How often on our walks do we get to an enticing old church, only to find that it’s locked? Mobile phones provide the 'open sesame'

The mayor demands that liners use other channels to enter the lagoon but this solution also poses problems

Despite eviction procedures, the US strategist’s collaborator says they will fight to stay in the 13th-century building

We’ve seen a lot of exhibitions in the city so you don’t have to

New guidelines are published after six year negotiation, but dealers will have to provide written contracts with artists when acting on consignment

Protests against the right-wing group’s takeover of a 13th-century cloister are growing

Work created for Milan Design Week perpetuates violence against women, critics say

Hauser & Wirth, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac and other well-known galleries have joined the Milan fair

During president Xi Jinping's visit to Rome, Italy announced that it will return 796 artefacts to China

He was was an expert on the battle of Egadi of 241BC

The 696 incomplete public works are not simply a result of crime, corruption and incompetence, new book says

Market for Italian artist’s works slows as police investigation into alleged forgeries scares off some collectors

Inaugural show presents jewels and precious objects excavated in the early 20th century alongside more recent discoveries

The Los Angeles institution counters that it will keep on fighting to maintain the linchpin of its collection

Decision to take case to court prompted a public outcry and an online petition

The collector's collection of 75 magnificent pieces

Italian official also says the country will ratify 2017 Nicosia Convention outlining penalties for offenses involving cultural heritage

We need to rethink our perceptions of an artist or an artefact as having a single, unified or homogenous heritage

New exhibition in Florence decodes the “startlingly radical” scientific ideas of the Codex Leicester

The Italian contemporary art fair is looking into cutting edge works this November

State-of-the-art conservation project that took 21 years brings masterpiece of Baroque architecture back to its former glory

The Italian state has a permanent right to confiscate illegally exported work

The Venice Glass Week is a city-wide collaboration between museums, commercial galleries and artisans of Murano

Since the Morandi tragedy, architect "can’t think of anything else but that bridge"

These two books—very different in approach—analyse the process and works of the Italian Renaissance painter

Trieste deputy mayor Paolo Polidori calls image commissioned for sailing regatta “political propaganda”

Move introduced by new culture minister sparks political backlash but museum directors express support

Book provides a sampling of personalities, acquisition strategies and collections that many Europeans may not know

Judge finds in favour of Arts Council England, but collector Kathleen Simonis argues Italian laws are incompatible with EU free movement of goods

Major loan show is based on 1985 display of the Italian artist organised by pioneering curator Harald Szeemann