museums

April 27, 2016
Art collector and politician Giuseppe Barracco was born on 28 April 1829 in Calabria.

December 9, 2015
Menachem Wecker profiles Eike Schmidt, the new director of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, in The Art Newspaper .

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.

December 16, 2014
Bronze statue lost and found.

November 13, 2014
How We Look When We Look at a Painting

July 17, 2014
As of 6 June 2014 , a partial ban on photographing works of art in Italian state museums has been lifted, as long as the photos are used for non-profit purposes, for study or research, or to promote Italy’s heritage.

April 28, 2014
Art collector and politician Giuseppe Barracco was born on this day in 1829 in Calabria.

February 8, 2014
After five years in storage , the Riace Bronzes are back on display at the Museo Archeologico di Reggio Calabria.

December 29, 2013
The Center for Italian Modern Art will open in New York in February 2014 at 421 Broome Street.