A once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of Botticelli is taking place at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia). Botticelli and Renaissance Florence brings together works by the renowned master from the Uffizi Gallery and antiquities from Mia’s collection to illustrate the profound influence the cultures of ancient Greece and classical Rome […]
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A major retrospective of Venice’s beloved artist Vittore Carpaccio is now open at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. The exhibition, Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice, is the first retrospective of his work outside Italy and runs from November 20, 2022 – February 12, […]
The Phillips Collection in Washington DC introduces America to the work of Italian artist, Giuseppe De Nittis in the exhibition, “An Italian Impressionist in Paris: Giuseppe De Nittis” on view Nov 12, 2022–Feb 12, 2023. De Nittis was from the City of Barletta in Puglia and many of the […]
An exhibition at Magazzino Italian Art in New York’s scenic Hudson River Valley showcases the ecological art of Piero Gilardi. Gilardi, a member of the radical Arte Povera movement in the 1960s, began creating a series of “nature carpets” in response to Rachel’s Carson’s Silent Spring. The goal […]
Note: As of July 12, timed passes will no longer be required The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC reopened its East and West Buildings and Sculpture Garden on June 18. Admission is still free but reserving a timed pass is required. Passes are released every Monday […]
Buying tickets in advance, social distancing and mandatory masks. These are some of the new rules as museums, science centers and historical sites reopen across the US. Regional museums, especially children’s museums, have been among the first to open. Larger venues such as the Smithsonian Institution and the […]
Dear friends For the past several weeks, we have posted about the innovative resources museums in Italy and the US provided for education and entertainment during the coronavirus pandemic. You can see the posts on the website (culture/artculture/) As the art world begins to reopen, we will continue to keep you […]
On Tuesday June 2, the day Italy celebrates its Festa della Repubblica, The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice will reopen to welcome visitors to the rooms of Palazzo Venier dei Leoni and its garden, the green heart of the Venetian museum, now in full bloom. The visit to […]
The Smithsonian Institution si.edu | @smithsonian (Photo by Sara Cottle on Unsplash) The Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington DC, is a network of 19 art, science, design, and history museums. It is also home to the National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. You can see […]
The Museo del Novecento, located inside the Palazzo dell’Arengario in Piazza del Duomo in Milan (Italy), hosts a collection of over four thousand works one of the important 20th-century Italian art selections. The museum is active in the conservation, investigation and promotion of 20th-century Italian cultural and artistic […]