Alexis Sexton Culotta

November 4, 2016
Vasari’s ‘Last Supper’ Unveiled at Last in Florence Following years of restoration, Giorgio Vasari’s Last Supper (1546) was unveiled to the public today, 4 November, in the old cenacolo of Santa Croce in Florence.

October 27, 2016
More Earthquakes Rock Central Italy and Render Damage Only two months since the devastating 24 August earthquake , two more significant tremors, registering 5.4 and 5.9 magnitudes respectively, struck near the Italian town of Visso on 26 October and sent shockwaves that resonated across the Italian peninsula.

October 18, 2016
Painter Luca Giordano was born on 18 October 1634 in Naples.

October 15, 2016
London National Gallery in Pursuit of Pontormo News out of England earlier this week suggests that London’s National Gallery is very close to raising the funds needed to acquire Jacopo Pontormo’s Portrait of a Young Man in a Red Cap (1530) .

October 12, 2016
On View: Marcantonio Raimondo and Raphael An exciting exhibition, entitled “ Marcantonio Raimondi and Raphael ” launched late last month at The Whitworth Gallery at the University of Manchester.

October 12, 2016
Beyond Caravaggio Exhibition Opens Today at London’s National Gallery The exhibition “ Beyond Caravaggio ” opens 12 October at the National Gallery in London.

October 11, 2016
Work by Pino Pascali Peaks in Price Last week, Arte Povera artist Pino Pascali’s Code di Delfina ( Tale of a Dolphin )(1966) set  new record price at Christie’s Italian Sale.

October 6, 2016
An ancient instance of “disaster”: 6 October marks a dies ater, or “black day” of the ancient Roman calendar, as it was this day that marked the Battle of Arausio (105 BCE), one of the greatest defeats of the Roman army recorded in history.

September 21, 2016
Abstract sculptor Umberto Mastroianni was born 21 September 1910 in the province of Frosinone.

September 20, 2016
Salvaging the History of Amatrice and Surrounding Towns In the wake of the catastrophic earthquake of late August 2016 that leveled entire towns and left almost 300 people dead, the New York Times has reported that teams are also busy assessing the losses in the form of art and cultural patrimony.