Mafia

Michelangelo Pistoletto unveils his own version of stolen Caravaggio masterpiece in Sicily

Theft from a Baroque oratory remains unsolved after 55 years, sparking countless conspiracy theories

Italy to open new mafia museum—complete with smells and sounds

The first site in Palermo is scheduled to open this spring

'The city is ours, not the Mafia’s': public art project in Palermo unites community against organised crime in Sicily

Four commissions, including a 30-m high mural of a Mafia-assassinated judge, have been unveiled in the southern Italian city

A fatal Mafia bombing shook Florence in 1993—now the Uffizi is fixing damage to its famous Vasari corridor with memorials of the attack

Work on the 760m-long Renaissance passageway, which has been closed for safety since 2016, will be completed in May next year

Italyarchive

Photographs of Sicily: shame into hope

Letizia Battaglia recorded the Mafia violence that defined Palermo’s darkest years, while fighting for change through her work as a photojournalist, politician, environmentalist and human rights activist

Art crimearchive

Revealed: the Mafia’s interest in archaeology

Esteemed artworld professionals have been arrested as part of a wide-reaching investigation into antiquities smuggling with links to an ongoing New York court case.