A small group of anti-fascist campaigners protested outside the Sapienza University in Rome where Alessandro Giuli was taking the final oral exam for the degree he started in the 1990s

Milan’s most prestigious art museum and several other institutions in the same complex are now known as “Grande Brera”

The town of Aci has attracted criticism for wanting to hire a new head for the Civic Museum of the Norman Castle of Svevo, who must be educated to degree level, but will not be paid

An art historian and journalist has been chosen to replace dentistry teacher Raffaella Docimo, who recently took up the role amid a wave of criticism

The international alliance will present an exhibition and events in one building during Berlin Art Week

New pricelist gives well-heeled couples exclusive access to the ancient archaeological site. But some Italian politicians are not impressed

The former antiquities minister is also demanding that three Egyptian treasures, including the Rosetta Stone, be sent to his home country

The recent research also suggests that the famous Italian landmark was part of a broader building programme

At least ninety percent of €368,000 target to repair vault and ceiling has been met

The Museum of Faith and Dialogue, which could not afford the new €10,000 annual rent, displayed items found at sea following shipwrecks

The 18-page document had previously disappeared from the Holy See's official archive

Albergo dei Poveri renovation is the latest stage of the Italian city’s cultural renaissance

The objects, found within the Ostia Antica archaeological site in southern Italy, include burnt animal bones and a carved wooden chalice

The former director of the Uffizi, who is running for mayor of the Tuscan city, has been accused of speaking negatively about people from Italy's deprived south

The 19th-century property, where the Italian composer wrote 'La Traviata', was due to be auctioned, but the sale never happened

Public portrayals of female figures are not only rare, they are often sexualised stereotypes

Dispute centres on the Doryphoros statue, which Italy believes was looted in the 1970s

Day trippers will need to pay €5 to enter on select days in a pilot scheme which starts during the Biennale

The street artist’s new public art commission coincides with Milan Design Week

Pop-up space syncs with spring events, furthering city’s growth as an art hub

A petition calling for the removal of Andrea Saltini’s painting, which appears to depict the lifeless figure of Jesus receiving oral sex, garnered more than 30,000 signatures

Questions asked about how former home of fascist ruler came to host exhibition of Jewish photojournalist

The inverted photo of the Italian prime minister has drawn comparisons to images of Benito Mussolini's execution

But financing of the project by a now-sanctioned Russian oligarch has been condemned as an "embarrassment"

The 3D-printed reproduction of the Assyrian statue was previously displayed at the Colosseum in Rome and the Unesco headquarters in Paris

Maestà di Assisi, located in the saint's home town, which survived a deadly earthquake in 1997, has been returned to its original luminosity

Cultural figures voice concern about culture ministry’s appointments to run institutions including Florence’s Uffizi Galleries and Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera

The critic, curator and commentator Vittorio Sgarbi was being pressured to resign amid multiple investigations into his conduct

Exhibition in Genoa dedicated to 17th-century painter includes a multimedia installation detailing the artist’s infamous rape by artist Agostino Tasso

Vittorio Sgarbi is being investigated for allegedly laundering an Old Master painting