Italy
Interview with Alessandro Mendini on radical design: “I’m what we Italians call a dilettantissimo”
Alessandro Mendini celebrates his 80th birthday this year—and his approach to design continues to be relevant
Italian to run Warsaw’s Centre for Contemporary Art
Poland appoints first foreign museum director
Daniel Libeskind in war of words with Berlusconi
The architect has described the Italian Prime Minister as a xenophobe who “hates foreigners” and compares his government to the Fascist regime
New York collector Shelby White returns antiquities to Italy
White's restitution of the illegally excavated objects is a first for the US
Antiquities dealer Jerome Eisenberg returns Roman and Etruscan artefacts to Italy
The works had been illegally exported or excavated
Max Mara founder’s art to go on show in posthumous exhibition
A former clothes factory in Italy will house 200 works
One rule for the Getty, another for Italy? Italian group appeals restitution verdict
When it comes to returning antiquities from its own collections, Italy drags its feet
Italian archaeologists arrive in Iran for citadel of Bam restoration project
The Italian government is giving financial assistance in the 2,000 year-old site's repair, after it was badly affected by an earthquake
Getty curator could escape charges on a technicality
Marion True faces charges of conspiring to receive illicitly excavated artefacts
Getty antiquities to be returned to Italy
A joint statement by the Getty and Italian government says 21 pieces will go back
The Marion True trial: continued struggle in the courtroom
Specific artefacts are called into question
Now former Getty antiquities curator Marion True goes on trial this month
Marion True has resigned from the museum and the institution is to return three artefacts to Italy
Benevento rejoices at news of looted missal’s return from the British Library
An investigation by The Art Newspaper led to the request for restitution of the 12th-century prayer book
Italy's attempt at curbing illegal art excavation and trade backfires
Make the citizen your ally if you want to save the nation’s past
Fiat ends sponsorship of exhibitions at Palazzo Grassi
After 17 years and 15 shows, the Italian car manufacturer has withdrawn funding from major kunsthalle in Venice
Italian cathedral submits war-loot claim to British Library
The claim is for a bound 290-folio missal which appears to have disappeared in 1943
Art world news: Gagosian’s smooth dealings, Norton's $6 tantrum, and the new Roman takeover
Meanwhile, Ricard tries his hand at larceny while Blum's Judd masterpiece makes bank
Oriental origins of Italian Renaissance art
How Islamic decorative arts influenced 15th- and 16th-century Western artists
Photographs of Sicily: shame into hope
Letizia Battaglia recorded the Mafia violence that defined Palermo’s darkest years, while fighting for change through her work as a photojournalist, politician, environmentalist and human rights activist
Senatorial pulling power brings Raphaels to France
Despite curators’ protests, the French senate has pushed through a Raphael exhibition at the Musée du Luxembourg, Paris
In full: the text of the US Customs import restrictions on Italian archaeological material
The restrictions were imposed following a 1999 request made by Italy under Article 9 of the Unesco Convention
Exhibition on tomb-robbers' effect on archaeological sites opens in Palestrina, Italy
Wounded archaeology
Bella Napoli, Museo di San Martino, Naples
The San Martino’s decorative arts and theatre collections are, at last, on show again, in new rooms
"My life as a tombarolo." The Art Newspaper goes underground in the world of illicit archaeology
Cristina Ruiz spent a day with the man who controls much of the illicit excavation on the site of ancient Veii, one of the largest Etruscan cities.
Italian embassy in London pursues claim to Benevento missal
The Art Newspaper has tracked down further details of what happened to the twelfth-century manuscript during World War II
Italian cathedral claims missal in British Library
Change of attitude towards restitution requests may signal changes in UK law
Turin gets a private museum of decorative art
Pietro Accorsi's long wait to showcase his collection is over
Cross-border buoyancy in the European Old Master market
Plotting national tastes and identifying certain general market trends