Italy's strangest art town is getting a second chance

Once dismissed as a failed postmodern utopia, the Sicilian town of Gibellina is being transformed as Italy's first Capital of ...
Greek Reporter

How Byzantine Art Influenced the Italian Renaissance

Byzantine art had a significant impact on the Italian Renaissance and the evolution of the cultural boom of the early modern ...
Artnet

The British Pre-Raphaelites Meet the Italian Renaissance at This New Exhibition

The San Domenico Museum in Forlì, Italy, is hosting a monumental exhibition, “Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance.” The show brings together 360 works of art, borrowed from major European, American, ...
Artnet

Italy Is Emerging as an Unexpected Hub for Crypto Art. But Regulatory Challenges Are Stunting the Growth of Its NFT Market

As the complex phenomenon of cryptocurrency continues to revolutionize the way the world does business, an unlikely player has emerged in crypto art scene: Italy. For a relatively small country ...
Observer

Following Its Expansion, Magazzino Italian Art Announces a New Leadership Team

Adam Sheffer, Paola Mura and Monica Eisner will helm Magazzino Italian Art. © Marco Anelli SEE ALSO: The Best Summer Day Trips for Art Outside of New York City Adam ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Italian Art Police Recovered a Long-Lost Titian. But Is It Really the Renaissance Master’s Work?

The Carabinieri Police Cultural Heritage Protection Unit returned the painting to the government in a May 19 ceremony. Photo by Marco Bertorello /AFP via Getty Images In Titian’s 1512 painting ...
Hyperallergic

Italian Futurism, or the Lessons of Art and Politics

The exhibition Italian Futurism, 1909–1944: Reconstructing the Universe, presently on view at the Guggenheim, is the first important museum survey of work from this seminal utopian Modernist movement ...
Hyperallergic

Exposing the Secrets, Scandals, and Art of the Italian Renaissance

A time dominated by the likes of Raphael, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, and Botticelli, the Italian Renaissance was a stunning period for art. A new website from Oxford University Press’s Grove Art Online ...
Observer

Meet the Collectors: Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu Share the Passion and Vision Behind Magazzino Italian Art

Nancy Olnick might never have dedicated herself to Italian art without meeting Giorgio Spanu and Spanu might never have entered the world of art collecting—or reconnected with his homeland—if it weren ...
CNN

Gold sculptures worth more than $1.3 million stolen from Italian art exhibition

Nearly 50 gold pieces of art created by Italian sculptor Umberto Mastroianni were stolen from an exhibition near Lake Garda, Italy, on Wednesday night, the host of the exhibition, the Vittoriale degli ...
Forbes

Italy’s Art Police Recover Titian Masterpiece Believed Lost

Italy’s police art squad has recovered a portrait by Renaissance master Titian thought to have been lost. The painting was discovered by the Turin branch of the carabinieri’s Cultural Heritage ...