticket for all couples
Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: 28 works for the largest exhibition ever staged
The Rijksmuseum has announced the list of works by Johannes Vermeer to be displayed in its Vermeer exhibition from 10 February to 4 June 2023. With loans from around the world, this promises to be Vermeer's largest exhibition…
Melandri leaves MAXXI: "A political choice was made, I respect it but I leave Giuli a jewel"
Giovanna Melandri leaves Maxxi to the new president Alessandro Giuli after 10 years. "It was a beautiful adventure" and a lot of work. 2022 is the golden year +30% tickets sold, +60% takings
Museums in Lombardy, learn the art…and put olives and chestnuts aside
It is called "Protagonists of nature", the project of the Regional Directorate of Museums of Lombardy which launches two events: on Saturday 12 November, at the National Park of Rock Engravings of Naquane, people go for chestnuts and on Saturday 19 at the Grotte di Catullo for…
Italian museums: 4 hires would be needed to save them, but only 2.500 will arrive
According to the Mibac, 18.800 workers are needed, while those currently in service are just over ten thousand - Here are the main reinforcements arriving by next year
Mid-August at the museum: events, exhibitions, museums open on the hottest "long weekend" of the year
Mid-August at the museum is the initiative of the Ministry of Culture which opens the doors of many museums and archaeological sites. Here's how to visit them
The Riace Bronzes, discovered 50 years ago, set off on a journey around the world. Rome celebrates its discovery
From 12 July in Rome with Minister Franceschini the celebrations for the historic discovery that took place 50 years ago off the coast of Calabria.
Metaverse ArtMore: presented the first metaverse that will involve the whole art world in Italy – Video
Presented in Rome on the occasion of the second edition of the States General of the World of Work of Culture, the new Metaverse dedicated to culture which sees the partnership between Advepa and ArtMore
Night of the Museums 2022 in Rome and beyond: on 14 May admission for 1 euro to thousands of places of culture
The Night of the Museums is back: on May 14th extraordinary evening openings at the cost of one euro - Here's what you can visit in Rome, plus some recommendations not to be missed
The Costardi brothers and Giuseppe Iannotti will lead the restaurants of the two new locations of Gallerie d'Italia
Next autumn the Piedmontese brothers who are masters of risotto and the two-starred chef from Campania will lead the catering projects of the new headquarters of the Gallerie d'Italia, one in Turin and one in Naples
Guggenheim Bilbao, the first museum for environmental sustainability
The Environmental Sustainability Strategic Framework embodies one of the main commitments included in the Museum's 2021-23 Strategic Plan, and is in line with the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda
Very Italian at the Borghese Gallery in Rome: the Parioli restaurant arrives in the museum
Restaurants and bistros inside museums are on the increase. At the Borghese Gallery a proposal for the whole day from breakfast to dinner
Edward Hopper: An exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art describing his New York
The Whitney Museum of American Art to host an exhibition - from October 19, 2022 to March 5, 2023 - of Edward Hopper and his New York
Easter and Easter Monday in Paris, visit to the Jardin des Tuileries
For those who are in Paris, Easter and Easter Monday are the ideal days to discover Le Jardin des Tuileries: Hours to visit it
National Galleries of Ancient Art, on display “A Lady with a Squirrel” at the National Gallery in London
Hans Holbein's masterpiece A Lady with a Squirrel arrives at the National Galleries of Ancient Art (Palazzo Barberini in Rome) from the National Gallery in London. From 12 April to 31 July 2022
Edouard Manet: Portrait of Eva Gonzalès exhibited at the National Gallery in London
The National Gallery is hosting Manet's portrait of Eva Gonzalès until 15 January 2023
Raphael, exhibition preview at the National Gallery, London
The exhibition dedicated to Raphael is held at the National Gallery in London from 9 April to 31 July 2022 and is in collaboration with Credit Suisse
Pierre Roche: his works donated to the Petit Palais (Paris) on display from March 10 to September 11
The Petit Palais (Paris) houses the work of Pierre Roche, an Art Nouveau artist
2022: Tribute to patience "superanda omnis fortuna wounding est"
Patience is said to be the virtue of the strong. This historical moment requires us to learn to live in this condition. Happy 2022
Stadiums, cinemas, theatres, museums: the new rules are coming
The Cts has given a favorable opinion on the increase in the maximum capacity for sports facilities and cultural events, but under certain conditions - Decree arriving this week - Here is all the news
Museums and Restaurants: when art meets good food
More and more chefs decide to open restaurants, bars and bistros in places of art to offer moments of relaxation and good food in a suggestive atmosphere, and starred chefs appear. Like Enrico Bartolini, collector of Michelin stars, Stefano Cerveni or…
Cultural industry: Museum innovation between learning and entertainment
The museum system will have to re-face the strategy to make its cultural offer more usable and more accessible. The techniques of entertainment and technological innovation should be employed to facilitate learning and to enhance the intrinsic meaning of the artifact…
Art on the trail of the Grand Tour: exhibition of small masterpieces in Rancate (Mendrisio)
An exhibition dedicated to micromosaic jewels and embroidery paintings in private Swiss collections opens today. 12 June 2021 - 03 October 2021 - Rancate (Mendrisio), Canton Ticino, Switzerland, Giovanni Züst Cantonal Art Gallery
Michelangelo Pistoletto. Tribute to the master in a retrospective entitled "The truth" in Ascona (Switzerland)
From 30 May to 26 September 2021, the Municipal Museum of Modern Art of Ascona, in collaboration with Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto di Biella, hosts the most important and complete solo exhibition of the artist ever held in Switzerland, entitled The Truth of…
Museums to discover: the Musée Bourdelle (Paris) recounts Beethoven
The Bourdelle museum in Paris offers a virtual tour of the new exhibition "Bourdelle in front of Beethoven", the presentation of which will be extended until December 2021! In 2020, Beethoven (1770-1827) will have seen the light of day only 250 years ago
Hermitage Museum: its history and its secrets
For centuries, art lovers and collectors around the world have fantasized about rumors of hidden treasure in the basement of the Hermitage. With this curiosity, millions of people visit the St. Petersburg museum which stands on the left bank…
HAPPENED TODAY – The Louvre becomes a museum open to the public: it was 1793
It was November 8, 1793, a few years after the start of the French Revolution, when the historic Louvre palace became a museum open to the public
Venice restarts and relaunches culture with the "Dorsoduro Museum Mile" project
The Dorsoduro Museum Mile returns again with the collaboration between the cultural institutions based in the Venetian district of Dorsoduro. The Dorsoduro Museum Mile, conceived in 2015, welcomes the visitor in a circuit just over a mile long that crosses the sestiere…
The "Winged Victory", the statue loved by Carducci and D'Annunzio, returns to Brescia
The Winged Victory will be officially returned to Brescia in November 2020. The statue will return to the city after almost two years of restoration work, promoted by the Municipality of Brescia and the Brescia Museums Foundation, with the Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of the Provinces of Bergamo …
Perugia, Brian Eno's “Ambient Music” in dialogue with ancient art
From 4 September 2020 to 10 January 2021, the rooms of the Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria in Perugia will welcome the works of Brian Eno (Woodbridge, UK, 1948), an influential visual artist, composer and musician. The personal exhibition, entitled Reflected, created in collaboration with Atlante Servizi…
The Musja Museum closes one year after its opening
The Management of the Musja, a museum in Rome born just under a year ago (we announced it exactly last July 2019) with the aim of sharing, with the whole community, the vast collection of the late founder Ovidio Jacorossi, informs…
Venice: the Peggy Guggenheim Collection reopens to the public
Tuesday 2 June, Italian Republic Day, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection reopens its doors to the public with free admission from 10 to 18. A gift for all those who, after 86 days of closure, from 8 March, want to return to life, or discover for the first…
Culture, Cinema, Museums, Theater: Phases 2 and 3 to redefine a new market
Patrizio Rossano What could phases 2, 3 and beyond be and when could they begin for art of all forms and genres, culture, theatre, cinema and museums? The Coronavirus has prompted a sudden and dramatic shift from…
Easter and Easter Monday: digital walks to appreciate cultural heritage
The "Art looks like you" campaign is back and many digital initiatives to travel through the Italian cultural heritage Even if the museums and places of culture are closed to the public, the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and for…
#ioleggoacasa: comics to share Italian cultural sites
MiBAC official note: The project conceived and implemented by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, in collaboration with the Coconino Press – Fandango publishing house and the authors of the stories, puts…
#larteresiste: Peggy Guggenheim Collection (Venice) on social channels
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, closed until April 3 according to the provisions of the Prime Minister's Decree issued on March 8, carries on its mission of educating and disseminating its contents and history to an audience that loves the art,…
MiBAC: competition for vigilante museums postponed
From a note from the MiBAC Ministry. In compliance with the DPCM, in relation to the containment of the COVID 19 virus, considering the results of the data analysis on the areas of residence and domicile of the 7.000 candidates expected on March 19…
TEFAF 2020 (Maastricht): sales of the first days
The 33rd TEFAF Maastricht has so far welcomed around 10.000 international visitors during the Early Access Day (March 5) and the Preview Day (March 6). Exhibitors saw sales made across all sections of the show, with…
Alberto Giacometti: graphics and artist books to the max
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) will open the 2020 exhibition season of the max museum in Chiasso (Switzerland). An exhibition curated by Jean Soldini and Nicoletta Ossanna Cavadini is scheduled from 31 March to 13 September. It will be possible to admire for the first time, the entire…
Simon Hantaï, works from 1951 to 1962 at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen
The exhibition “Simon Hantaï : Par où on ne sait pas” is the first proposal resulting from the collaboration between the Réunion des Musées Métropolitains and the Gandur Art Foundation. Painted between 1951 and 1962, the collected canvases highlight…
Intesa Sanpaolo also opens a museum in Turin: Palazzo Turinetti
The historic building in Piazza San Carlo will host the fourth location in addition to those in Milan, Naples, Vicenza - The new museum will be mainly dedicated to photography.
From the Whitney Collection, sixty years of “Craf in Art” on display
From 22 November 2019 the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York hosts the exhibition “Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019”.
Downtown Abbey, Artissima, Flashback 2019, Cattelan on FIRST Arte
On the FIRSTonline site dedicated to the world of culture, the film of the week is Downtown Abbey, a film signed by director Michael Engler which closes the successful TV series.
Piedicastello galleries in Trento: from ring road to museum
In Trento since 2008 the 300-metre road tunnels that connected the ring road to the Piedicastello district have become a free exhibition space - In these days two exhibitions: one of films to commemorate the Vaia storm of a…
Karin Kneffel: sensuality and intrigue in the paintings exhibited at the Museum Freuder Burda
A truly intriguing exhibition by Karen Kneffel at the Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden in Germany. Open from 12 October 2019 to 8 March 2020. All the works express the sensuality of nature, especially the fruit which surprises for…
On FIRST Arte culture is also staged on August XNUMXth
The Tale of Sunday that FIRST Arte publishes today is "I no longer want to play" by Diego Maria Gradali - The Bauhaus and the British Museum in London the other gems to read
Punta Linke: in Trentino the highest museum in Europe
At 3.632 metres, near Mount Vioz in the Ortles Dolomites, an Austro-Hungarian outpost stood during the Great War, abandoned after the defeat: since 2014 it has been a museum of war relics, open to all brave hikers.
Votes for museums: FIRST Arte begins with the Luigi Bailo of Treviso
From now on, FIRST Arte, the art and culture site of FIRSTonline, will award the votes to the museums: starting with the Galleria del Novecento at the Museo Civico Bailo in Treviso.
Guido Viaro, the Venetian artist to whom Brazil has dedicated an entire museum
Born in Badia Polesine in 1897, Viaro emigrated to Brazil almost by chance, to escape the fascist regime - A collection of 300 paintings, 400 drawings and 120 engravings is exhibited in Curitiba: he is considered one of the greatest exponents of modern art…
Irpinia has its own museum network
Ciriaco De Mita, mayor of Nusco, favors the aggregation of mayors who obtain European funding. The elderly leader who cultivates the traditions of his land ready for a tourist district.
Photography, the most beautiful images of the capital on display in Rome
The museums of the capital host photographic exhibitions that talk about post-war Rome, cinema, contemporary Rome and that of Pier Paolo Pasolini through some images of the fathers of Italian photography such as Garrubba and Di Paolo
George Washington "rediscovered" at the Gipsoteca Canoviana
After the success at the Frick Collection museum in New York, the Gipsoteca di Possagno (Treviso) is hosting the exhibition on Canova and George Washington. Open until 28 April 2019.
Paris, Thomas Houseago at the Musée d'Art moderne
The museum of modern art of the city of Paris presents the first Thomas Houseago retrospective in France, from March 15 to July 14, 2019.
Museum week, admission is free from 5 to 10 March 2019
From Tuesday to Sunday all enthusiasts will be able to plan their visits to the most beautiful Italian museums thanks to the ministerial initiative "I go to the Museum". The new decree on Bonisoli's art provides for 20 free days a year and a fixed ticket for…
Paris, art as social transformation by Theaster Gates
From February 20 to May 12, Theaster Gates is present in Paris at the Palais de Tokyo, with an exhibition that explores the social histories of migration and interracial relationships.
Sustainability Week at the Muse in Trento
A week of informative meetings and workshops in the structure designed by Renzo Piano - The UN objectives in planning the structure for 2019
Museums and archaeological sites: boom in visitors in three regions
Istat has photographed the progress of the visits. Lazio, Tuscany and Campania at the top of the ranking In Valle d'Aosta the highest number of municipal structures.
Exhibitions in Milan, the ones not to be missed in 2019
From Picasso to Banksy, from Roy Lictenstein to Giorgio De Chirico. The Milanese artistic programming for this year offers a series of unmissable appointments with modern and contemporary art
New museums in the world: here are the ones that open in 2019
In chronological order and up and down the globe all the new museum openings of the new year: from the Shed in New York to the National Museum of Qatar, from the expansion of the MoMA to the new Bauhaus museum for the celebration of the cent...
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York Pahari Indian paintings
Beginning December 22, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY will present an exhibition focusing on the early styles of painting that emerged in the Pahari courts of northern India during the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries.
Frida Kahlo, major historical exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum
One of the most awaited exhibitions: Frida Kahlo “Appearances Can Be Deceiving”. A major exhibition that tells the story of the iconic artist through her artwork, photographs and artifacts.
Christmas in New York: the exhibitions not to be missed
Guide to the main exhibitions of the winter season and to the permanent collections present in some of the best museums in the Big Apple
Trieste and Metlicovitz, the history of advertising billboards on display
An exhibition to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Leopoldo Metlicovitz, from Trieste and one of the most important masters of Italian poster art, from 16 December 2018 until 17 March 2019 at the Revoltella Museum in Trieste.
Books, cinemas, museums: how many cuts to culture
Expenditure on culture is among the hardest hit by the government's budget maneuver: bookshops, publishing houses, cinemas, independent museums and the culture bonus for eighteen-year-olds are under fire
Saving San Marco in Venice, the bestsellers of the past, exhibitions and cinema on FIRST Arte
An appeal to civil protest against the degradation and ruin of Piazza San Marco and its famous Basilica, marred once again by Venice's high tide, the review of past bestsellers and the make-up boom…
Exhibitions: Neil Jenney's American realism arrives
From November 2018 to March 2019, the New Britain Museum of American Art will present an extensive exhibition highlighting nearly fifty years of Jenney's work.
Ovid. Love, myths and other stories at the Scuderie del Quirinale
Just go up to the Scuderie del Quirinale which immediately welcomes us The famous Latin poet Ovid with the exhibition “Ovid. Love, myths and other stories" - open until 20 January 2019 - in a beautiful dialogue between poetry and painting,…
Finaldi (National Gallery): “My idea of a museum”
INTERVIEW with Gabriele Finaldi, director of the prestigious National Gallery in London who told us - on the occasion of the conference on "Preventive conservation in large museums" held yesterday at the Vatican Museums in Rome - the challenges of conservation,…
Saturday at Palazzo, banks become museums for a day
One hundred and seven historic buildings and modern and contemporary art will host the curious and enthusiasts who want to visit the headquarters of banks and banking foundations in a more artistic than office guise - Read FIRST Arte
Save: the "museum on two wheels" for the fight against waste is starting
The journey from North to South to educate in the conscious use of resources is underway: a truck equipped as an interactive laboratory.
Art Institute of Chicago, an exhibition featuring the magnetic works of Tomma Abts
The exhibition which opens at the Art Institute Chicago (October 19 - February 17) is co-organised by the Art Institute and Serpentine Galleries, London, and brings together the artist's work from 2002 to 2017, providing a rare opportunity to experience the vision…
The Petach Tikva Museum of Art (Israel) showcases Trouvé
The first concepts that come to mind when thinking of Tatiana Trouvé's work are extreme delicacy, contained violence and an irreconcilable and overwhelming sense of transience.
The Louvre is the brightest museum in the world: its masterpieces and its history
I've visited the Louvre countless times, maybe every time I've been back to Paris, and I still haven't finished getting to know it. Today I went back and like the first time and I feel Parisian, but I'm not alone,…
Trento's MUSE turns 5: 3 million visitors and lots of new features
The MUSE – Science Museum – of Trento, designed by starchitect Renzo Piano, has just turned five. From 29 July 2013 – when the Science Museum of Trento opened its headquarters – to 30 June 2018, there were over 3 million visitors.…
Photograph, Vik Muniz at the Chrysler Museum in Virginia
Photography and the Revival of Wonder examines the full range of the artist's career and includes over 100 photographs, including many of Vik Muniz's most recent works.
Painting, fashion, design and cinema: the novelties of FIRST Arte
The Artists' Exchange, ABìCinema, contemporary painting but also fashion, exhibitions, auctions and design are the main features of the new issue of FIRST Arte (www.arte.fisrtonline.info), the FIRSTonline magazine dedicated to the world and the art market. art and current affairs of…
Rare Qatari jewels exhibited in Moscow
Qatar Museums presents Pearls: Treasures from the Seas and the Rivers as part of the Qatar-Russia 2018 Year of Culture activities.
FIRST Free art throughout the summer: the news of the magazine
FIRST Arte, the online art and culture magazine launched by FIRSTonline, will remain available for free throughout the summer - Mirco Cattai, the antiques dealer of Persian carpets, the Artists' Workshop dedicated to Giulio Paolini and his Arte Povera, the ABìCinema And…