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

“I cannot imagine where a terracotta life-size horse head could come from in antiquity,” a specialist says

Noah Charney on the Carabinieri's efforts to track down the stolen painting

As the Venice Architecture Biennale opens, the Venetian journalist Enrico Tantucci analyses culture in the city through the Biennale, historic buildings, the Accademia and the Arsenale

The Accademia Carrara in Bergamo has re-attributed the 15th-century work Resurrection of Christ

The upgrade to the Modernist building and its surrounding landscape has resulted in a new visitor route planned for the Giardini

A shoestring trip to La Serenissima—and a thumbs-up for Simon Schama

Antonio Paolucci to oversee restoration of Italy's Basilica of St Benedict

US artist tries new techniques and tackles immigration in Naples exhibition

The director of the Galleria Borghese in Rome has been suspended without pay for leaving the office

The Belgian-born artist has devised experiment with Italian scientist Stefano Mancuso

Galleries, benefitting from Milan's April buzz, are already reporting healthy sales

The Lega party—which may soon be in power—believes that Italy, through its culture, can lead the world

Timing of mega-exhibition organised by Germano Celant is coincidental but timely

Show of more than 500 works ranges from Giorgio de Chirico to Gruppo 7

Il Giornale dell'Arte's deputy editor weighs in