Salvatore Cherubini (1797-1869)

Salvatore Garau’s “immaterial sculpture” went viral this month when it sold for $18,300 at auction. A performance artist from Gainesville, Florida, Tom Miller claims he had the idea first and is preparing to sue. Miller says that he installed his own invisible sculpture, titled Nothing, in Gainesville in 2016. (Artnet)

Mayor Luigi Brugnaro’s decision to prolong the closure of Venice’s museums has stirred up anger among arts professionals, who have expressed their “incomprehension” in the form of a petition. Signatories include historian Salvatore Settis and the director of Genova’s Modern Art Gallery, Maria Gloria Giubilei.

Art historian Salvatore Settis helped the family curate the exhibition, which features 92 out of 620 sculptures from classical antiquity. A collection of collections, the Torlonia marbles have been in storage since the family shuttered their museum in 1976. The exhibition runs through June 2021. (Reuters)

This aristocratic residence was built in 18th-century Rome to house the magnificent collection of a cardinal who was also an antiquarian and patron of the arts. Untouched since then, it is now open to the public.

This painting signed, dated and localized by Claude Vernet (1714-1789)  exudes a special mood.

The Maeght Foundation is hosting about a hundred abstract artworks from the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art collection, from Martin Barré to Claude Viallat and many rediscoveries.

Carrying out a sweeping transformation of the Neapolitan palace-museum and its royal park, its director, Sylvain Bellenger, a Frenchman who spent part of his career in the United States, is implementing an innovative, sustainable and inclusive strategy—a pilot experiment in response to contemporary challenges.

The publishing house Taschen has dedicated a book to the Italian master Gio Ponti: weighing 5.67 kg/ 12.5 lbs, its 572 pages include 136 of his projects and achievements.

From Egypt to Italy by way of France and Spain, Seif Wanly (1906-1979) developed a decidedly personal style, combining the culture of his country with European avant-garde movements.