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Almost all that the Etruscans left behind was left in their graves: Little else of their civilization remains. Scholars know they were fantastic plumbers—they built the first major sewer in what is now Rome, known as the Cloaca Maxima, and drained much of the swamp where the city now stands. Historians also believe it was from the Etruscans that th...

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For the first time, the emotional portals of The Prism cross the ocean and engage with an entirely new context, offering a fresh approach to the spiritual dimension of art to the audience in New York.  "New York is the city that embraces the most innovative and interesting ideas and artistic proposals," comments Sergio Lella, CEO of The Prism. "Tha...

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Thursday, May 16 from 12-1pm. OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas - 201 18th Street NW, Washington, DC. The Italian Cultural Institute in DC invites you to a tour of the exhibition Across the Great Atlantic: Art of the Italian Diaspora in the Americas of the 20th Century, with curators Julieta Maroni and Adriana Ospina. This exhibition of outstand...

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The landscape behind Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has sparked endless debate, with some art historians suggesting the view was imaginary and idealised, and others claiming various links to specific Italian locations. Now a geologist and Renaissance art historian believes she has finally solved the mystery in one of the world’s most famous painting...

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Frieze New York is well underway, and the art world’s power brokers have assembled in Manhattan to prowl the fair and its various satellites. Milling among the booths and openings, you might find one of the scene’s best-loved characters, and perhaps the one having the most fun: Ralph DeLuca.  The art advisor—with his thick New Jersey accent, high-s...

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The labyrinth has always been the symbol of man’s intricate journey through life, having a more or less religious value. In the Renaissance it became a must have ornament and an amusing pastime in the gardens and palaces of the noble and wealthy families. And now, it will become a work of “land art” in the vineyards of Lazio. The “Limito” project,...

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Renowned minimalist painter Frank Stella died Saturday of lymphoma at his home in Manhattan, N.Y. The artist was 87 years old. Stella's representative, Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York, confirmed the news with NPR. "Marianne Boesky began representing Stella in 2014, and the gallery is deeply grateful for a decade of collaboration with the artist...

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On May 3, 1969, the General Command of the Italian Carabinieri established a highly specialized unit to protect the cultural patrimony of Italy. This elite unit is known today as Il Comando Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale (TPC)- The Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage.  The unit was headquartered in a beautiful Rococ...

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A European court on Thursday upheld Italy’s right to seize a prized Greek statue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in California, ruling that Italy was justified in trying to reclaim an important part of its cultural heritage and rejecting the museum’s appeal. The European Court of Human Rights, or ECHR, determined that Italy’s decades-long efforts to...

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The J. Paul Getty Museum has acquired “A Drinking and Musical Party,” a lively 17th-century genre painting by Italian artist Bartolomeo Manfredi, from a private collector. The painting went on view on April 23 in the Getty Center’s East Pavilion. The painting depicts a group of seven young men gathered around a table to eat, drink and play music. A...

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