The new cultural battle? It’s against chewing gum. Yes, against those things you find stuck under your shoes or trousers. The battle...
"The return to the Messina Museo Regionale of the ‘Adoration of the Shepherds’, restored with the help of a sponsor, and the arrival of ‘The Musicians’ from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City at the Palazzo...
For the 3rd year in a row the ‘Palatine Nights’ are once again in Palermo. An initiative organized by the Federico II Foundation, the ‘Palatine Nights’ allow visitors to see the Palazzo dei Normanni complex by moonlight throughout the summer, from 22 June...
The “Gela Krater”, a red figure wine mixing vessel, dating back to sometime between 475-450 BC and decorated by the Niobid Painter, will go on exhibition in the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, California. The banquet vessel, originating from Athens, is a little under 3...
Palermitan singer-songwriter Serena Ganci won the XXI edition of Musicultura, together with €20,000 in prize money funded by Ubi-Banca Popolare delle Marche, with her song "Addio". The prize giving ceremony took place in heavy rain, which also...
(Fabio Bagnasco) In the midst of the fascist period, a writer from Polizzi Generosa in Sicily and about to face a long separation from Italy, declares that "The sun has never set". The phrase could be interpreted as a call to liberate literature from the confines...
A gruesome scene showing a group of decomposing syphilis victims by Italy's greatest 17th-century wax artist has gone on show in Florence for the first time after a painstaking restoration. The work by Sicilian abbot Gaetano Zumbo (1656-1701)...
An exhibition celebrating the allure of stunning floral creations over three centuries of art opens Sunday in this eastern Italian town. The San Domenico Museum in Forli...
Italian director Gabriele Muccino is to produce a two-part TV movie on Italian opera legend Luciano Pavarotti, one of Muccino's co-producers said Tuesday. Pavarotti's widow Nicoletta Mantovani is working with screenwriter Ivana Massetti to make sure...
(by Gianni D'Amico) There were only a few minutes left to 10 in the morning on that tremendous Friday 2 June 1944. The sun was high and, under my naked feet, the pavement already manifested its arrogant heat. I was there, I had...
The Italian police for the protection of the cultural heritage found, in Germany, an important archaeological piece stolen in...
A 'rotating room' built by Roman Emperor Nero to please his dinner guests has been unearthed, Italian archaeologists say. Excavations in the Domus Aurea ('Golden House') on the Palatine Hill have revealed remains of a room experts think is the...
The following is a city-by-city guide to some of Italy's art exhibitions: BRESCIA - Museo di Santa Giulia: Inca, Origins and Mysteries of the Civilisation of Gold; 250...
A passion for the outdoors and a trend in small-scale paintings are explored in an exhibition here looking at Macchiaioli...
One of the largest exhibitions ever staged on Dadaism and Surrealism has opened its doors in the Italian capital, with over 500 artworks from around the world. The show at the...
To commemorate the VII Centenary of Marco Polo’s birth, the Administration of Posts and Telecommunications of Italy...
The French capital is paying tribute to Italian cinema legend Federico Fellini with a series of initiatives marking the 50th anniversary of...