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• ICOM Italia assembles in Brescia to redefine museums' social impact institutional

  The ICOM National Assembly 2025 convenes at the Museo di Santa Giulia in Brescia from April 4 to 6, organized by ICOM Italia with Fondazione Brescia Musei and Intesa Sanpaolo,…

• Australian Museum Appoints Interim Leaders for Research Institute institutional

  The Australian Museum has named two senior scientists to interim leadership positions at its research division. Professor Shane Ahyong will serve as Acting Chief Scientist, while…

• Australian Museum's Chief Scientist Appointed to Lead Hawaii's Bishop Museum institutional

  On April 3, 2025, the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Hawaii announced the appointment of Professor Kristofer Helgen as its new President and CEO. Helgen has served for five years…

• Australian Museum Chief Experience Officer Russell Briggs to Depart in July 2025 institutional

  The Australian Museum announced that Chief Experience Officer Russell Briggs will leave the institution on July 11, 2025, to focus on consulting work. Briggs joined the museum in…

• Two Italian Independent Galleries Join Forces for New Milan Space institutional

  Simone Frittelli (Frittelli Arte Contemporanea, Florence) and Michela Rizzo (Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice) will open a shared gallery in Milan from September 2025. The space,…

• Perimetro Community Opens Camera Settantasette Gallery in Milan institutional

  Perimetro, a Milan-based photography community, is opening a physical space called Camera Settantasette at Via Padova 77, opposite Parco Trotter. The hybrid gallery-studio will…

• Associazione Genesi becomes Italy's first itinerant contemporary art museum institutional

  Founded in 2020 by Letizia Moratti, the Associazione Genesi has evolved from a collection into Italy's first itinerant contemporary art museum. Over five years, the Genesi…

• Museo Gemmellaro di Palermo lancia modello di accessibilità per visitatori autistici institutional

  Il Museo di Paleontologia e Geologia G. G. Gemmellaro, situato a Palermo e fondato nel 1860 per onorare Gaetano Giorgio Gemmellaro, ha lanciato un'iniziativa per migliorare…

• Maria Emanuela Bruni appointed new president of MAXXI Foundation institutional

  Effective March 29, 2025, Maria Emanuela Bruni has been named president of the Fondazione MAXXI in Rome. She had been serving in an interim capacity since September 11, 2024,…

• Roberto Albergoni resigns as director of Agrigento Capital of Culture 2025 institutional

  Roberto Albergoni has stepped down as the general director of Fondazione Agrigento 2025, exacerbating the crisis surrounding Agrigento's designation as the Italian Capital of…

• Cristiana Perrella appointed new director of MACRO museum in Rome institutional

  Cristiana Perrella has been named the new artistic director of the MACRO museum in Rome, succeeding Luca Lo Pinto, who will depart at the end of 2024. The selection was made by a…

• Museo Broggi opens in former industrial plant near Milan institutional

  The Museo Broggi, a new contemporary art museum, has opened in Melegnano near Milan, housed in the former Broggi Izar metallurgical plant (active 1900–1996). The 180-square-meter…

• Mario Nanni Scholé: New Cultural Center Dedicated to Light in Bologna institutional

  Mario Nanni, an artist, designer, and poet born in Lugo di Romagna in 1955, has established Mario Nanni Scholé, a new cultural and educational center in Bologna. The project…

• AMACI Study Day Examines Future of Italian Contemporary Art Museums institutional

  AMACI (Association of Italian Contemporary Art Museums) is organizing its fifth annual spring Study Day on March 28, 2025, focusing on the evolving role of contemporary art…

• Brazilian Cultural Institutions Strengthen Amid Pandemic Challenges institutional

  Cultural management in Brazil faces significant challenges during the pandemic era, yet several institutions demonstrate resilience. The Museu de Arte Moderna Aloisio Magalhães…

• IED Firenze launches Campo Aperto public program at ex-Teatro dell'Oriuolo institutional

  IED Firenze has announced Campo Aperto, a public program of cross-disciplinary initiatives debuting April 3, 2025, at the former Teatro dell'Oriuolo in Florence. Directed by…

• Loretta Amadori launches Fondazione LAM for contemporary art in Cesena institutional

  Loretta Amadori, daughter of a prominent agri-food entrepreneur from Cesena, has founded Fondazione LAM per le Arti Contemporanee, a non-profit opening in Cesena. The foundation…

• CCR La Venaria Reale Turns 20: A Model for Modern Art Conservation institutional

  The Centro Conservazione e Restauro La Venaria Reale (CCR), one of Italy's top three restoration hubs, celebrates its 20th anniversary. Founded in 2005 within the restored stables…

• Tyburn Foundation Launches African Artist Residencies in Umbria institutional

  The Tyburn Foundation, a new non-profit platform founded by South African collector and gallerist Emma Menell, will officially launch its residency program for African artists in…

• Antonia Scintilla on Leading Fondation Pernod Ricard's New Chapter institutional

  Since January 2023, Antonia Scintilla, 42, has held the position of director at Fondation Pernod Ricard in Paris. In 2021, the foundation, associated with Pernod Ricard, relocated…

• Fondazione D’ARC announces 2025 program with exhibitions and residencies in Rome institutional

  In Rome, the Fondazione D’ARC, established by Giovanni and Clara Floridi, has unveiled its program for 2025. Set to launch in autumn 2024 within a repurposed cement factory in…

• Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo rinnova lo Young Curators Residency Programme institutional

  Dopo diciannove anni dalla sua creazione, il Young Curators Residency Programme (YCRP) della Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo subisce una trasformazione significativa. Istituito…

• Andrea Lombardinilo Appointed President of Rome's Quadriennale Foundation institutional

  Andrea Lombardinilo has been appointed as the new President of the Fondazione Quadriennale di Roma, taking over from Luca Beatrice, who passed away unexpectedly in January 2025 at…

• International Center for Art Printmaking Launches in Urbino institutional

  Urbino is set to rejuvenate its printmaking heritage through the launch of 2RCABAU – Centro Internazionale della Grafica d’Arte, a new laboratory for art printmaking that Achille…

• Museo Ginori: Ministero non conferma Montanari, scoppia caso politico institutional

  Il Ministero della Cultura non ha riconfermato Tomaso Montanari come presidente della Fondazione Museo Ginori di Sesto Fiorentino, preferendo l'avvocato Marco Corsini. La…

• Luigi Ghirri Foundation Launches with New Website and Logo institutional

  Adele and Ilaria Ghirri, daughters and heirs of the internationally renowned photographer Luigi Ghirri, announced the establishment of the Fondazione Luigi Ghirri via an Instagram…

• Catania and Naples to Build New Film Studios with €5.2M PNRR Funds institutional

  C-Fabit (Cinematic Futures: Bridging Art, Technology and Interdisciplinary Training) is a new initiative launched by the Accademia di Belle Arti di Catania in collaboration with…

• Pérez Art Museum Miami's Wikimedian Program Confronts Wikipedia's Gender Gap in Art institutional

  The Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) has launched a Wikimedian in Residence program to combat gender bias on Wikipedia, where under 20% of biographies are about women. In 2024, PAMM…

• The Blank Contemporary Art Celebrates 15 Years with 2025 Program institutional

  The Blank Contemporary Art, founded in 2010 in Bergamo by Stefano Raimondi, marks its 15th anniversary. The association has collaborated with international artists like Yayoi…

• Museo Ginori paralyzed as foundation awaits ministerial decree institutional

  The Fondazione Museo Archivio Richard Ginori has been paralyzed since October 2024, when its board of directors expired. President Tomaso Montanari sent an open letter to Culture…

• MART di Rovereto and Castello del Buonconsiglio open director applications institutional

  The MART museum in Rovereto and the Castello del Buonconsiglio in Trento have published a joint call for new directors, with applications due by March 25, 2025. The decision marks…

• Palazzo Monti opens second Brescia space Fertile in former glassworks institutional

  On March 22, 2025, Palazzo Monti will open a second venue in Brescia called Fertile, located at Via Arnaldo Soldini 47 in a former glassworks. The 300-square-meter space includes…

• Italy's AFAM Reform: 400+ Artistic Disciplines Reduced to 127 institutional

  On February 12, 2025, Minister Anna Maria Bernini enacted a reform of Italy's Alta Formazione Artistica, Musicale e Coreutica (AFAM) system. This initiative condenses more than…

• PAC 2025: 3 milioni di euro per l'arte contemporanea italiana institutional

  Il Ministero della Cultura, attraverso la Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea, ha annunciato la quinta edizione del bando PAC – Piano per l’Arte Contemporanea, con un…

• Six Major Cultural Institutions Launching Worldwide in 2025 Emphasize Sustainability and Access institutional

  Six significant cultural institutions are opening or reopening globally in 2025, each prioritizing sustainable architecture and enhanced public access. In London, the V&A East…

• Italy opens international call for curator of 2026 Venice Biennale pavilion institutional

  On February 27, 2025, the Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity of Italy's Ministry of Culture announced an international search for a curator for the Italian Pavilion…

• Giosetta Fioroni's Rome Studio Opens to Public as Foundation Reaches Full Operations institutional

  The Fondazione Goffredo Parise e Giosetta Fioroni in Rome has reached full operational capacity, opening the historic studio of artist Giosetta Fioroni to the city. Located at via…

• Rome's Gnamc Library and Archive Closed Since July 2024, Reopening Uncertain institutional

  Since July 2024, the Biblioteca e Archivio at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (Gnamc) in Rome has been shut down, marking the longest closure since 1946.…

• MAC Lissone Celebrates 25 Years with 2025 Exhibition Program institutional

  In 2025, the MAC di Lissone, a modern art museum located in Monza e Brianza, will mark its 25th anniversary with a series of new exhibitions and events. Since beginning his…

• Afterall Research Centre Founded by Charles Esche and Mark Lewis institutional

  The Afterall Research Centre was founded in 1998 by Charles Esche and Mark Lewis, and it became a UAL Research Centre in 2016. Starting out as a publishing project, it launched…