Italy

Interview with Martin Bethenod, director of Palazzo Grassi, Venice

As the private gallery of the French billionaire collector hosts its first solo show by a living artists, we speak to the director about its future plans

Published online: 14 May 2012

Colosseum sponsorship deal at last hurdle

Final appeal due in May

Published online: 24 April 2012

Italian government to appoint commissioner to control Maxxi

Board of directors for contemporary museum blames government cuts for deficit

Published online: 19 April 2012

Sicily aims to make more of the Morgantine Venus

Local authorities and tourism industry seek Euro funds to promote statue returned by US museum

Published online: 28 March 2012

Police raid criminal gang suspected of faking antiquities

Alleged forgers used x-ray machine to cheat dating tests; arrests include boxer and hospital nurse

Published online: 21 February 2012

The great billboard scam

Restorers in Naples sold ads worth €3m, but failed to carry out work on the buildings

Published online: 15 February 2012

Italian football club sponsors Old Masters show

An exhibition of works from the collection of the Prince of Liechtenstein is backed by a premier league team, but funding amounts have not been revealed

Published online: 31 January 2012

Progress on the Uffizi expansion, at last

Eight new rooms house paintings by French, Dutch, Flemish and Spanish artists

Published online: 25 January 2012

Racing through Rome while others cross the finish line

Published online: 20 January 2012

Italy allows Unesco into Pompeii

The Roman city risks joining the World Heritage in Danger list

Published online: 04 January 2012

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