While waiting for the rooms of Palazzo Venier dei Leoni to welcome visitors again, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection announces the start of the study and conservation project on the work of Piet Mondrian Composition n. 1 with gray and red 1938 /…
The archives and Italian business museums contain extraordinary stories of women and men who have invented, experimented, produced, built work, beauty and social relationships.
The new “Bubbles” digital project is online, which sees the Pirelli HangarBicocca website transformed into a map of dynamic and continuously updated content that revolves around art and artists. The “Bubbles” project, now online, is a…
With a view to contributing and boosting the digitalisation, full use and enhancement of the resources available on the web, the new interface of the General Catalog of Cultural Heritage has been published:catalog.beniculturali.it which makes use of the most innovative technologies known to date …
The Mausoleum of Augustus has reopened to the public, the largest circular tomb of the ancient world, emblem of the architectural magnificence of the Roman world. Finally the monument is accessible to everyone again. The first official day of visit to the Mausoleum of Augustus was…
In 2020, with 2.353.932 votes, Italians wanted to demonstrate their love for the Italian cultural and environmental heritage: the best result ever for the FAI census. A surprising participation that in the year of the Covid-19 drama loads…
The Last Supper opens from 9 February and it will be possible to access it - temporarily until 21 February - from Tuesday to Friday with the following times for the public: first access 9.45, last 18.45. On Saturdays and Sundays, except…
Aimed at municipalities that have obtained the qualification of "City that reads" for the two-year period 2020-2021, the tender, promoted by the Center for books and reading, concerns the implementation of integrated activities for the promotion of books and reading. A total of 800.000 is available…
The increasingly complicit art of the Fashion Maisons, after Christian Dior with inspirations from the neoclassicism of Antonio Canova and his tempera paintings depicting "The Dancing Girls", Chanel too rediscovers femininity by proposing floral environments almost from Pre-Raphaelitism, and finally, now…
The IMT High School of Lucca in collaboration and with the co-financing of the Paper Museum of Pescia announced in October 2020 a position, with a duration of 12 months, of collaborator / research collaborator for the study and…
This morning, the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the State Printing Office and Mint presented the new 2021 Numismatic Collection, issued by the MEF and minted by the Italian Mint. The collection consists of 15 subjects inspired by history,…
10 cities competing for a highly coveted title. In the projects the desire for redemption after the epidemic and the desire to return to life. It's a matter of hours now. The decision for the Italian Capital of Culture 2022 will come on Monday 18…
The Banking Group presents the research "Collectors and the value of art in Italy", the first volume dedicated to the world of modern and contemporary art. A book that studies the value of art, tracing the identikit of the major Italian collectors, to relaunch an economically…
Sunday 3 January at 21:10 CLASSICA HD (Sky, channel 136), in collaboration with INTESA SANPAOLO, broadcasts the Christmas Concert of the Cameristi della Scala, recorded in Milan at the Sanctuary of San Giuseppe. The initiative is in the wake of the collaboration established…
Riccardo Muti, tomorrow 1 January 2021 will take the podium for the sixth time to lead the Vienna Philharmonic. Thus it will be that the traditional New Year's Concert which for the first time in history will be held without a real seated audience…
One hundred years of innovation and continuous evolution in telecommunications in Italy told in a video on the notes of Mina. It will be on air on TV starting tomorrow, before the traditional end-of-year speech by Sergio Mattarella, President of the Republic, the…
The Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity (DGCC) of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism launches the third edition of Creative Living Lab, an initiative born in 2018 to finance urban regeneration projects through cultural activities…
The call for applications for refreshments for tailoring, millinery, hairdressing, shoemaking, tooling and luggage operators who have a share of more than 29% of the turnover deriving from entertainment supplies expires on 50 December. Thanks to…
Thanks to the Artbonus tool, donations to Italian cultural heritage have exceeded 500 million euros, increasing by over 65 million euros in nine months. 17.898 patrons supported 4.123 interventions registered on the website www.artbonus.gov.it with…
The Museo del Risparmio and the Cybersecurity Business Continuity Management Department of Intesa Sanpaolo present the initiative "Io no che non ci casco", an online activity aimed at classes of children aged 7 to 10 with the aim of raising awareness of the importance…
From 1 March 2021, the Mausoleum of Augustus is back accessible to the public, one of the most impressive architectural works of Roman times and the largest circular tomb of the ancient world. Already from next December 21st it will be possible to book in advance the…
The tender for access to the 12 million euro refreshment for publishing specialized in art and tourism envisaged by the decree signed by the Minister for Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism Dario Franceschini is online. There is…
The press conference was held to present the new President of Amici di Brera Onlus. The Council of the Association elected Carlo Orsi as its President, a prestigious Milanese gallerist, founder of the Carlo Orsi Gallery in 1986 and former President of the Associazione Antiquari d'Italia for…
We also (and above all) owe it to a young Venetian artist, who arrived in Rome around the middle of the eighteenth century, if the sense of magnificence together with that of decadence, left to us by the monumentality of ancient Rome, have come down to us. The artist in question is Giovan Battista Piranesi – architect, engraver, landscape painter – that is, the one who fell so much in love with architecture…
First edition of the executive course in "Management of artistic-cultural heritage and corporate collections" to encourage the growth of the skills of professionals working in the sector as a qualifying element of the Italian cultural system. The course, sponsored by Mibact, was born from the experience acquired by…
In 2019, the culture sector employed nearly 500.000 people in Italy, contributing 2,2% to the country's GDP. Beyond its direct impact, culture has a significant influence on other industries such as the…
The bodies of two ancient Pompeians overwhelmed by the fury of the eruption of 79 AD have re-emerged from the ashes thanks to the plaster cast technique. The discovery took place in recent days during the excavation activity in Civita Giuliana, in…
Ten cities in January will compete for the Mibact title. The case of Procida, the only island in the race. It will be an exciting start to the year to compete for the prize of Italian Capital of Culture 2022. Ten mayors representing a country distressed by Covid 19 but not defeated. I'm from the North, from…
As part of Bookcity, the results of the research "Italian cultural consumption in the time of Covid-19: old and new habits" and "Effettofestival 2020: cultural in-depth festivals in the time of Covid-19" were presented, commissioned by Intesa Sanpaolo, which…
From a note from the MiBACT, 20 million euros will be allocated to actors, singers, dancers, musicians and workers hired by theatres, orchestras and operatic symphony foundations. This is the value of two decrees signed by the Minister for Goods…
"To deal with the pandemic crisis, this year alone we have reached 9 billion euros for the culture and tourism sectors". This was stated by the Minister for Cultural Heritage and Activities and for Tourism, Dario…
On the occasion of the fifth centenary of the death of the "Divine Painter", the historic Milanese pastry shop presents a new line of Panettoni, on whose wrappings appears the reproduction of the "School of Athens" of which the Ambrosiana keeps the splendid preparatory cartoon. The initiative, which…
The Foundation of the same name launches artistic and cultural initiatives for the creation of a multifunctional hub. An area of "Campania felix" appreciated by Vanvitelli. A former Minister at the top of the Foundation, collaboration agreements with companies and craftsmen, a design course for works in wood. That is the rebirth of the Royal Site of Carditello, ten minutes from Caserta.…
New, important step forward for the project implemented by the Director Simone Verde to model a New Pilotta: "a large museum of international value and imprint which, by enhancing its great past, traces the future". In the "Scapiliata" Leonardo "does not…
The Award in the city of Vico Equense reaches its 22nd edition and rewards female excellence in the scientific, environmental, health and nutritional fields. Another Nobel Prize in addition to the 15 awards of previous editions. May Britt Moser, Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2014, will receive the plaque of the Scientific Award in Vico Equense on 9 October…
The exhibition that tells the Trentino mountains has been inaugurated at the Piedicastello Galleries, introducing the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the Società Alpinisti Tridentini (1872-2022).
The 3th edition of Invito a Palazzo kicks off on Saturday XNUMX October, the event promoted by the ABI which every year, for an entire day, showcases works of art and masterpieces preserved in the historic and modern headquarters of the original Banks and Foundations …
The TIM Foundation makes a total of 400.000 euros available to three important entities to help spread it at a delicate time like the present. Salvatore Rossi, President of the TIM Foundation: "We are proud to be able to announce this important donation precisely…
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…
Song21. Italian Contemporary Art Everywhere is a publicly commissioned project to support the production of contemporary works of art by Italian artists, with a special section dedicated to Dante Alighieri. The initiative is sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation…
On Saturday 19 September 2020, at 17.00, Antonella Anedda will be awarded the first prize at the Celle Arte Natura Biennial of Poetry. The event will be held at the Spazio Teatro Celle "Homage to Pietro Porcinai" by Beverly Pepper, at the Fattoria di Celle,…
Sold out for the event exhibition "Raffaello 1520 - 1483". Three weeks after the closure of the largest exhibition ever dedicated to the genius from Urbino, the Scuderie del Quirinale announce that they have reached the maximum booking limit, based on capacity…
After difficult months where everything stopped and every cultural space had to reinvent its use through different forms of promotion through technology, from September always respecting the health situation that our country, like the whole…
Phygital is a neologism obtained from the union of physical and digital. There is no univocal definition, there is no immediate association to a content or an event. Yet it appears clearly to identify the terrain in which fashion is moving in…
Global Thinking Foundation has chosen the beaches of Salento to inaugurate the exhibition "Free to ... LIVE". It will be possible to visit the exhibition from 9 to 11 August, from 10:00 to 20:00, at the Aragonese Castle of Castro. For all those who…
A new organization for sustainable development and a regenerative economy. First public appointment in October in Parma. Culture, investments and a multilateral dialogue. A group of entrepreneurs and some individuals come together in "Regeneration 20 | 30", a new organization for sustainable development. Davide Bollati, Maria Paola Chiesi, Andrea Illy, Oscar of…
From 29 June, at the address https://edl.beniculturali.it, the new "Estense Digital Library" platform is available to everyone, from which not only researchers and scholars, but also students and the simple curious can do research starting with keywords. It is an innovative digital library project created…
The two institutions are launching a platform to curb disinformation and grow research in the environmental field. Write and talk about science, environment, nature with knowledge of the facts. Those who improvise, those who rely only on Italian social media know something about it, spread misleading messages which then generate fears and anguish. Especially in these times, where we are all looking…
Italgas and the Giorgio Cini Foundation announce a partnership aimed at transforming the Italgas Historical Archive and cultural assets into a «Heritage Lab», a laboratory equipped with the most advanced technologies for the 2D and 3D digitization of the historical heritage,…
On 5 July the event promoted by the Campania Region in memory of the victims of terrorism. The link between the Campania site and the war-destroyed city of Palmyra. The setting, a stupendous valley, is among the most suggestive in Southern Italy. The teacher is among the most…
A new protocol between ALES, the Istituto per il Credito Sportivo and ANCI with which a ceiling of 20 million euros is made available to the Municipalities for the granting of subsidized loans aimed at completing interventions on assets…
The first dated print of “The Star-Spangled Banner” has raised a total of $325.000 on Christie's online sales platform. This rare newspaper print was the first to appear at auction and was available for…
The term "incunabulum" derives from a Latin word which meant "bands", "cradle", but also "origin". Today, however, it always indicates a "birth", but a particular "birth": that of the press. Specifically, it indicates the first books to come out of the prototype printers' presses: from the Gutenberg Bible – printed in 1455 – to the copies printed up to and including 1500. In short, a…
The Minister for Cultural Heritage and Activities and for Tourism, Dario Franceschini, as announced during the hearing before the Senate Education Commission, has signed the decree which allocates an additional 6,8 million euros to support…
When General De Gaulle suddenly left the political scene in April 1969, everyone rushed to compile statistics on the 11 years of his presidency. Among other things, it was revealed that he had called five referendums, held 19 press conferences, 25 rounds…
An institutional technical conference-table unblocked the project financed by Europe. The historical, environmental and cultural value of an operation blocked by bureaucracy. An operational agreement and a timetable for using European money. The restructuring of the former prison of S. Stefano-Ventotene lies in these two commitments. The technical table convened by the Extraordinary Commissioner Silvia…
The splendid complex of islands and places of cultural and environmental interest on Lake Maggiore reopens its doors: here's how to admire exhibitions, parks and blooms.
The very secret recipe of the jasmine chocolate from the Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo III is told in this video: from the National Central Library of Florence on the YouTube channel of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism…
Thursday 4 June 2020 meeting of the institutional table with the extraordinary commissioner Silvia Costa. In the symbolic place of united Europe, 2016 million euros have to be spent since 70. Two Ministers – Dario Franceschini, Minister for Cultural Heritage, Giuseppe Provenzano, Minister for the South – an Undersecretary to the presidency…
Nine thematic areas for the restart after the coronavirus. A mega-plan open to the contribution of artists, associations and local authorities. There are moments in which history and traditions risk becoming pure melancholy if they are not innovated. The ability for a city to avoid such a reversal lies in the hands of those who govern it.…
The online project of the Nicola Trussardi Foundation ends on Monday 1 June, which for 67 days has collected and distributed images, videos and texts daily, chosen by artists invited to tell their home space and their imaginary journeys during the lockdown. Everything is fine…
Paolo Molesini, succeeds - in the office of president of the Querini Stampalia Foundation of Venice - Marino Cortese, who recently passed away. Paolo Molesini has been Chairman of Fideuram Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking since February 2020, after having been Chief Executive Officer and…
Five billion euros for tourism and culture. The Council of Ministers approved in the context of the Relaunch decree law, on the proposal of the Minister for cultural heritage and activities and for tourism Dario Franceschini, important…
Published the new call for contributions in favor of organizations, associations, foundations. Applications by June 30th. It coincides with phase 2 of the post-lockdown recovery. In reality, an initiative consolidated since 2003 in two regions with a high tourist and cultural attraction continues, which has already fielded over 42 million euros. It is a path…
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…
From 2 June 2020 it will be possible to return to admire the works of Raphael exhibited at the Scuderie del Quirinale (Rome). The exhibition, suspended for about three months due to the health emergency from Covid-19, will remain open until 30 August 2020, by virtue…
The 17th International Architecture Exhibition – How will we live together? – curated by Hashim Sarkis, which was to take place this year was postponed to 2021 and exactly May 22nd to November 21st. While, the 59th International Art Exhibition of 2021 curated by Cecilia Alemani, was…
With this portal, the ICCD inaugurates a new photography project that complements its institutional mission of conserving and enhancing its photographic collections and managing the General Catalog of Cultural Heritage. In this way we intend to pursue…
The two Lombard cities battered by the coronavirus unite for the recognition of the Mibact. A project also supported by other cities to "close" with this sad 2020. They believe in it and deserve support. Brescia and Bergamo join forces to become the Italian Capital of Culture in 2023. Profoundly tried…
The health emergency has suspended all activities related to Parma's appointment for 2020, thus risking nullifying the work and investments made to make this year exceptional. Therefore the Government has established with the approved Relaunch Decree…
Parchments, seals, notarial protocols, drawings, maps, plans, announcements, ancient books and curiosities. This and more in the walk through the papers proposed by the State Archives of Frosinone with the video published on the YouTube channel, where it is possible to admire that heritage of…
On Monday 18 May, on the occasion of International Museum Day this year dedicated to "Museums for equality: diversity and inclusion", the five winners of Cultura per tutti, cultura di tutti, the open call of Parma Capitale Italiana, will be unveiled della Cultura 2020, promoted with the support of…
The Chairman of Banca del Fucino, Mauro Masi has signed a three-year collaboration agreement with the Superintendent Carlo Fuortes, with which Banca del Fucino undertakes to pay an important financial contribution in support of the Rome Opera Theater Foundation. The decision comes…
The public notice for the entertainment emergency fund is online on the website www.spettacolodalvivo.beniculturali.it, as envisaged by the decree signed at the end of April by the Minister for Cultural Heritage and Activities and for Tourism, Dario Franceschini, which initiates the procedures for the allotment…
Golinelli Foundation proposes a streaming quiz game on Monday 11 May at 16.00 on the world of plants and for boys and girls from 12 years of age and adults, conducted by journalist Andrea Vico, with the participation of…
The Museum and Real Bosco di Capodimonte participate with a video "Decorative Arts to... make your head spin" in the campaign promoted by the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism "Culture doesn't stop". Posted…
We have written in previous articles that the Coronavirus would like to deprive us of three fundamental aspects of relationships between individuals: hugs, kisses and shaking hands. Then, suddenly, looking around, we realized that there was a…
Thanks to the approval by the Council of the 2020 Annual Plan of the interventions in the field of Cultural Services and Cultural Enhancement, the Lazio Region will start allocating over 8 million euros as of next week to finance renovation works…
The Covid epidemic has completely overturned the rules of the business and finance world. Once the health emergency has passed, a profound economic crisis will have to be managed globally which will completely redesign the dynamics of the world of work. How do the…
With the aim of supporting projects aimed at the conservation of the cinematographic and audiovisual heritage of regional interest, through the digitization of films or their restoration, through non-repayable contributions, the Lazio Region presents a call for tenders whose beneficiaries are…
Phillips Auction House Launches ART MATTERS @ home, a live digital adaptation featuring live streamed discussions in which Arnold Lehman, Senior Advisor and Director Emeritus of the Brooklyn Museum, will talk informally with artists, gallery owners, directors…
Land of Abruzzo. Back to the past is a poetic presentation of Abruzzo and the cultural heritage of the region: an evocative music that accompanies the luminosity of the naves of medieval abbeys and frescoed ceilings as well as sweeping views and chiaroscuro on…
With the transition to "phase 2" of the Covid-19 emergency, ConfCultura makes available to museums and operators a handbook with the guidelines for the prevention of contagion, formulated by the experts of the Italia in Salute Foundation. The document, the drafting of which…
The smallest island in Campania anticipates everyone with a participatory reopening plan and focuses on habitat, culture, hospitality, infrastructure. They could not think of better than "Procida: the island that does not isolate itself" to leave behind the coronavirus and the big match (for now) interrupted for the title of Italian Capital of Culture 2021. The…
How has the lockdown changed and will it change tourism globally? With what consequences for our country? How are the operators and bodies involved in tourism development organizing themselves? These are some of the questions that will be addressed…
These are the Vito Forte Bread Museum and the Urbani Truffle Museum, which are now part of the 93 museums present today (8 new members in total in 2019 and 2 in the first four months of 2020) offering…
ArtID is well aware of this, a company based in Switzerland born in 2016 with the ambition of creating a new generation of works, artists and collectors by exploiting the full potential of blockchain technology and HD photos, as well as Intelligence…
The fourth edition of "Art you ready?" is dedicated to the Italian landscape, the digital campaign of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism which invites all Italians to share shots and images on social networks...
The "Art Bonus Project of the Year" competition in its fourth edition rewards the restoration project "Le Monete di Elea/Velia" by receiving the highest number of votes - 3.245 out of a total of 31.250 - collected on the social channels and on the competition website .…
Patrizio Rossano The whole world of theatre, as well as that of cinema and entertainment is suffering from a very serious crisis due to the Coronavirus. Physically keeping people away from culture, from places of knowledge, history and memory, is not…
The Minister for Cultural Heritage and Activities and for Tourism, Dario Franceschini, together with the Undersecretary of State, Lorenza Bonaccorsi, held a videoconference meeting with the regional councilors for tourism in view of the next decree…
While waiting for the Coronavirus emergency to end, we present a preview of an event that Palazzo Roverella in Rovigo is proposing for spring 2021. The theme of the relationship between music and the visual arts in the contemporary age has known…
Since the beginning of the coronavirus emergency, museums, archaeological parks and autonomous state institutes have been providing audiovisual contributions of all kinds to allow people to continue enjoying the national cultural heritage. And this is how with a flight with…
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…
On March 25, Mina turned eighty. With the video dedicated to her first record success, "Il cielo in una stanza" recorded at just twenty years old on a text by Gino Paoli, the Italian Song Portal celebrates a few days from…
The #ioleggoacasa campaign is signed by the Italian cartoonist Otto Gabos for "Fumetti nei Musei". It's called “Anime inquiete” and it's a love story between a girl on a trip to the museum and a ghost. The series includes 51 albums set in museums…
The portal is a hub through which you can access all the sections and services of the digital ecosystem for culture of the Campania Region. In the current exceptional situation, the Region has anticipated the publication of the portal to allow…
Since its founding, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has maintained its belief in the transformative powers of art. In uncertain times like these, art can provide solace and inspiration. Although the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Catalytic Building is temporarily…
For 15 days, a four-storey strip of the Turin building will be illuminated to the east and west with the colors of the Italian flag.
Shared international measures and a serious policy of listening to the cultural sector with immediate operational repercussions: these are the requests made by ConfCultura in the appeal addressed to the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and to the main Italian and European institutions, with the intention of activating an urgent alert to face the…
