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• Fondazione Palazzo Magnani rinnovata con comitato scientifico interdisciplinare institutional

  A renewed cultural initiative has been unveiled by Fondazione Palazzo Magnani in Reggio Emilia, alongside a groundbreaking scientific committee featuring five prominent figures…

• MAN Nuoro opens call for new artistic director as Lorenzo Giusti departs for GAMeC institutional

  The Museo d'Arte della Provincia di Nuoro (MAN) is seeking a new artistic director, marking the conclusion of Lorenzo Giusti's five-year period in this role. Giusti, who succeeded…

• Fendi and Galleria Borghese Launch Caravaggio Research Institute institutional

  Fendi and Galleria Borghese have announced a three-year partnership to establish the Caravaggio Research Institute, a specialized center for study, diagnostics, and…

• ICOM Italia Marks 70 Years: Interview with President Tiziana Maffei on Museum Challenges institutional

  ICOM Italia, the Italian committee of the International Council of Museums, celebrates its 70th anniversary. Founded in 1947 with government support and key cultural figures, it…

• Montoro12 Opens 150-Square-Meter Space in Brussels institutional

  Montoro12, a Roman gallery founded in 2013, has opened a new 150-square-meter exhibition space in Brussels at Rue de la Regence 67, with an additional 50 square meters for…

• NGV Women's Association Hosts Annual Spring Lunch with Guest Speakers and Raffle institutional

  The NGV Women's Association held its 27th annual spring lunch at NGV International's Great Hall on September 5, 2017. The event featured a conversation between Australian actor…

• Italian Decree Allows Renewal of Museum Super Directors institutional

  A decree-law from April 24, 2017, introduces a clause permitting the renewal of contracts for Italy's 20 'super directors' of major state museums, who were appointed in August…

• BASE Milano Celebrates First Anniversary with 300,000 Visitors and Expansion Plans institutional

  BASE, the cultural and innovation hub in Milan's former Ansaldo industrial complex, celebrated its first anniversary on March 30, 2017, with 300,000 visitors and 400 events. The…

• Eike Schmidt leaves Uffizi for Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna institutional

  Eike Schmidt, director of the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, will step down at the end of his mandate in 2020 to become director of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna,…

• Museo Marino Marini in Florence closes for maintenance with packed September program institutional

  The Museo Marino Marini in Florence will close in October 2018 for maintenance work, but before that it hosts a dense September program of talks and conferences. Three series of…

• The Painting Center Relocates to Chelsea with New Exhibition Program institutional

  The Painting Center has moved from its 16-year SoHo location to a new Chelsea space at 547 West 27th Street, 5th Floor, New York. Its inaugural exhibition, Continuing Color…

• Berlin to Open First Museum and Library Dedicated to Street Art institutional

  Urban Nation, the first museum for contemporary urban art, will open in Berlin's Schöneberg district on September 16, 2017. It emerges from the Urban Nation association, which…

• Sydney Airport partners with MCA Australia for contemporary art commission institutional

  A collaboration has been established between the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Sydney Airport to create a significant artwork by an Australian artist for the T1…

• ICA Miami Opens New Design District Headquarters During Art Basel institutional

  On December 1, 2017, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami will officially open its new permanent location in the Design District, aligning with Art Basel Miami Beach.…

• La Monnaie de Paris Reopens as 11 Conti with New Director institutional

  On September 30, 2017, the Monnaie de Paris, a UNESCO-listed establishment that has been minting French euro coins since 864 AD, reopened as 11 Conti-Monnaie de Paris following a…

• Tate Modern's Educational Networks: A Model of Cultural Openness institutional

  Seventeen years after its opening and months after its extension, Tate Modern remains one of the world's most visited contemporary art museums, a feat achieved through effective…

• Roma's MACRO Museum Still Without Director Amid Controversy Over Giorgio De Finis Candidacy institutional

  Since the exit of Federica Pirani over a year ago, the MACRO museum in Rome has been without a director. Speculation points to anthropologist Giorgio De Finis as a potential…

• Nomas Foundation Workshop with Sreshta Rit Premnath Fosters Collective Learning institutional

  From January 9 to 20, artist Sreshta Rit Premnath led an intensive two-week workshop at Nomas Foundation in Rome, part of the MiBACT school-work alternation project. The workshop…

• Palazzo Ducale di Mantova lancia Accademia delle arti per tutti con restauro e residenze institutional

  Peter Assmann, the director of Palazzo Ducale in Mantova, has introduced a new initiative named Accademia delle arti per tutti, focusing on restoration, contemporary art, and…

• Antonio Lampis to Lead Italy's General Directorate of Museums Amid Controversy institutional

  Antonio Lampis is expected to be appointed as the new head of the General Directorate of Museums (Direzione Generale Musei) under Italy's Ministry of Cultural Heritage and…

• Mus.e Report 2016: Investing in Culture Yields 3x Return in Florence institutional

  Mus.e, the association managing Florence's civic museums and cultural projects, published its 2016 activity report showing significant economic and social returns. For every euro…

• Whitney Museum Receives Edward Hopper's Personal Archive institutional

  The Whitney Museum of American Art has received a major donation of archival materials related to Edward Hopper (1882–1967) from the Arthayer R. Sanborn Hopper Collection Trust.…

• Luca Bizzarri appointed president of Palazzo Ducale in Genoa institutional

  Luca Bizzarri, an Italian actor and TV personality, has been appointed president of Palazzo Ducale, Genoa's leading cultural institution. The nomination, formalized after an…

• Uffizi Gallery Introduces Dynamic Pricing Based on Season and Visitor Type institutional

  The Uffizi Galleries in Florence have announced a new pricing strategy, effective March 2018, that varies ticket costs by season and visitor profile. From November to February,…

• Pier Luigi Sacco appointed director of IRVAPP at Bruno Kessler Foundation institutional

  The Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) board has named Pier Luigi Sacco, born in Pescara in 1964, as the new director of IRVAPP, taking over from Antonio Schizzerotto, who was born in…

• New York's CreateNYC Plan Prioritizes Peripheral Boroughs institutional

  New York City has launched CreateNYC: A Cultural Plan for All New Yorkers, a 180-page report that reorients cultural funding toward underserved peripheral areas. The plan,…

• Mazzoleni Gallery Expands Internationally with Art Basel Debut institutional

  Mazzoleni, the Italian gallery with locations in Turin and London, has been admitted to Art Basel for the first time, marking a key milestone in its international expansion. The…

• Centro Pecci di Prato apre bando internazionale per nuovo direttore institutional

  La Fondazione per le Arti Contemporanee in Toscana ha indetto un bando internazionale per selezionare il nuovo direttore del Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci di Prato,…

• Fabio Cavallucci accusa l'assessore Mangani di ingerenze al Centro Pecci institutional

  Fabio Cavallucci, who heads the Centro Pecci in Prato, sent an open letter to Culture Councillor Simone Mangani via Artribune, accusing him of manipulating the institution.…

• Centre Pompidou to Open Shanghai Branch in West Bund Cultural District institutional

  In 2019, a branch of the Centre Pompidou will be inaugurated in the West Bund cultural district of Shanghai, located within the West Bund Art Museum. This initiative is part of a…

• Fondazione Cariverona Unveils Policulture Masterplan for Belluno Province institutional

  Fondazione Cariverona has developed a masterplan called Policulture for the province of Belluno, aiming to integrate cultural heritage with economic development. The plan, based…

• Re-designing Museums: Digital Skills Conference in Rome institutional

  On July 13, 2017, Link Campus University in Rome hosted the conference 'Re-designing Museums. Digital Skills for Change and Innovation,' organized by the Mu.SA project. This event…

• Musée de l'Elysée in Lausanne: A Photography Powerhouse institutional

  Directed by Tatyana Franck, the Musée de l'Elysée in Lausanne stands as a significant photography institution, housing over one million phototypes, 200,000 prints, and 800,000…

• Castello di Rivoli and Collezione Cerruti to Merge in 2019 institutional

  A new museum hub, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea – Collezione Cerruti, will open in January 2019 following an agreement between the museum and the Fondazione…

• Centro Pecci's TU35 Expanded Call Opens to Four Regions and Performing Arts institutional

  The Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci in Prato has launched the TU35 Expanded call for 2017, broadening its scope beyond Tuscany to include Umbria, Marche, and Emilia…

• Cneai closes Chatou space, moves to Pantin after 20 years institutional

  After two decades, the Cneai (Centre National d'Édition Art Image) is leaving its historic home on the Île des Impressionnistes in Chatou, France, to relocate to Pantin in…

• Kati Price on Digital Transformation at the Victoria and Albert Museum institutional

  Kati Price, head of Digital Media and Publishing at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, discusses the museum's digital strategy, emphasizing that the main obstacles are…

• Carlo Antonelli appointed curator of Villa Croce in Genoa institutional

  Carlo Antonelli, a Genoa-born journalist and former editor of Rolling Stone, Wired, and GQ, has been named curator of the Museo di arte contemporanea Villa Croce in Genoa. The…

• Fondation Beyeler at 20: Switzerland's Most Visited Art Museum institutional

  Established on October 18, 1997, by Ernst and Hildy Beyeler, the Fondation Beyeler, located in Riehen/Basel, stands as Switzerland's most frequented art museum, drawing 6.5…

• Lorenzo Giusti appointed director of GAMeC Bergamo institutional

  Lorenzo Giusti, who was born in 1977 in Prato, has been named the new director of the Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo (GAMeC) for the term spanning 2018 to…