modena

March 6, 2019
Architect Guarino Guarini died on 6 March 1683 in Milan at age 59.

March 24, 2017
Guercino Left Ghastly After Theft The recovery of a stolen Guercino altarpiece this past February was a major moment, yet news sources are now reporting that the extent of damage to the canvas thanks to this theft might be irreparable.

May 15, 2016
Painter Sebastiano Ricci died on 15 May 1734 in Venice.

January 17, 2016
Architect Guarino Guarini was born on 17 January 1625 in Modena.

September 4, 2015
Pioneer art historian Adolfo Venturi was born in Modena on 4 September 1856.

September 1, 2015
Late Renaissance painter Cesare Aretusi was born 1 September 1549.

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