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Parents complained over "pornographic" statue.
A school principal in Florida has been fired following parental complaints that children were exposed to pornography after being shown Michelangelo’s iconic statue of David...
Villa Wolkonsky can be visited on 25-26 March.
Villa Wolkonsky, the official residence of the British ambassador to Italy, will open its doors to the public for the first time ever as part of the annual Spring Days init...
Pantheon will continue to be free for Rome residents.
Visiting the Pantheon in Rome will no longer be free to tourists who will be required to pay a €5 entry fee, following an agreement reached between Italy's culture m...
Universal Gestures by Giuseppe Penone from 14 March to 9 July.
Galleria Borghese - home to masterpieces by Bernini, Canova and Caravaggio -presents the works of acclaimed Italian sculptor Giuseppe Penone.
Titled Univ...
Puri Purini will be the first Italian to serve as Andrew Heiskell Arts Director.
The American Academy in Rome has appointed the Italian art historian, curator and scholar Ilaria Puri Purini to a three-year term as Andre...
Teatro Valle has been closed for almost a decade.
Rome's historic Teatro Valle, described by the city as Europe's oldest modern theatre, is set to reopen at the start of 2025 following a €6.7 million restoration project...
Harding to succeed Sir Antonio Pappano in Rome.
British conductor Daniel Harding has been named the next music director of Rome's prestigious Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, one of the world's oldest music institu...
Vanvitelli, who died on 1 March 1773, was Italy's most prominent architect of the 18th century.
Italy is holding a series of events in honour of Luigi Vanvitelli, the Italian architect famed for designing the Royal Pala...
Sordi died in Rome 20 years ago today.
Rome is to honour the much-loved Roman actor and comedian Alberto Sordi, who died on 24 February 2003, with a statue in the Italian capital.
The statue will reportedly be placed...
Pappano has been music director of Rome's Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia since 2005.
Sir Antonio Pappano, the acclaimed English-Italian conductor and pianist, will conduct the orchestra at the coronation of King Char...
Visitors will be able to see mosaics up close during six-year restoration.
A major restoration is underway of the mediaeval mosaics in the Baptistery of S. Giovanni in Florence, the octagonal landmark opposite the Duomo...
Ribera created the Five Senses series during his four years in Rome.
Three years after Caravaggio’s lonely death on a beach outside Porte Ercole, a Spaniard, still in his early twenties, arrived in Rome via Parma where...
Campaign to raise funds to buy Villa Verdi.
Opera houses across Italy are joining a fund-raising campaign to help the state buy Villa Verdi, the museum and former home of the celebrated Italian opera composer Giuseppe V...
Rome set to open more subway museums.
A rare representation of the goddess Roma on ancient gold glass has emerged during construction works for Rome's third subway line, the city has announced.
Originally the base of...
Thursfield spoke to Wanted in Rome before stepping down after 15 years as director.
On a rainy day in December, Rome's Non-Catholic Cemetery is quiet. This hallowed graveyard in the city's Testaccio district is the fina...
Appian Way makes the news as Italy seeks UNESCO World Heritage status for ancient Roman road.
Rome archaeologists have discovered an ancient statue of a figure in the guise of Hercules during excavation works in Parco S...
60 precious antiquities returned to Italy.
The New York County district attorney's office has returned 60 antiquities stolen from Italy, including a first-century fresco from Herculaneum, in a repatriation valued at $20...
Procida concludes term as Italy's culture capital.
The northern Italian cities of Bergamo and Brescia take up their joint status as Italy's Capital of Culture 2023 with a year-long programme of cultural events kicking o...
Father of the Italian language is also founder of Italian right-wing thinking, claims Sangiuliano.
Italy's culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano caused a stir on Saturday by claiming that the mediaeval poet and philosoph...
Casino dell'Aurora fails to sell a fifth time.
An American-born princess faces eviction from a Rome villa with the world's only ceiling painting by Caravaggio after the historic property failed to sell at a court-ordere...
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