Allies of Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni have condemned the return of a Renaissance masterpiece to Slovenia, calling it a betrayal of Istrian exiles. The Carpaccio altarpiece has been in the Basilica of Sant’Antonio in Padua since 1943.
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Kevin Spacey will open the 21st edition of the Lucca Film Festival, which runs in the Tuscan city from 20 to 28 September 2025.
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Stefano Benni, one of Italy’s most beloved satirical writers, playwrights, and journalists, has died at the age of 78 after a prolonged illness, the Feltrinelli publishing house confirmed on Tuesday.
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Andrea Camilleri would have turned one hundred today, 6th September 1925, born in Porto Empedocle, Sicily. His name is synonymous with Inspector Salvo Montalbano, but to regard him merely as a crime writer is to diminish a vast, multifaceted literary legacy.
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, one of Venice’s most original painters and printmakers, was born on 30th August, 1727.
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Italy is honouring Andrea Camilleri, the Sicilian writer who created Inspector Montalbano, with a series of cultural events. 2025 is the centenary of his birth.
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Two Italian twin sisters have become unlikely TikTok stars at the age of 83. Known as the Scamp Twins, they have amassed over 30,000 followers.
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Classical music and Dante’s poetry will demonstrate culture’s power to connect nations at Expo 2025 Osaka. From 2 to 4 September, the Italy Pavilion will host Istante Dante in Expo, a project promoted by Almo Collegio Borromeo and the Foundation I Solisti di Pavia. It will feature 100 Italian and international musicians interpreting 100 tercets […]
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Francesco Petrarca, better known as Petrarch, died on 19 July 1374. He left behind poetry, prose and ideas that helped shape modern literature. Born in Arezzo in 1304, Petrarch became one of the most important figures of early humanism. Today, he is remembered not only for his beautiful verse but also for his influence on […]
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An erotic mosaic looted during World War II by a Nazi officer has been returned to Pompeii, almost 80 years after its theft. The mosaic dates from between the late first century BC and early first century AD.
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