Art History
The Italian landscape in art history
Dec 17, 2021
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7 minutes read
Many famous works of art, executed between the Middle Ages and the 16th century, depicted the Italian landscape, just like the masterpieces of Giotto, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Antonello da Messina, Giorgione, Titian, Piero della Francesca and Leonardo da Vinci. Despite this, this pictorial genre has been configured independently, within the Western art, only from the seventeenth century...
Art History
Top 10: Paintings of the Italian Renaissance
Dec 2, 2023
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13 minutes read
Can we talk about the Renaissance? The subject matter overwhelms me, the grandeur of the Renaissance painters terrifies me to the point of feeling overwhelmed...
Art News
Italian Minister Backs Israel's Inclusion at Venice Biennale
Feb 28, 2024
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2 minutes read
Italy's Culture Minister affirmed Israel's participation in the Venice Biennale, countering a protest by artists. The minister criticized the protest and emphasized culture as a means of dialogue and freedom.
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An Italian culture official made obscene and sexist comments
Jul 7, 2023
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2 minutes read
Italian ministry undersecretary causes scene at museum protest by making obscene and sexist comments about men and women
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Jeff Koons loses his legal battle with an Italian collector
Mar 15, 2022
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3 minutes read
A court in Italy has overruled the American artist's assertion that the sculpture of two snakes was a fake, and the collector can now seek compensation.
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Italian Minister Under Scrutiny for Alleged Involvement in Art Theft
Jan 18, 2024
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2 minutes read
Italian Culture Minister Vittorio Sgarbi is accused of laundering a stolen 17th-century painting, "La Cattura di San Pietro" by Rutilio Manetti, leading to calls for his dismissal from political and cultural positions. Sgarbi denies the allegations, amidst a separate investigation into the illicit export of another valuable painting.
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Johnny Depp will direct a movie about the Italian painter Modigliani
Aug 17, 2022
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3 minutes read
After going to court for slander, an actor will work with Al Pacino to make a movie about an artist's life: "It was a hard life, but in the end, they won."
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A network of counterfeiters of Francis Bacon paintings dismantled by the Italian police
Sep 13, 2021
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2 minutes read
500 designs and collages purported by the Irish artist Francis Bacon have been seized by the Italian authorities.
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An Italian painter is arrested in connection with the scandal over faked old masters
Jun 29, 2023
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2 minutes read
Italian painter Pasquale "Lino" Frongia was arrested in Italy due to an international scandal involving fake Old Masters paintings. Frongia is tied to French art dealer Giuliano Ruffini, who is being investigated for selling fake paintings. Ruffini, his son Mathieu, and Frongia sold art for over $220 million.
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NFT versions of works by Leonardo, Caravaggio and Modigliani to be sold by Italian museums
Feb 17, 2022
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2 minutes read
Unit London gallery will sell replicas of masterpieces from four institutions, including the Uffizi, as NFTs.
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New operation of the Italian Ministry of Culture: sending home 100 works from major museums
Dec 23, 2021
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3 minutes read
Italy has withdrawn 100 works from major museums and sent them to provincial institutions where they had previously been displayed. The purpose of the loan program is to decentralize Italian collections and encourage more people to visit minor museums.
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Large-scale leadership restructuring in Italian museums, with Eike Schmidt stepping down from the Uffizi
Dec 20, 2023
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2 minutes read
The director of the Florence museum has been appointed as the head of Naples's Capodimonte, and new leaders have also been selected in Milan and Rome, as part of a strategy by the right-wing government...
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A painting exhibited at the "Rubens" exhibition in Genoa has been seized by the Italian police
Jan 5, 2023
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3 minutes read
Four people are accused by the Carabinieri of degrading and illegally exporting the Old Master work, which has now been brought back to the Palazzo Ducale to be shown.
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The Italian government has put a halt to the sale of NFTs based on masterpieces from the country's museums
Jul 11, 2022
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2 minutes read
The Italian government has halted the sale of NFTs based on classic Italian Renaissance paintings.