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Bologna illustrator, Cristina Cati, defeats Ikea in copyright case

May 11, 2026May 11, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Bologna illustrator, Cristina Cati, defeats Ikea in copyright case

Cristina Cati, creator of the Modoro brand, has won a landmark legal battle against the Swedish furniture giant Ikea. One of her illustrations was reproduced without consent and used to decorate a store near Bologna.

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Giulio Regeni documentary - officials sacked over refusal of funding

Italy’s culture minister fires top officials over Regeni documentary

May 11, 2026May 11, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Italy’s culture minister fires top officials over Regeni documentary

Alessandro Giuli has dismissed the head of his technical secretariat and his personal secretariat chief. The sackings follow revelations that public funding was refused for the Regeni documentary about the murdered Italian researcher.

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Attendance figures high at controversial Venice Art Biennale 2026.

Venice Art Biennale 2026 opens with high attendance figures

May 10, 2026May 10, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Venice Art Biennale 2026 opens with high attendance figures

The 61st International Art Exhibition has welcomed the public with booming attendance figures. The contested Russian pavilion closed on the opening day, while illy’s latest Art Collection transformed coffee cups into works of art.

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Brancacci Chapel will have new entrance and facilities from summer 2026.

Florence’s Brancacci Chapel gets smart tech to protect frescoes

May 10, 2026May 10, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Florence’s Brancacci Chapel gets smart tech to protect frescoes

A new pilot monitoring system will track environmental conditions and visitor flows inside the Brancacci Chapel, home to masterworks by Masaccio, Masolino and Filippino Lippi, as part of a European heritage preservation project.

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Unveiling of the restored Banksy mural, 'The Migrant Child'

Banksy’s ‘Migrant Child’ returns to Venice

May 9, 2026May 9, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Banksy’s ‘Migrant Child’ returns to Venice

The Banksy mural ‘The Migrant Child’, removed from a Venetian palazzo last year for emergency restoration, has been unveiled to the public. It is touring the canals of Venice this weekend as part of the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale.

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Official image of the Turin Book Fair. Image credit: Salone Internazional del Libro

Turin Book Fair 2026 opens its doors

May 9, 2026May 9, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Turin Book Fair 2026 opens its doors

The thirty-eighth edition of the Salone Internazionale del Libro is under way in Turin. The Salone OFF festival launched across the city on 8 May ahead of the main fair at Lingotto Fiere from 14 to 18 May. The theme for the Turin Book Fair 2026 takes its inspiration from Elsa Morante and places young […]

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The David di Donatello awards statuette is based, as the name suggests, on Donatello's bronze statue of David.

The story behind the statuette of the David Awards

May 7, 2026May 7, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on The story behind the statuette of the David Awards

As Italy’s film industry gathers each year to honour its finest work, the prize it awards carries the name of one of the greatest sculptors in the history of Western art. Donatello was a Florentine whose mastery of the human form changed what art could be.

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Francesco Sossai accepts the David di Donatello for Best Film for ‘The Last One for the Road’ Image credit: Ernesto S. Ruscio/Getty Images

‘The Last One for the Road’ sweeps Italy’s David Awards

May 7, 2026May 7, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on ‘The Last One for the Road’ sweeps Italy’s David Awards

Francesco Sossai’s road movie about unlikely friendship dominated the 71st edition of Italy’s premier film prizes, leaving Oscar-winner Paolo Sorrentino’s much-anticipated entry without a single award. The David Awards are the Italian equivalent of the Oscars.

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Some of the 337 artefacts returned from the US to Italy. Photo: Agnese Sbaffi © Ministry of Culture

Italy reclaims 337 artefacts from the US

May 2, 2026May 2, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Italy reclaims 337 artefacts from the US

From a first-century head of Alexander depicted as a sun god to a Renaissance letter from a duke to his poet, a landmark repatriation of artefacts marks 25 years of Italian-American cooperation against the global art trafficking trade.

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Biennale art jury resigns en masse

Biennale jury resigns over Russian pavilion row

May 1, 2026May 1, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Biennale jury resigns over Russian pavilion row

The international jury of the 61st Venice Biennale has quit en masse a day after culture ministry inspectors arrived on site. This throws the awards process into disarray with the Foundation replacing the jury award process with a visitor vote.

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