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October 16, 2016
Poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, and cultural critic Oscar Wilde was born 16 October 1854 in Dublin, Ireland.

October 3, 2016
Sculptor Giulio Monteverde was born on 8 October 1837, in Bistagno, dying in Rome on 3 October 1917, just five days shy of his 80th birthday.

February 4, 2016
Genoese late- Baroque painter Alessandro Magnasco was born on this day, February 4, 1667.

November 1, 2015
Architect, Urban Planner and Furniture Designer Franco Albini Died on 1 November 1977 in Milan.

October 3, 2015
Sculptor Giulio Monteverde died on 3 October 1917, just five days shy of his 80th birthday.

August 19, 2015
After publishing its short list of 200 candidates on 8 July , the Italian ministry of culture has announced the appointments of twenty new museum directors for Italy’s most acclaimed museums in Caserta, Florence, Genoa, Mantua, Milan, Modena, Naples, Paestum, Perugia, Reggio Calabria, Rome, Taranto, Turin, Urbino, and Venice.

July 22, 2015
The sculptor Filippo Parodi – said to be Genoa’s first and greatest native Baroque sculptor – died on this day in 1702.

July 8, 2015
Ermanno Rivetti reports in the Art Newspaper on plans to hire new directors for 20 of Italy’s major art museums.

June 12, 2015
Late Baroque sculptor Angelo de Rossi died 12 June 1715.

April 13, 2015
Genoese artist Bartolomeo Biscaino was baptized on 14 April 1629.