Sale of Italian film star’s 350-piece collection halted over suspicions that her assistant pressured her to sell

Proposal follows EU directive to align import sales tax among member states, causing alarm in France which currently has the lowest rate

Forged objects have been identified among the 60 antiquities returned amid much fanfare earlier this year

Restitution follows the return of 350 Neolithic and Byzantine objects from the same source to Greece

Admission will be raised by €1 to support relief efforts in the affected Emilia-Romagna region

The museum is seeking a new director to start in January 2024

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"

At least 13 people have died and thousands have been evacuated as the Emilia-Romagna region battles its worst floods in 100 years

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

As the country's far-right government cracks down on LGBTQ rights, public artworks are popping up in protest

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