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    Giotto predica agli uccelli di San Francesco
    17/10/2025
    Giotto and the stories of St. Francis in Assisi

    There are works of art that strike you with their beauty and others that take your breath away because you know you are looking at something that changed the world. The Stories of St. Francis frescoed by Giotto in the Upper Basilica of Assisi are both. I will never forget the first time I looked […]

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    Anselm Kiefer, Le Alchimiste, Sophie Brahe (dettaglio) icon-biglietto-disponibile Biglietti disponibili
    event 07 Feb 2026 - 27 Sep 2026
    The Alchemists by Anselm Kiefer at the Royal Palace
    Milan, Palazzo Reale – Sala delle Cariatidi
    Giorgio Kienerk, L’enigma umano icon-biglietto-disponibile Biglietti disponibili
    event 24 Jan 2026 - 14 Jun 2026
    Liberty. Modern Italian art in Brescia
    BRESCIA, PALAZZO MARTINENGO
    Patti Smith e Robert Mapplethorpe
    event 29 Jan 2026 - 17 May 2026
    Robert Mapplethorpe. The Forms of Desire in Milan
    Impressionismo e oltre mostra Roma icon-biglietto-disponibile Biglietti disponibili
    event 16 Jan 2026 - 03 May 2026
    Van Gogh, Renoir and Modigliani at the Ara Pacis: the Impressionist dream in Rome
    Museo dell'Ara Pacis, Rome
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    van Gogh autoritratti
    Impossible encounters: face to face with Vincent van Gogh

    16/01/2026

    Betty Boop
    Works in the public domain in 2026: what to rediscover and use

    08/01/2026

    Alice Lotti artist
    Shapes, colours and visions in the works of Alice Lotti – ARTIST’S STUDIOS

    05/12/2025

    Jago artist
    Interview with Jago: art, vision and the courage to create – STUDI D’ARTISTA

    21/11/2025

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    In this blog, I don't explain the history of art — I tell the stories that art itself tells.

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    Museums and galleries

    Pistoia Palazzo dei Vescovi ©elabialkowskaoknostudio
    The archaeological trail of the Bishops’ Palace in Pistoia

    28/01/2026

    Museo Reina Sofia Madrid
    Reina Sofía 2025: 404 new works for a more inclusive and contemporary collection

    25/01/2026

    Pinacoteca Giuseppe De Nittis Barletta
    Giuseppe De Nittis Art Gallery: a journey through the elegance of painting

    06/10/2025

    Galleria Borghese
    Tales of Light at the Borghese Gallery: an immersive show combining art, history and video mapping

    07/07/2025

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