Italy

Over 2,500 of Italy’s cinemas have closed since the pandemic. But a group of film enthusiasts has a plan to turn things around

Italian politics has never looked so stable. If anything, people there are much more worried about turning into us

The Italian prime minister did what almost no other western leader has dared to do: when Trump, attacked her, she fought back

Vyacheslav Akhunov had to keep his subversive art secret from Soviet censors. Now, at 78, he has become an unlikely star of the Venice Biennale

Only 34 people alive are in the most exclusive club on the planet. One photographer set out to track them down

In a Padua chapel that became a workshop, he brought tenderness and complexity to biblical figures - and painting would never be the same

You can’t walk up the Spanish Steps, there’s nowhere to park and most sacreligiously of all, pre-cooked pasta dishes are now on display to lure tourists. Is the Eternal City on the verge of falling to the visiting hordes?

Protests have rocked the so-called ‘Art Olympics’ over its decision to let Putin exercise soft power

A 1950 visit to Florence inspired the artist’s greatest work. Now he’s back in the places that changed him

A new book suggesting Jesus and Christ were separate entities has scandalised the nation - even few will ever read it

At Monaco 1984, the Brazilian announced himself as a legend – but a decade later, he was gone

The Italian city marks the religious holiday in a way that can only be described as unique

A new exhibition celebrates the absurd brilliance of designer Elsa Schiaparelli, creator of the shoe hat and the skeleton dress

The former PM is still cheering his project on, while the man who negotiated his hopeless deal thinks everything is going just fine

Ski-slope bump or influential person? Two similar-sounding but unrelated words have merged

The FBI director's spinner was furious at reports he was in Italy for the ice hockey final. But there he was...

When I heard that ICE would be attending the 2026 Winter Olympics, I was shocked - but not surprised

An icon’s death marks the end of the era of brilliant individuals who lived like deities

Slovenia is obsessed with strapping on skis and flying into the void – and they’re expecting to be in the medals at the Winter Olympics

From Mariupol to Tehran, Cecilia Sala’s new book captures young people forced into extraordinary acts of resistance

Alessandro Mendini turned corkscrews into characters and armchairs into art. An exhibition of his work is on at the Estorick in London

Seventy years after Cortina first hosted, a very different Games returns to the town that once hosted Hemingway and Bond

Behind locked doors in museums and archaeological sites, priceless works gather dust while the world waits outside

Terranera, a tiny mountaintop hamlet of 50 residents, doesn't organise its festivities by the Christian calendar or tradition

An extraordinary Florence show brings together the friar-artist’s sacred visions and the Medici politics that shaped them

One restaurant in Bari has done the unthinkable. And it’s not about the money

The San Ciro in Milan is legendary. But it was too shabby to host the Champions League final - which can only mean one thing

Nick Trend’s new book explores the places where Giotto and Leonardo constructed a country’s heritage

Nava Golchini dreams of the day she can go home and perform. Gabbeh, her debut album as NAVA, turns hyperpop into protest

From September to early October, red wine gushes from Rome’s central two fountains. Forget the Trevi, this is what you need to see when you visit

Ketty La Rocca’s early death brought a sudden halt to her witty, melancholy outsider art

For centuries it was the city’s literary salon. Now, Antico Caffè Greco’s doors are shut