Was It Sgarbi? The news that has made headlines in newspapers and on television around the world in recent days is the sensational theft of jewels in broad daylight at the worldโs most visited museum, the Louvre. The history of art theft is almost as old as that of...
A landmark exhibition celebrates Fra Angelico with a complimentary rich programme of events Florence is currently paying tribute to Fra Angelico with an extraordinary exhibition, widely regarded as a milestone for its scope and scholarly importance. Alongside the...
Picasso painting missing in Spain has been found Tiny in size โ about 13 x 10 cm โ Pablo Picassoโs Still Life with Guitar (Naturaleza muerta con guitarra) mysteriously disappeared during its transport from Madrid to Granada. Was it stolen? Lost? Or just handled...
Exactly 70 years ago, the first solo exhibition celebrated Guido di Pietro, better known as Fra Giovanni da Fiesole, on the quincentenary of his death. Divided between Rome and Florence, the show drew admiration even from Pope Pius XII, who praised Angelico for...
Mark Your Calendar: November 14 in Rome for a Landmark Cultural Heritage Event On November 14, 2020, amid the global pandemic, UNESCO established the first International Day against the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property โ marking exactly 50 years since the...
