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The US collector challenges Italy’s law
Palazzo Schifanoia displays archive material from the Warburg Institute to commemorate her work
Jackie’s companion targeted for buying $1 million of hot Greek body parts
It is alleged that they were stolen from the collection of Cino Vitta, head of the Jewish community in Florence during the war
We asked a number of lawyers to comment on the situation with regard to catalogues in their own jurisdictions, and found that the scope of protection varies widely
Out of the ten newly designated Unesco sites, the biggest includes eighteen royal Savoy properties
The second of the four volume series on the furniture of the Pitti Palace makes its debut
Top lots go to private collectors, but the Italian State and European dealers put up a fight
Where archaeology becomes power
The Adelson Galleries explores Sargent's sketches and watercolours from his many journeys
An art dealer reads the small-print of a new Italian government regulation that enables its officials to “notify” works even when on temporary importation
A celebration of a dramatic life
The priject to execavate the imperial fora of Augustus, Vespasian, Nerva and Trajan has been described as “every archaeologist’s dream”
This month Italian government reaches decision on national oil company’s plan to extract gas from Adriatic
Artifact had been missing from Bologna since 1940
Palazzo Grassi's “Greeks in the West” exhibition is pulling in the visitors
Would Italian law allow this picture to revert to the original owner?
Laws now are obsessed with the objects rather than the sites
We publish here for the first time in English a sample of the huge quantity of works of art removed from Italy during the war. One brave man, Rodolfo Siviero, devoted years to tracking them down, but many are still missing. Can you help?
A company owned 51% by the town council and 49% by the Réunion des Musées Nationaux
But the process has stalled as far as large-scale restitution between Russia and Germany is concerned
Works of illustration and Italian genre photography have been market favourites since the seventies
The owner's careless sales technique led the carabinieri right to his doorstep
The solution will involve low-tech improvements to the surroundings
£13 million voted by the government has yet to arrive: most of the restoration has so far been paid for by public donation. Alberto Ronchey, Minister for Culture, has declared his aim to see thirty new rooms created within three years in former storage space, tripling the size of the Uffizi
Beautiful art in the Beautiful Country
A French magazine suggests that the Adriatic city should be put in the charge of the EC, echoing a proposal by the European Commissioner for the Environment
The Spinola family has created a Foundation and is looking for sponsors; the State would like to get possession of the sadly-neglected building