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• Andrea Petrella appointed head of press office at Italian Ministry of Culture institutional

  Andrea Petrella, a 46-year-old journalist, has been appointed as the new head of the press and communication office at the Italian Ministry of Culture, replacing Mattia Morandi.…

• Van Abbemuseum Brings Participatory Practices to Palazzo Grassi's Grand Tour institutional

  Palazzo Grassi – Punta della Dogana in Venice hosts the Van Abbemuseum of Eindhoven as the guest of honor for the 2022 edition of its Grand Tour residency program. On November…

• European Museums Face Energy Crisis: Closures, Reduced Hours, and Green Transition Plans institutional

  The energy crisis, exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, is severely impacting cultural institutions across Europe. Museums, libraries, and heritage sites face soaring…

• Rome's Ex Mattatoio to Become New Home for Academy of Fine Arts institutional

  The Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma will establish its permanent base at the Ex Mattatoio in the Testaccio area of Rome, a structure constructed between 1888 and 1891 by…

• Cadogan Gallery Opens First International Space in Milan institutional

  London's Cadogan Gallery, a family-run staple of the contemporary art world since 1980, is opening its first international outpost in Milan. The new space at Via Bramante 5, near…

• Jacopo Veneziani and Valeria Poli Join Board of Galleria Ricci Oddi in Piacenza institutional

  The Galleria d’Arte Moderna Ricci Oddi in Piacenza has appointed two new members to its board of directors: art historian and popularizer Jacopo Veneziani, and local art teacher…

• Alserkal Arts Foundation Names Selection Committee and Research Grantees institutional

  The Alserkal Arts Foundation has appointed a new selection committee to guide its residency and research programs. The committee includes artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan, curator Maya…

• Sardegna Film Commission Marks 10 Years of Cinema Growth institutional

  The Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission (FSFC) marks its tenth anniversary, having expanded from 7 projects in its inaugural year to 126 in the previous year, according to…

• Federico Mollicone appointed President of Italy's Chamber Culture Commission institutional

  Federico Mollicone, a co-founder of Giorgia Meloni's far-right party Fratelli d'Italia, has been elected President of the VII Commissione Cultura, Scienza e Istruzione (Culture,…

• Italy's Ministry of Culture Hires 518 New Cultural Heritage Officials institutional

  Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano confirmed that the Italian Ministry of Culture has launched a competition to recruit 518 non-managerial technical personnel for roles related to…

• Pinacoteca Ambrosiana and Duomo di Milano launch joint ticket institutional

  The Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in Milan, home to Caravaggio's 'Canestra di frutta' and Leonardo da Vinci's 'Ritratto di Musico', has partnered with the Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di…

• Vittoria Matarrese appointed director of Bally Foundation institutional

  Vittoria Matarrese, a 52-year-old Franco-Italian curator, has been named the new director of Bally Foundation, the Swiss institution established fifteen years ago by the historic…

• Museum of Broken Relationships: Co-Creation and Digital vs. Physical Memory institutional

  On November 9 at 4:30 PM, the eighth Open Doors talk will take place, hosted by Fondazione Brescia Musei, Fondazione Scuola dei beni e delle attività culturali, and the Network of…

• Carla Morogallo appointed first female director of Triennale Milano institutional

  Carla Morogallo, born in Gioia Tauro in 1980, has been named the new general director of Triennale Milano, becoming the first woman to hold the position. She began her career at…

• Fondazione Musica per Roma launches Cultural European Partners network institutional

  Fondazione Musica per Roma, which manages Renzo Piano's Auditorium Parco della Musica (designed in 1994, opened in 2002) and has been led by CEO Daniele Pittèri since 2020, has…

• Careof Milano Celebrates 35 Years of Video Art Research and Production institutional

  Careof, an association based in Milan dedicated to contemporary artistic research and video, marks its 35th anniversary this year. Established in 1987 by founders Mario Gorni,…

• Australian Museum Seeks Public Help to Study Frog Population Decline After 2021 Mortality Event institutional

  In winter 2021, Australia experienced an unprecedented mass mortality event affecting thousands of frogs across more than 40 species, including threatened varieties. The…

• Fondazione Elpis Opens New Milan Space with South Asian Art Show institutional

  On October 29, 2022, Fondazione Elpis inaugurated its new exhibition space in Milan's Porta Romana district at Via Orti 25, housed in a former 1885 industrial laundry. The…

• Museo delle Civiltà in Rome Reopens with Dynamic, Pluralistic Vision institutional

  The Museo delle Civiltà in Rome, which opened its doors in 2016, has resumed operations under the leadership of director Andrea Viliani, emphasizing themes of diversity and…

• Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre Opens in Mumbai institutional

  The Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC) will open on March 31, 2023, in Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex. Named after Nita Mukesh Ambani, founder and chair of Reliance…

• Orange County Museum of Art Opens in Costa Mesa institutional

  The Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) opened to the public on October 8, 2022 in Costa Mesa, California, as part of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, which celebrated its 60th…

• MUSA, the Museum of Anthropological Sciences for Human Rights, opens in Milan institutional

  In Milan, the Museum of Anthropological Sciences for Human Rights (MUSA) has been inaugurated, showcasing one of the largest skeletal collections globally, housed at the…

• Italian Influencers Form First Union to Protect Professional Rights institutional

  Italian influencers have founded the first trade union for their category, the Associazione Italiana Influencer (Assoinfluencer), established by lawyers Jacopo Ierussi (president)…

• Pivô Opens Applications for Artistic Residency Program institutional

  Pivô has announced an open call for its artistic residency program, inviting applications from artists. The São Paulo-based institution is currently accepting submissions for this…

• Gennaro Sangiuliano Appointed Italy's New Culture Minister institutional

  Gennaro Sangiuliano, a journalist and writer, has been named Italy's new Minister of Culture in Giorgia Meloni's government. Born in Naples in 1962, he was director of TG2, a role…

• Francesco Di Lella, 33, Appointed Director of Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm institutional

  Francesco Di Lella, a 33-year-old from Naples with a PhD in Romance Philology from Sapienza University and the Sorbonne, has been named director of the Italian Cultural Institute…

• Espírito Santo's Cultural Expansion: New Parks, Exhibitions, and Federal Laws Reshape Brazilian Art Scene institutional

  Cultural development is flourishing in Espírito Santo, Brazil, marked by the opening of the Parque Cultural Casa do Governador in Vila Velha in 2022. This sculpture park showcases…

• Angel Moya Garcia Appointed Curator of Bevilacqua La Masa Artist Residencies institutional

  Angel Moya Garcia was born in Córdoba, Spain, in 1980, and he has just been named the curator for the 2022/2023 residency program at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa in Venice. This…

• Milan's housing authority proposes using art to redevelop public housing institutional

  During the inauguration of 'Vetra Passage' at Milan's Vetra Building on October 6, 2022, Franco Zinna, head of the Housing and Social Housing Directorate of Palazzo Marino,…

• Hermitage Contemporary Art Curator Resigns Over Ukraine War institutional

  Dimitri Ozerkov, the head curator of the Contemporary Art Department at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, has stepped down and departed from Russia. He expressed on…

• MAR Ravenna acquires Tresoldi's Sacral, a first for a public museum institutional

  The MAR Museo d'Arte della città di Ravenna has acquired Edoardo Tresoldi's 2016 installation Sacral, marking the first time a public museum has added one of his works to its…

• Patrizia Asproni steps down as president of Fondazione Marino Marini institutional

  Patrizia Asproni has resigned as president of the Fondazione Marino Marini in Florence, a role she held since 2016. She is succeeded by Carlo Ferdinando Carnacini. Asproni chose…

• Rio Museums Launch Matchfunding Campaigns with BNDES to Preserve Bispo do Rosário's Legacy institutional

  Museums in Rio de Janeiro have initiated matchfunding campaigns in collaboration with BNDES to support restoration and preservation efforts for the work of Bispo do Rosário. These…

• Pope Francis Appoints Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça as Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education institutional

  Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça as the new prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education in the Vatican, replacing Cardinal Angelo Vincenzo…

• Museums as Sites of Healing: Open Doors Talk at Brescia institutional

  The sixth installment of the Open Doors series, hosted by Fondazione Brescia Musei, Fondazione Scuola dei beni e delle attività culturali, and the Network of European Museum…

• New Fly Species Named After Bitcoin Following Museum Auction institutional

  A previously undiscovered fly species from Papua New Guinea has been named Chrysosoma bitcoin after venture capitalist Mark Carnegie and cryptocurrency entrepreneur Sergei…

• Francesca Corona Appointed Director of Festival d'Automne in Paris institutional

  Francesca Corona, 43, has been named the new artistic director of the Festival d'Automne in Paris, becoming the first Italian to lead the prestigious festival. Corona previously…

• Zasha Colah and Francesca Verga Appointed New Artistic Directors of ar/ge kunst Bolzano institutional

  Starting in January 2023, Zasha Colah and Francesca Verga will take on the roles of artistic directors at ar/ge kunst in Bolzano for a three-year term, following Emanuele Guidi.…

• Lizard Island Research Station Director Discusses Coral Bleaching and Station Activities institutional

  The Australian Museum features a monthly blog from the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation, which supports scientific work at the Lizard Island Research Station on the Great…

• Carrara rejects state funds for Francesco Bartoli's PAC-winning project institutional

  The Comune di Carrara has refused a €61,500 grant from the Italian Ministry of Culture's PAC (Piano per l'Arte Contemporanea) intended for artist Francesco Bartoli's project…