The new cultural battle against chewing gum:
a new tax for producers
The new cultural battle? It’s against chewing gum. Yes, against those things you find stuck under your shoes or trousers. The battle...
Caravaggio masterpieces
return to Sicily
"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...
‘Palatine Nights’ back in Palermo
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...
Agrigento loans "Gela Krater"
to Getty museum
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...
Sicilian songbird scoops “Musicultura" prize
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...
Borgese, the Sicilian polemicist exiled by the Fascist regime
(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...
Florence fetes macabre wax model
Work by 17th-century abbot on show after restoration
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)...
Floral magic over centuries of art
New show stars
Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Caravaggio, Monet works
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...
Muccino producing Pavarotti biopic TV film ''won't be documentary'', producer says
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...
the story of the month
“... Welcome to Palermo, Sir!!”
(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...
archaeology
Found in Germany
a 6th century goblet stolen
from the Salinas
Museum of Palermo
The Italian police for the protection of the cultural heritage found, in Germany, an important archaeological piece stolen in...
'Nero's dining room found'. Room rotated on wooden platform to follow movement of Earth
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...
exhibitions
Arts guide: exhibits in Italy
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...
Macchiaioli stars back in spotlight
A passion for the outdoors and a trend in small-scale paintings are explored in an exhibition here looking at Macchiaioli...
Dada and Surrealism in Rome
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...
philately
A fantastic issue: two postage stamps on the VII centenary of Marco Polo’s birth
To commemorate the VII Centenary of Marco Polo’s birth, the Administration of Posts and Telecommunications of Italy...
cinema
Paris fetes Fellini
The French capital is paying tribute to Italian cinema legend Federico Fellini with a series of initiatives marking the 50th anniversary of...
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