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

Since the 18th century, five of the submerged ancient Roman altars have been found in the area near Naples

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

International dealers returned to 27th edition of the fair after two years marked by Covid

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

The €35m development will include a new train station adjacent to the Pompeii archaeological site

How the Pope washed the feet of 13 priests during Holy Week is at the heart of a new exhibition outside Turin

Uffizi's plan to show the painting at Vinitaly has been described as “absurd” and “unacceptable”

Activists say boat was seized after taking 180 rescued people to Lampedusa and has been impounded for 20 days for violating new Italian laws

Works from the Pinacoteca di Brera have been blown up and pasted in high definition on the walls of the Humanitas hospital in Ronzano to improve patients' well-being

The National Roman Museum's director Stéphane Verger shares the radical new plans that will revamp four landmark museum and heritage sites in Italy

The vast works shown in Northern Italy were made last year at camps in locations including Greece and Rwanda

The 60 objects included some that had been on display at the Metropolitan Museum and several that had been bought by billionaire collector Michael Steinhardt

The Carabinieri accuse four people of downgrading and illegally exporting the Old Master work, which has now been returned to the show in the Palazzo Ducale

Expert stabilisation plan means the Italian landmark has continued to straighten itself

The deposit of perfectly preserved statues in the heart of Tuscany reveals six centuries of cultural and political evolution

From a fifth-century influx of refugees to the arrival of “grazing dinosaur” cruise ships

Issues such as free museums and safeguarding heritage are splitting the opinions of two officials in the Brothers of Italy party which swept to power in September

Conservation projects that have been paused due to sanctions on the new government may restart after Unesco intervention

Exhibition at Palazzo Barberini is the finale of a “momentous” trio of shows bringing the cycle of 16 works back together

The artefacts, found at ancient Roman baths, are among the most “significant bronzes ever produced in the history of the ancient Mediterranean”

Culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano criticises museum for not opening on the Monday before All Saints Day but director Eike Schmidt says government must step in to find "reinforcements"

Plus, Carnegie International, the US's longest-running contemporary art exhibition, and a mystifying egg sculpture

Concern over Brothers of Italy policies ahead of 25 September election

Bologna show looks beyond the paintings, preserved by the ash of Mount Vesuvius, to explore Roman society

Pictures capturing Rome and Florence prior to the Nazi leader's arrival were recovered by Italy's art recovery hit squad and are now held in the historic Luce film archive

The Scrovegni Chapel in Padua is home to masterpieces by the Italian Medieval painter Giotto