Alexis Sexton Culotta

March 1, 2017
Rome’s ancient king Romulus declared the first Roman triumph on 1 March 752 BCE.

February 24, 2017
Renaissance Specialist to Run Prado Museum News outlets in Spain are reporting that Miguel Falomir, a specialist in Italian Renaissance art, is on the verge of being appointed as the director of the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid.

February 22, 2017
Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci died 22 February 1512 at the age of 57 in Seville Spain.

February 18, 2017
Pontormo Painting Problems Persist An impressive campaign by London’s National Gallery to raise funds to keep a prominent Pontormo portrait in England seems for naught as it appears the American purchaser of the painting will not accept their matched payment.

February 4, 2017
Vanished Van Goghs Go on View in Naples Next Week Starting Monday, 6 February, the Capodimonte Museum in Naples will display two paintings paintings by French Post-Impressionist Vincent van Gogh.

January 23, 2017
Giacometti’s Plaster Models To Be Grouped for First Time in 60 Years Leading up the massive retrospective of the artists work to open at London’s Tate Modern this spring, it was announced that one of the feature installations of the exhibition will be the assembly of six plaster sculptures rendered by the artist for the 1956 Venice Biennale.

January 17, 2017
The dawn of a new dynasty: Octavian , future Roman Emperor Augustus, divorced his wife, Scribonia , on 17 January 38 BCE.

January 14, 2017
Artist Francesco di Cristofano, better known as Franciabigio, died on 14 January, 1525, in his hometown of Florence at age 41.

January 13, 2017
Saint Mark’s Basilica Now Scaffoldless Saint Mark’s Basilica, one of Venice’s most prominent architectural and religious landmarks, can now boast a scaffold-free facade.

January 1, 2017
First Female Director of the Vatican Museums Takes Up Post Today Announced in late December 2016 was the appointment of Barbara Jatta to the position of Director of the Vatican Museums effective 1 January 2017.