Maestà di Assisi, located in the saint's home town, which survived a deadly earthquake in 1997, has been returned to its original luminosity

Cultural figures voice concern about culture ministry’s appointments to run institutions including Florence’s Uffizi Galleries and Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera

The critic, curator and commentator Vittorio Sgarbi was being pressured to resign amid multiple investigations into his conduct

Exhibition in Genoa dedicated to 17th-century painter includes a multimedia installation detailing the artist’s infamous rape by artist Agostino Tasso

Vittorio Sgarbi is being investigated for allegedly laundering an Old Master painting

Vittorio Sgarbi has been accused of laundering a stolen 17th-century painting attributed to Rutilio Manetti

City had been forced to cordon off leaning 12th-century structure

A major scientific research project led by the World Health Organisation and Jameel Arts & Health Lab aims to find out

Last checked by the authorities in over 50 years ago, the painting had been kept in a private home since the 1980s and is in extremely poor condition

Investigation by Italy’s broadcaster about the whereabouts of art from the late industrialist’s collection has revealed apparent widespread failure to enforce country’s cultural export rules

Schmidt has criticised Dario Nardella for plans to deploy security guards at shopping centres in the city, after suggestions for similar protection at the museum were rejected

The original version of the artist's Venus of the Rags was set alight only two weeks after being installed outside the city's town hall

The mission of the project, designed by OMA architects, is to make the museum more accessible to the public

Members of Italy’s ruling coalition have described the 128-year-old exhibition as a "fiefdom" of the left

But some critics are arguing that Migrant Child, which has been slowly deteriorating since it first appeared in 2019, should be left alone

EU project aims to find ways to arrest damage at numerous archaeological sites, from a 12th-century BC city in Greece eroded by rising sea levels to submerged prehistoric villages in a Swiss lake at risk from falling water levels

Art historians are concerned the culture ministry is lining up candidates to run top institutions including Florence’s Uffizi Galleries and Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera

The characters DKS1860—referring to the football team 1860 Munich—were spray-painted on seven outdoor columns under the famous Italian landmark

Niger, which is participating in the current architecture biennale, had planned to show at next year’s art biennale for the first time

Italy’s controversial former prime minister, who died in June, amassed tens of thousands of works—of varying quality

Sale of Italian film star’s 350-piece collection halted over suspicions that her assistant pressured her to sell

Proposal follows EU directive to align import sales tax among member states, causing alarm in France which currently has the lowest rate

Restitution follows the return of 350 Neolithic and Byzantine objects from the same source to Greece

Admission will be raised by €1 to support relief efforts in the affected Emilia-Romagna region

As the country's far-right government cracks down on LGBTQ rights, public artworks are popping up in protest

The use of a computerised mascot of the Renaissance figure to promote Italian culture has been described as “humiliating” and “grotesque”

Following a bitter inheritance dispute, Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi has been court-ordered to leave the historic property, while valuable artworks and documents are to be removed or destroyed

Italian officials have approved draft bill to bring in tougher sanctions for protestors who target heritage

As the Italian museum responds to rising energy bills, culture minister says institutions’ entrance charge increases are justified

The first site in Palermo is scheduled to open this spring