7 Nov-10 Dec 2003. Rome's presidential palace is currently hosting Leonardo Da Vinci's painting the "Madonna Litta". On loan from St Petersburg's Hermitage Museum, it can be viewed free of charge on the third floor.
13 Dec 2003. This year the traditional Vatican Christmas concert will feature the vocal talents of Algerian singer Khaled, famous Philadelphia reverend Solomon Burke, Ronan Keating, Jarabe De Palo and popular homegrown s...
Yaek Kanarek. 25 Nov-10 Dec 2003. Kanarek, winner of the international internet art competition "Netizens_webprize 2003", presents the interdisciplinary project World of Awe, which she has been working on since 1995. It...
23 Nov 2003. Sacred music by Mozart, Scarlatti and Rutter, as well as spirituals and contemorary sacred music from the United States performed by the St Margaret Mary Choir (21.00).
15-30 Nov 2003. This multimedia exhibition in the ancient typography room of the S. Nilo Abbey explores the collision of eastern and western cultures. Part of the millennial celebrations of the abbey's existence, the sho...
The Acquario in Piazza M. Fanti in Rome's Esquilino district has a new vocation: from 13 November it will be the official headquarters of Rome's Order of Architects, opening with an exhibition dedicated to the winners of...
15-23 Nov 2003. Florence's Studio Archea has created an installation dedicated to the Renault Mgane Grandtour car. For the occasion a special pavilion will also be erected at the Pincio in which it will be possible to se...
A break-in took place at the headquarters of Rome's international gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual contact group, the Circolo di Cultura Omosessuale Mario Mieli, on the night of Sat 8 November. All of the organisat...
The dismantling of the Axum obelisk in Piazza Porta Capena outside the headquarters of the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization has finally begun with the removal of the top section of the granite stele, whi...
Three-quarters of Italians suffer from indecisiveness, according to a survey conducted by Riza Psicosomatica and reported by La Repubblica newspaper, with graduate males aged 26-35 who live in the centre-north of the cou...
19-24 Nov 2003. Organised by the Pro Musica e Arte Sacra Foundation. All proceeds will go to projects focusing on sacred music and the restoration of sacred art. Many great names are on the programme and all concerts tak...
22-23 Nov, 29-30 Nov and 6-7 Dec 2003. The exhibition presents works inspired by the urban landscape of the Janiculum Hill and the neighbourhood of Monteverde. It is accompanied by a walk through these neighbourhoods to...
21 Nov-29 Feb 2004. Oils, drawings, etchings, sculpture, porcelain, jewellery, furniture and architectural projects by the visionary artist and architect, as well as works by some of his contemporaries.
Tragedia Endogonidia by Romeo Castellucci and the Societas Raffaello Sanzio. 21-29 Nov 2003. This is a constantly growing dramatic project. Each stage of its transformation is connected to a city from which it derives it...
Some of the harshest critics of Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza are Israelis themselves whose voices are seldom heard outside Israel. Two film-makers, Joseph Rochlitz and Benny Brunner, travelled through th...
A swearword or vulgar expression is pronounced on Italian television every 21 minutes, says a report by Meta Research, a company that monitors television in Italy. The research association interviewed 130 experts includi...
I Masnadieri by Verdi. 21 Nov-5 Dec 2003. Conducted by Daniele Gatti, directed by Elijah Moshinsky, with Fiorenza Cedolins, Susan Neves, Fabio Sartori, Giacomo Prestia, Roberto Frontali. The Teatro Comunale of Bologna is...