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Special projects

LoveItaly is a dynamic nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Italy’s rich cultural heritage by connecting passionate donors, families, foundations, and businesses with unique restoration projects in need of private funding. With a curated list of prospective projects and the capability to scout and identify new opportunities tailored to specific interests, LoveItaly offers a personalized approach
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Competition for young artists

COSA è Arte? an art competition focusing on creativity in the visual arts * please note, we are no longer accepting sign-ups * Follow our Instagram and stay updated Press Release LoveItaly presents “COSA E’ ARTE” an art competition for the talents of the new generation LoveItaly, nonprofit association for the protection and protection of
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The Frate Elia Wall Fresco in Assisi, Italy

The San Francisco/Assisi Sister City Committee has begun a fundraising campaign to restore a 17th century Assisi wall fresco or “Aedicula”, on Via Frate Elia, the street leading up to the magnificent Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy.  In Ancient Roman times, an “Aedicula” was a small shrine often appearing on city walls protecting
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The Race of the Berber Horses

“THE RACE OF THE BERBER HORSES” by Corrado Cagli (1935) at the National Academy of Dance in Rome  Thanks to the generous donation from the Ruth Stanton Foundation in New York, conservation work was announced to restore Corrado Cagli’s Race of the Berber Horses, a mural painting in the main dance room of the Italian National
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Villa Farnesina Restoration Projects | Loggia di Galatea

The Villa Farnesina is one of the most famous buildings in Rome and one of the most elegant statements of the entire Italian Renaissance, a masterpiece in which architectural design fuses with pictorial decoration. Although the first Renaissance villas with their formal gardens were built around Florence, the fashion for grand country villas soon came
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15th-century Wooden Crucifix (school of Giovanni Teutonico)

Cathedral of Santa Maria Argentea, Norcia (Umbria) From 1494, a wooden crucifix made by the school of Giovanni Teutonico hung above the main altar in the Cathedral of Santa Maria Argentea in Norcia, Umbria. It had been commissioned by the rector Don Ottaviano Tonti who recorded the purchase in the Liber Memorialis, writing: «Item pagai
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Italy USA Exhibition Program

Partnership betweenLoveItaly, American Federation of Arts &Directorate General of Italian Museums. The Italy USA Exhibition Program intends to develop art exhibitions drawn from Italian collections to be presented in museums around the United States. Initial support for the project comes from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. The cultural cooperation between the U.S. Department of State
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LoveItaly Challenge

LoveItaly Challenge: a project for students by students Villa Farnesina in Rome was the splendid setting for the Prize Giving ceremony of the “LoveItaly Challenge”, a competition organized by LoveItaly Young, for students from the universities of Lazio and thanks to the generous grant from The Nando and Elsa Peretti Foundation. The over 100 students
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San Severino Marche Polyptych

The Saints by Paolo Veneziano Among the many precious works of art in the permanent collection of San Severino Marche’s Pinacoteca Civica is a 14th century jewel – a polyptych attributed to the Venetian artist Paolo Veneziano (1300- 1365), known as “the Saints”. The piece comes with a mystery as the central, upper part is clearly
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