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• Raggi Files Legal Challenge Against Franceschini's Colosseum Reform institutional

  In 2015, Ignazio Marino and Dario Franceschini signed an agreement to manage Rome's Central Archaeological Area. After Marino's fall, Franceschini continued reforming major…

• Fondazione Casoli Celebrates 10 Years of Art-Business Synergy institutional

  Founded in 2007 by the Casoli family in Fabriano, the Fondazione Ermanno Casoli (FEC) marks its tenth anniversary this year. Led by president Francesco Casoli, the foundation…

• Fondazione Furla and Museo del Novecento Launch Year-Long Performance Series institutional

  Fondazione Furla has partnered with Milan's Museo del Novecento for a year-long performance series titled 'Time after Time, Space after Space,' running from September 2017 to May…

• Berlin Conference Debates Global Museum Concept Through Postcolonial and Pedagogical Lenses institutional

  On December 2-3, 2016, the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum of Modern Art in Berlin held a conference titled The Idea of the Global Museum, organized by Staatliche Museen zu Berlin as…

• Polimoda hosts 'Fashion Displacement' forum on talent and industry change in Florence institutional

  Polimoda, the Florence-based fashion school, organized a forum titled 'Fashion Displacement' at Villa Favard to discuss the future of young talent in the fashion industry.…

• David Zwirner Opens Third New York Gallery on Upper East Side institutional

  David Zwirner is opening a third New York gallery on the Upper East Side, at 34 East 69th Street, in a building that housed Richard L. Feigen & Co for 35 years. The space will be…

• Four Women Shortlisted to Direct Modena's New Polo per l'Immagine institutional

  A shortlist of four female candidates has been selected for the directorship of the newly established Polo per l'Immagine in Modena, an entity that will integrate the Galleria…

• Early 19th-Century Botanical Illustration by Pierre Jean François Turpin Donated to NGV institutional

  A watercolour, pencil, pen, and ink drawing titled 'Oxyanthus' by French botanical illustrator Pierre Jean François Turpin, created in the early 1800s, has been added to the…

• Mariacristina Gribaudi on Leading Venice's Civic Museums institutional

  In late 2015, Mariacristina Gribaudi, born in 1959, took over as president of the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, following Walter Hartsarich. Since 2002, she has been the…

• Australian War Artists Document Afghan Military Post in 2007 Commission institutional

  Australian artists Lyndell Brown and Charles Green were commissioned as Official War Artists by the Australian War Memorial in 2007. They traveled to Afghanistan with the…

• Adriana Polveroni Appointed Director of ArtVerona institutional

  Adriana Polveroni has been named the new director of ArtVerona, taking over from Andrea Bruciati, who now leads Villa Adriana and Villa d'Este. Veronafiere spa granted her a…

• Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation faces uncertain future over Palazzetto Tito lease institutional

  The Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation in Venice is embroiled in controversy after president Bruno Bernardi suggested the institution might leave Palazzetto Tito when its lease expires…

• Postmasters Gallery from New York Opens in Rome institutional

  Postmasters Gallery, originally established in New York's East Village in 1984, is set to expand with a new location in Rome. Throughout its 32-year history, the gallery has…

• Letizia Battaglia to Direct New International Photography Center in Palermo institutional

  Letizia Battaglia has been appointed director of the newly established Centro Internazionale di Fotografia in Palermo, as announced on Facebook. The center will be located in…

• 10 finalists selected for MAMbo director position in Bologna institutional

  Bologna's museum system is currently evaluating ten finalists for the position of cultural director, overseeing institutions such as MAMbo and Museo Morandi. A committee…

• Milano investe 22,3 milioni di euro per rilanciare le biblioteche comunali institutional

  Il comune di Milano ha rivelato un piano di investimento di 22,3 milioni di euro destinato a potenziare e modernizzare le sue 26 biblioteche, comprendenti 24 rionali, la Sormani e…

• Giorgio Galotti Opens New Gallery Space in Turin's Barriera di Milano District institutional

  Giorgio Galotti has relocated his gallery to a new space in Turin's Barriera di Milano district, at via Beinasco 16. The move follows his earlier transition from Rome to Turin in…

• Deutsche Bank's Art Collection: An Interview with Franziska Kunz institutional

  Franziska Kunz, the Deputy Global Head of Art at Deutsche Bank, highlights the institution's extensive corporate art collection, which encompasses thousands of pieces across 900…

• Antonia Alampi joins new artistic team at Kunsthal Extra City Antwerp institutional

  Italian curator Antonia Alampi has been appointed to the new artistic team of Kunsthal Extra City in Antwerp, alongside Greek curator and writer Iliana Fokianaki and Belgian…

• OGR Torino Opens as €90M Art and Innovation Hub institutional

  On September 30, 2017, the Officine Grandi Riparazioni (OGR) in Turin will welcome visitors once again as a hub for arts and innovation, thanks to a €90 million investment from…

• Regione Lazio proposes €2.5M annual fund for creative industries institutional

  Regional councillor Gian Paolo Manzella (PD) filed a bill on February 27, 2017, to support micro, small, and medium enterprises in cultural and artistic sectors in Lazio. The…

• MASI Lugano seeks new director after Marco Franciolli's departure institutional

  The Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana (MASI) in Lugano has launched an open call for a new director, following the decision of current director Marco Franciolli to step down.…

• Leadership changes at Musée d'Orsay and Metropolitan Museum of Art institutional

  Thomas P. Campbell resigned as director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York during Armory Show week, following intense pressure from staff and board members dissatisfied…

• Friends of David Association Launched for Florence's Galleria dell'Accademia institutional

  Cecilie Hollberg, director of the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence since 2015, has founded Friends of David, an association to support the museum. The initiative aims to…

• Colosseum seeks new director: international call announced institutional

  Italy's Ministry of Cultural Heritage (Mibact) has published a call for applications for the director of the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum. The position, part of the museum…

• Museo Pecci di Prato: 50.009 visitatori in quattro mesi dalla riapertura institutional

  Tra il 14 ottobre 2016 e il 16 febbraio 2017, il Centro Pecci di Prato ha accolto 50.009 visitatori, cinque mesi dopo la riapertura dovuta all'ampliamento. Durante le tre giornate…

• Miguel Falomir Faus to Become New Director of the Prado institutional

  Miguel Falomir Faus, currently deputy director of conservation and research at the Museo del Prado, is set to become its new director, replacing Miguel Zugaza. The appointment,…

• Villa Lena: Tuscany's interdisciplinary artist residency and foundation institutional

  Villa Lena, a foundation and artist residency in Tuscany, was founded in 2013 by Lena Evstafieva, Jerome Hadey, and Lionel Bensemoun. The 1,300-hectare estate includes a…

• Centro Pecci di Prato: futuro incerto dopo la mostra inaugurale institutional

  Il 19 marzo 2017 chiude 'La Fine del Mondo', mostra inaugurale del rinnovato Centro Pecci di Prato, aperta il 16 ottobre 2016 dopo il restauro dell'edificio storico di Italo…

• Anna Maria Montaldo appointed director of Milan's contemporary art hub institutional

  Anna Maria Montaldo, 62, has been named director of Milan's Polo del contemporaneo, overseeing the Museo del Novecento, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, and Museo delle Culture. Born in…

• Luca Bergamo on Rome's Cultural Overhaul: Interview with Deputy Mayor institutional

  Luca Bergamo, recently promoted to Deputy Mayor of Rome alongside his role as Councillor for Culture, discusses the city's cultural strategy in a wide-ranging interview. He…

• Italy names 10 new directors for major museums and archaeological parks institutional

  As part of the Franceschini reform, Italy's Ministry of Cultural Heritage has named ten new directors for prominent museums and archaeological parks. This group consists of six…

• Mart di Rovereto: trent'anni di didattica costruttivista institutional

  Il Mart di Rovereto, da trent'anni impegnato nella formazione, adotta un modello museale basato sull'interazione e il dialogo, ispirandosi alle teorie costruttiviste. Carlo…

• Museo Egizio Torino to Open Branch in Catania institutional

  The Museo Egizio in Turin is expanding to Sicily with a new branch in Catania, set to open by late 2017. The project, discussed in a recent meeting between museum president…

• MoMA and Museum of the City of New York launch LGBTQ teen programs institutional

  The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York has launched Open Art Space, a weekly after-school program for LGBTQ teenagers who love art. Held every Thursday, the program is…

• Fondazione Merz 2017: da Palermo a New York, un anno di mostre e collaborazioni institutional

  La Fondazione Merz ha svelato il suo programma per il 2017 a Milano, evidenziando un partenariato con Palermo, che sarà Capitale Italiana della Cultura nel 2018, come annunciato…

• Mu.SA Project Explores Digital Strategies for Italian Museums at MAXXI Focus Group institutional

  A focus group named 'Innovazione digitale e musei' convened on December 5, 2016, at MAXXI in Rome. Organized by Fondazione Symbola and Melting Pro, with contributions from Link…

• Fieldwork Marfa: Nantes Art School's Texas Residency Expands institutional

  The École des beaux-arts de Nantes is launching the second phase of Fieldwork Marfa, an ambitious residency program for students and artists initiated in 2011 in the small Texas…

• Comin & Partners Opens New Rome Offices with Magazzino Gallery Partnership institutional

  During Arte Fiera in Bologna, Rome's art world gathered at Piazza SS. Apostoli for the inauguration of Comin & Partners' new offices and exhibition space at Palazzo Guglielmi. The…

• Fondazione Massimo e Sonia Cirulli to Open in San Lazzaro di Savena institutional

  The Fondazione Massimo e Sonia Cirulli, a new private foundation dedicated to 20th-century Italian art and material culture, will open in San Lazzaro di Savena near Bologna by…