Sicily
Archaeologynews
Lost building discovered in Sicily’s ancient Valley of the Temples
Archaeologists working at a Unesco World Heritage site in Agrigento have revealed the remains of a previously unknown building
Art theftnews
It is 53 years since Caravaggio’s Nativity was stolen in Palermo—Vanessa Beecroft unveils her own version of the masterpiece in Sicily
Theft from a Baroque oratory in 1969 remains "an open wound", says commissioning body
Palermonews
'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
Tourismarchive
Return of Morgantina Venus inspires Sicilian tourism enterprise
Public-private tourism partnership aims to make more of the island’s heritage.
Conservation & Preservationarchive
Italian collector’s pledge to help save crumbling city of Palermo
Roberto Bilotti has restored an 18th-century palace and plans to open an “art chapel”
Restitutionarchive
Metropolitan to return antiquities to Italy
20 items that were looted or likely stolen are to be restituted
Restitutionarchive
Benevento rejoices at news of looted missal’s return from the British Library
An investigation by The Art Newspaper led to the request for restitution of the 12th-century prayer book