Visitors return to Venice—but at what cost?
The city took a big financial hit during the pandemic. But as things improve, locals are pushing for a more sustainable form of tourism
As 'mountains of corpses' wash up on Tunisian shores, artist Rachid Koraichi builds burial site for migrants
Memorial and graveyard designed by Algerian artist will be used to bury the unidentified bodies of those who have tried and failed to cross the sea
Mussolini family feuds over reopened crypt of fascist Italian dictator
The controversial site has become a pilgrimage for far-right supporters
Number of art thefts in Italy plummets—partly thanks to drones
New report by special police force finds increase in security and surveillance technology has dissuaded dealers in stolen art
Pressure mounts for Italy to buy Torlonia marbles—world's finest collection of Greco-Roman antiquities still in private hands
As a landmark exhibition in Rome draws to a close, government's plans for long-hidden group of ancient sculpture remain unclear
'The city is ours, not the Mafia’s': public art project in Palermo unites community against organised crime in Sicily
Four commissions, including a 30-m high mural of a Mafia-assassinated judge, have been unveiled in the southern Italian city
A fatal Mafia bombing shook Florence in 1993—now the Uffizi is fixing damage to its famous Vasari corridor with memorials of the attack
Work on the 760m-long Renaissance passageway, which has been closed for safety since 2016, will be completed in May next year
‘The Colosseum is the last thing I would spend money on’: experts angry over plans for €15m floor at Italy’s most famous site
Archaeologists object to covering the amphitheatre's unique underground space and point to more vital restoration projects in the country
Crowds flock to revamped Uffizi Galleries
Florence museum unveiled new exhibition space and recent acquisitions
Three years on, Manifesta 12 workers are still waiting to be paid
Dozens of staff and freelancers who worked at the 2018 exhibition in Palermo have been left in the lurch
Rare medieval reliquary—stolen near Siena 32 years ago—discovered at collector's home in Sicily
Carabinieri's recovery of the San Galgano collection of “unprecedented importance”
Why do some Picasso paintings deteriorate faster than others? Researchers have solved the mystery
A three-year research project looked at the materials in four works from the same period to explain their differing conditions
How the Pope's historic visit to Iraq highlighted Islamic State's destruction of Christian heritage—and the artists working on rebuilding it
The terrorist group destroyed 350 churches and persecuted Iraqi Christians in 2014
‘Art suffers when money is scarce’: Venice Biennale’s new president on saving the city from economic devastation
Roberto Cicutto's plans range from encouraging collaboration between Venice's arts organisation to delving into the biennial's archives
As Italy’s museums reopen, visitors flock for last chance to see reunited Bologna masterpiece broken up 300 years ago
Last week of once in a lifetime exhibition displaying the Griffoni Polyptych—a 16-piece panel painting dating from 1472—at Bologna’s Palazzo Fava
Art history with a side of mayonnaise: Uffizi Galleries launches new Facebook cooking show
Weekly video series “Uffizi da mangiare” invites Florentine chefs to present recipes inspired by the Italian museum's collection
Racist or responsive? Italy to exhume Mussolini's colonial museum collection in 'critical' new display
Alarmed post-colonial researchers have raised concerns over plans to open Museo Italo Africano "Ilaria Alpi" in late 2021
First look at the Torlonia marbles, as the last great private collection of classical sculpture opens to the public
Exhibition at Rome’s Musei Capitolini is the first step in finding a permanent home for the 620 ancient Greek and Roman works
As US blocks TikTok, Italy's Uffizi claims the platform has doubled its number of young visitors
Experts predict that alternative platforms such as Byte App and Dubsmash will now go mainstream and museum's director says it is "ready to jump onto new social media"
Cultural love-in between Italy and Russia sets ‘soft power’ alarm bells ringing
Growing unease as the special relationship between the two countries gains momentum during the Covid-19 crisis
Italian museums start to reopen from today after €55bn lifeline from government
National spending package includes emergency support for state museums, arts organisations and cultural businesses