Italy
Drilling will make Venice sink twelve inches, warn experts
This month Italian government reaches decision on national oil company’s plan to extract gas from Adriatic
Ronald Lauder gives looted shield back to Italy
Artifact had been missing from Bologna since 1940
The Greeks on display in Venice and hidden war booty at the Hermitage
Palazzo Grassi's “Greeks in the West” exhibition is pulling in the visitors
Daniel Wildenstein in fight to recover a Boldini stolen by the Nazis
Would Italian law allow this picture to revert to the original owner?
Archaeological reforms needed in source countries: Reward the finder, excavate faster, keep what is important but allow a licit market
Laws now are obsessed with the objects rather than the sites
Lost Italian art: Search goes on for masterpieces which went missing in WWII
We publish here for the first time in English a sample of the huge quantity of works of art removed from Italy during the war. One brave man, Rodolfo Siviero, devoted years to tracking them down, but many are still missing. Can you help?
Venice PLC
A company owned 51% by the town council and 49% by the Réunion des Musées Nationaux
The point of no return - Europe climbs on the restitution bandwagon
But the process has stalled as far as large-scale restitution between Russia and Germany is concerned
Subject over style for Italian collectors, as photography continues to be commodity of choice
Works of illustration and Italian genre photography have been market favourites since the seventies
Painting captured in police sting is by Raphael, says leading expert
The owner's careless sales technique led the carabinieri right to his doorstep
Giotto's Scrovegni Chapel frescoes to be restored
The solution will involve low-tech improvements to the surroundings
The Uffizi bomb: The Galleries reopen
£13 million voted by the government has yet to arrive: most of the restoration has so far been paid for by public donation. Alberto Ronchey, Minister for Culture, has declared his aim to see thirty new rooms created within three years in former storage space, tripling the size of the Uffizi
Italy turns to Modernism as Warhol goes on show in Rome and Florence galleries are revitalised
Beautiful art in the Beautiful Country
Are the Italians fit to look after Venice?
A French magazine suggests that the Adriatic city should be put in the charge of the EC, echoing a proposal by the European Commissioner for the Environment
Tug-of-war over baroque church of San Luca in Genoa as baroque gem falls into ruin
The Spinola family has created a Foundation and is looking for sponsors; the State would like to get possession of the sadly-neglected building
Senator presents bill in Parliament to liberalise circulation of Italian archaeological items
The proposal is greeted by suspicion and political posturing within the Italian art and archaeology world and even the Ministry of Culture.
An art historian stands accused of criminal libel; a conviction would affect the future freedom of critics
Professor James Beck of Columbia University is standing trial in Italy
Milan to be Italy's candidate for the European Agency for the Environment
Plans to replace Milan with Venice as a candidate have been scrapped
Gallery owner Cannaviello plans a broad-ranging Modern art museum in Milan
It would be the first to be run as a plc, with works of art as its capital base and private collectors as its shareholders