Italy
Students denounce ‘voyeuristic’ depiction of rape in Gentileschi show
Exhibition in Genoa dedicated to 17th-century painter includes a multimedia installation detailing the artist’s infamous rape by artist Agostino Tasso
No confidence vote against Italian junior culture minister postponed
Vittorio Sgarbi is being investigated for allegedly laundering an Old Master painting
Italian politicians call on government to sack minister involved in art theft case
Vittorio Sgarbi has been accused of laundering a stolen 17th-century painting attributed to Rutilio Manetti
Pompeii prison bakery—discovered during recent excavations—opens to the public
Regio IX area, one of nine neighbourhoods, was made publicly accessible this week
Italian court sides with Getty Museum in export dispute over Bassano painting
The Council of State dismissed the Italian culture ministry’s belated attempt to repatriate “absolute masterpiece” from the Los Angeles museum
Private donations save Bologna’s Garisenda tower from collapse
City had been forced to cordon off leaning 12th-century structure
Italian museums undergo mass leadership reshuffle with Eike Schmidt out at the Uffizi
The Florence museum chief has been named director of Naples's Capodimonte with new leaders also appointed in Milan and Rome as part of right-wing government strategy
Mystery over Agnelli dynasty’s missing art
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
The legacy banking foundation buying up works at Artissima for Turin’s major museums
Fondazione Arte CRT’s new chief wants to bring art to the masses via public art programmes
‘We can feel instability’: Italian dealers weigh up the market at Artissima in Turin
Sales were brisk at the VIP preview of the fair's 30th edition, but "jitters" can be felt against an uncertain geopolitical backdrop
How Italy’s Renaissance lives on today
Like their 15th-century counterparts, contemporary artists continue to enjoy the patronage of the church
Will Italy's right-wing government control who gets to direct the nation’s biggest museums?
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
Trespassing tourist wades into Rome's Trevi Fountain
The woman was caught on video filling up her water bottle in the late Baroque masterpiece
‘Do you want a clap?’: tour guide who filmed tourist defacing Colosseum reveals how he caught vandal
The unidentified Swiss teenager is the second person to make headlines this summer for carving letters into the walls of the ancient site
Dealer Massimo De Carlo to launch private foundation in northwestern Italy
The Italian gallerist's planned complex will be the first private hub dedicated to contemporary art in the province of Asti
First week of Italy's Pantheon price hike nets €200,000
Previously free, a standard tourist ticket to the ancient site now costs €5
A warehouse full of art: what will happen to Silvio Berlusconi’s collection?
Italy’s controversial former prime minister, who died in June, amassed tens of thousands of works—of varying quality
Pompeii fresco may show pizza's 2,000-year-old ancestor, archaeologist says
The painting was found close to Naples, home of the famous margherita pizza
Italy condemns tourist who vandalised Colosseum with love note
Italian authorities have identified an English suspect who they believe is the man filmed carving the words “Ivan + Hayley 23” into the 2,000-year old structure
Silvio Berlusconi, politician and early proponent of 'culture war' rhetoric, has died, aged 86
The outspoken leader of three Italian governments between 1994 and 2011 was often publicly critical of contemporary art and architecture projects in Italy
Police block auction of Gina Lollobrigida's art as rival heirs clash
Sale of Italian film star’s 350-piece collection halted over suspicions that her assistant pressured her to sell
Italy could slash VAT on imported works of art
Proposal follows EU directive to align import sales tax among member states, causing alarm in France which currently has the lowest rate
‘Easily recognisable fakes’ among artefacts repatriated to Italy from the US
Forged objects have been identified among the 60 antiquities returned amid much fanfare earlier this year
Looted artefacts linked to disgraced British dealer Robin Symes returned to Italy
Restitution follows the return of 350 Neolithic and Byzantine objects from the same source to Greece
Italy announces museum ticket price hike as part of €2bn flood aid package
Admission will be raised by €1 to support relief efforts in the affected Emilia-Romagna region
Castello di Rivoli Museum says director Christov-Bakargiev will leave at the end of 2023
The museum is seeking a new director to start in January 2024
Venice Architecture Biennale curator criticises Italian government for denying visas for three Ghanaian curators
Lesley Lokko, the curator of the 18th edition of the event, said the decision showed the “ugly rear” of Italian immigration policy but should not be "the defining story of this exhibition"
Museums close and turn into shelters amid deadly floods in northern Italy
At least 13 people have died and thousands have been evacuated as the Emilia-Romagna region battles its worst floods in 100 years
Why Bridget Riley's bold ceiling painting at the British School at Rome is an exercise in 'soft power'
The 92-year-old artist's first-ever ceiling work takes inspiration from the "colour of the skies" and follows in the footsteps of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescos
Artists take aim at Italy’s attack on same-sex parents’ rights
As the country's far-right government cracks down on LGBTQ rights, public artworks are popping up in protest