Events

1º May marks the celebration of La Festa dei Lavoratori or Labor Day in Italy. Also known as May Day, the Primo Maggio has long symbolized the workers that…

Carol King reports on the flamboyant aerobatic antics of Italy’s most skilled pilots. When it comes to creating a dazzling spectacle in the sky, the pilots of…

"A 'thing' is not art, but the idea expressed by that same 'thing' may be". These are the words of Michelangelo Pistoletto.Born in Biella in 1933, Pistoletto…

Romans are ready to celebrate the city’s 2,766th birthday this Sunday, 21 April.The Eternal City is preparing itself for the festivities, concerts and special…

The Getty Villa museum in Malibu, California is mounting an exhibition of masterpieces of ancient art from Sicily.Called ‘Sicily: Art and Invention between…

A rare collection of drawings of Ancient Greek temples in Paestum by 18th-century Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi is on show at the Sir John Soane’s…

Painting by Giuliano della Casa The Italian flag is getting a new look thanks to 90 international artists participating in a show in Emilia-Romagna.Called ‘…

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is staging an exhibition of rare Italian and Cremonese stringed instruments.The show is of the Sau-Wing Lam collection of…

Pisa and Florence celebrate the traditional New Year ceremony that marked the life of the Tuscan cities from the middle ages to the 18th century. This is…

From 23 to 24 March, 700 of Italy’s cultural sites, many of which are not usually open to the public, will be open to all for free. The open days form part of…