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Restoration of museum for the decorative arts, costume and fashion
Rome's Museo Boncompagni Ludovisi per le Arti Decorative, il Costume e la Moda del XIX e XX secolo will reopen on 14 April following extensive renovat...
Noted Italian buildings and sites open on 22 and 23 March
Some 750 libraries, stately homes, archaeological sites and religious buildings all over Italy are open to the public free of charge on 22 and 23 March, for th...
Kimberly Bowes succeeds Christopher Celenza
Dr Kimberly Bowes has been named the 22nd director of the American Academy in Rome. She succeeds Prof. Christopher S. Celenza who is stepping down after a four-year tenure....
Rome movie crowned best foreign language film at Hollywood ceremony
Paolo Sorrentino's La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty) won an Oscar for best foreign language film at the 86th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Ang...
Renaissance frescoes to be restored in €1 million scheme
A year-long €1 million restoration of the Farnese Gallery at Rome's Palazzo Farnese, home of the French embassy to Italy, will begin in March.
The...
Painter and feminist was leading avant-garde figure in RomeThe Italian abstract artist Carla Accardi, who achieved fame in the post-war years, died in Rome on 23 February, aged 89.
Originally from Trapani in Sic...
Müller remains at the helm for third year The ninth edition of the Rome Film Festival will take place from 16-25 October this year, reverting to its original October slot from November, where it has been for the la...
The S. Susanna Library, the English-language lending library in Rome, is experiencing a difficult stage in terms of finances and membership and is asking for help in achieving some needed growth.
Attached to the paris...
Rome contemporary art museum without director since last summer
The contracts for the 14 staff members of MACRO, Rome’s gallery of contemporary art, are due to expire on 28 February and there are no clear signs...
Art Tribune criticises Rome sculpture
A large brightly-coloured piece of sculpture has appeared recently at the Circus Maximus in Rome, baffling many passersby.
The two-sided sculpture is the work of artist Frances...
Claudio Abbado, Italy’s internationally celebrated conductor, has died in his hometown of Bologna on Monday 20 January at the age of 80.
Abbado conducted most of the world’s top orchestras. He was principa...
A series of concerts every Sunday organised by S. Cecilia at the Tor Bella Monaca theatre. The Domenica in Musica series will cover solo concerts to symphony orchestras, classical music to jazz, opera to film music.
T...
Two thirds of Rome residents in favour of project
The grand-scale mural project along the banks of the Tevere by internationally acclaimed South African artist William Kentridge has been stalled by a regional office o...
Restoration of S. Maria Antiqua church nears completion A 12-year restoration programme at the fifth-century church of S. Maria Antiqua in the Roman Forum is almost complete.
Rome's superintendent for archaeology Ma...
Restored theatre reopens after 70 years
The theatre at Rome's Villa Torlonia has reopened following a six-year restoration process and a 70-year closure.
The renovated theatre is part of the city's Villa Torlonia m...
Deteriorating ancient tunnels leading to collapses overground
Rome has commissioned a team of geologists to map the capital's extensive network of underground tunnels and tufa quarries whose deteriorating state...
First Vatican exhibition dedicated to living architect
The work of celebrated Spanish architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter Santiago Calatrava is the subject of a major exhibition at the Vatican's Bracc...
Ara Pacis damaged after heavy rainfall The Ara Pacis altar, dating to 9 BC, has been flooded after the museum's modern glass-pannelled roof failed to withstand the torrential rain on the night of Tuesday 19 November....
Celebrated author is guest of Italy Reads at John Cabot University
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A capacity crowd attended the keynote address by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri at Rome's John Cabot University on the eveni...
Fountain among several in Rome being restored with advertising money
The Barcaccia fountain at the foot of the Spanish Steps is currently sealed off for restoration. Experts say that the early baroque fountain is cur...
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