The painter and mosaicist Gino Severini was born on 7 April 1883 in the hilltop Tuscan town of Cortona. A leading figure in early 20th-century Italian art, Severini became one of the most internationally connected members of the Futurist movement, bridging artistic developments in Italy and Paris before moving through Cubism and later Neoclassicism.
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Born 28 March 1472 in Savignano di Prato, Tuscany, Fra Bartolommeo, a Dominican friar and High Renaissance master, whose figures were said to move “with a seraphic grace that must have struck the young Raphael with the force of revelation.”
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Umbria is marking the 800th anniversary of the death of Saint Francis of Assisi with a major Giotto exhibition in Perugia, bringing together some of the most significant works of early Italian art.
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The president of the Venice Biennale has said this year’s edition will also give space to political dissidents after criticism over the decision to allow Russia to have a pavilion at the event. Pietrangelo Buttafuoco told the newspaper Il Foglio that the Biennale was preparing two initiatives aimed at highlighting voices critical of governments around […]
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The European Commission has condemned the decision to allow Russia to take part in the 2026 edition of the Venice Biennale. It also warned that EU funding for the event could be withdrawn if the move goes ahead.
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The Italian state purchased a rare Caravaggio portrait for €30 million, one of the largest sums it has ever paid for a single artwork.
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Pietro Novelli, widely regarded as the most important Sicilian artist of the 17th century, was born on 2nd March 1603 in Monreale, just outside Palermo.
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A fourteenth-century fresco depicting the Madonna del Latte has returned to public view in Florence following a major restoration.
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Andrea Sacchi, one of the key figures of 17th-century Italian art, was born on 30th November 1599, Saint Andrew’s Day, in or near Rome. He became a leading advocate of High Baroque Classicism, drawing lifelong inspiration from Raphael’s work.
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Collectors can now buy certified digital copies of major Italian artworks. Cultural officials launch a project that promises museum-quality reproductions for a fraction of the cost of an original.
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