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Anton Raphael Mengs, Frederick Christian, Prince of Saxony, Oil on canvas, 155.7 x 110.8 cm, 1751 courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles World – Key figure of neoclassicism and one of the most influential names of the 18th century, Anton Raphael Mengs owes his name to a great paternal passion, that […]
Johannes Vermeer, The Milkmaid (La lattaia)1658-59, oil on canvas. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Purchased with the support of the Rembrandt Association A special day: the great fire of Rome On the night of July 18, 64 AD, a spark transformed Rome under the arches of the Circus Maximus into a fiery hell. For nine days the […]
Raffaello Sanzio, Madonna of Alba (detail), c. 1509–1511, National Gallery of Art, Washington World – Then in the spring of 2026 the Madonna of Alba temporarily leaves the National Gallery in Washington to arrive on Fifth Avenue in New York, she finds a whole constellation of masterpieces waiting for her. Around that perfect round, […]
Artemisia Gentileschi, Saint Cecilia, circa 1645-50. Oil on canvas. Sarasota, The State Art Museum of Florida, bequest of John Ringling Naples – Artemisia Gentileschi it is certainly the best known, but certainly not the only one. Luminous female figures populate the artistic scene of the Neapolitan seventeenth century: painters, sculptors, designers, miniaturists, wax model […]
Aubrey Beardsley, la going-pavone, 1892, Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge c‘is an image that contains all the charm, excess and mystery of the end of the nineteenth century. An androgynous figure, a dress that billows like feathers, a motionless and silent peacock… We are talking about The peacock skirtone of the most famous and ambiguous illustrations […]
Roma – The artistic evolution of Rome’s gardens, from the Renaissance to the twentieth century, runs through the paintings and views on display at the Museum of Rome in Palazzo Braschi. From November 21 to April 12, drawings, prints and manuscripts, for a total of about 190 works, little known and in many cases unpublished, […]
Florence – The icon of Etruscan art has a new, updated treasure chest. The National Archaeological Museum of Florence reopens the doors of the Sala della Chimera, a fully restored space that embellishes the extraordinary Etruscan sculpture, registered at number 1 in the museum’s inventory. Since its discovery in Arezzo on November 15, 1553, the […]
Giorgio de Chirico, Enigma of Departure, 1914 (1930) Magnani-Rocca Foundation, Mamiano di Traversetolo (Parma) © Giorgio de Chirico, by SIAE 2025 Milan – On certain winter afternoons, when the sun quickly disappears behind the buildings of Milan and the city remains silent, it is as if you are entering a metaphysical painting without even […]
Mario Schifano, Futurism revisited1966 – Private collection, courtesy of Gió Marconi, Milan World – Dagospia promises that 2026 will be the year of Mario Schifano. Just two lines, inserted in the popular ‘gossip pills’ column by Ivan Rota on the most clicked information site in Italy, which made many people raise their antennas. On […]
Giuseppe Penone, Nail and bay leaves1989, courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery © Giuseppe Penone, VEGAP, Bilbao 2025 Photo: Alex Yudzon World – Is it possible to pay tribute to the Earth at a time when the planet needs the most care? This time the question is posed by art, which brings […]
