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Rome's Galleria Borghese welcomes 100 visitors on first day open after lockdown.
Galleria Borghese is one of Rome's most magnificent museums.
It is also one of the select few to have reopened following a lockdown tha...
Cinema in Piazza film festival returns to Rome this summer.
2020 has already proved to be a profoundly challenging year for cultural events, particularly ones that involve large crowds, and particularly in Italy.
As...
Wanted in Rome put some questions to the celebrated US artist Jim Dine whose work is the focus of a major exhibition at Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome.
Interview by Marco Venturini
WIR: This retrospective at Pala...
Baths of Caracalla not suited as opera venue due to Italy's social distancing measures to contain coronavirus.
Rome's opera house, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, has made the widely-expected decision to cancel its summer se...
Raphael's final paintings unveiled in the Vatican after shock discovery in 2017.
The Vatican Museums have unveiled the final paintings of the High Renaissance master Raphael, which were discovered during the restoration...
Rome museums will reopen gradually from 18 May followed by the reopening of theatres and cinemas on 15 June.
Rome's museums, galleries and archaeological sites begin to reopen from 18 May, on a gradual basis, as Italy e...
Rome residents encouraged to seize the opportunity to visit the city's tourist-free museums.
Rome's museums are undertaking a series of anti-contagion precautionary measures as they prepare to reopen from 18 May after b...
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma to present Verdi's Rigoletto in Villa Borghese.
Rome's Opera House is planning to stage an outdoor production of Verdi's Rigoletto at a central Rome park in July, in what is seen as a tentative...
Rome museum puts rare collections of the Romantic poets online.
The Keats-Shelley House Museum and Library in Rome has launched its new digital collections of manuscripts and art celebrating the lives and works of the R...
Alfonsina Russo, director of the Colosseum Archaeological Park, talks to Wanted in Rome about the new realities of managing one of the world's most visited tourist sites in the era of covid-19.
Interview by Andy Devane...
Vatican to reopen its museums - currently closed due to the coronavirus pandemic - but entry will be by reservation only.
The Vatican Museums will soon be reopened to the public, in compliance with safety guidelines out...
Loggia of Cupid and Psyche at Villa Farnesina becomes interactive.
Villa Farnesina - one of Rome's best kept secrets - may be closed due to the coronavirus pandemic but that doesn't mean that we can't enjoy its stunning...
Auditorium Parco della Musica celebrates 1 May by hosting digital concert.
Rome's Auditorium Parco della Musica celebrates Labour Day - known as the Festa dei Lavoratori or Festa del Lavoro - by lighting up with the gre...
Antonio Pappano conducts quarantined S. Cecilia orchestra from afar.
The orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia, led by conductor Antonio Pappano, has created a new soundtrack for the Oscar-winning movie La...
Riccardo Muti conducts three Verdi operas available in streaming.
Rome's opera house, the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, continues to stream replays of its productions, with three masterpieces by Giuseppe Verdi next on its...
Italian culture minister calls for global cultural response to coronavirus pandemic during UNESCO video-conference."Let's work together under UNESCO guidance to transform this dramatic crisis into an instrument for a new...
Virtual visit to Baths of Caracalla on Rome's birthday.
Rome's Baths of Caracalla, currently closed to the public due to the coronavirus emergency, can be visited virtually on the occasion of the 2,773rd birthday of the...
Claudio Cerasi opened Palazzo Merulana in Rome almost two years ago.
Palazzo Merulana, one of Rome's newest and most impressive art museums, has bid farewell to its founder Claudio Cerasi who died last night, 19 April....
Italy's culture ministry promotes fun social media campaign.
The Italian culture ministry has relaunched its popular social media campaign, L'arte ti somiglia - Art looks like you, while Italy's museums are closed durin...
Villa Pamphilj park has been vandalised three times during recent nights.
Rome's parks are closed, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, but recently the city's largest park, Villa Pamphilj, has been subjected to vandalism o...
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