Italy

Big-money galleries are moving in, but an underpaid, precariously employed workforce isn’t convinced

Like right wingers everywhere, the Italian government hates immigrants - it also can’t carry on without them. Which means only one thing

If Rousseau is right, it’s not just Venice and Bezos that are sinking. We all are 

Her autobiography shows that the western queen of the far right is almost impossible to pin down

Daily Mail columnist Stephen Glover has hit out at those making fun of the Amazon tycoon's gaudy wedding. Perhaps he should look closer to home

The Amazon boss is getting married here in the city. But locals don’t want their hometown turned into a playground for the global super-rich

Italy’s blue bloods don’t have the money to maintain their historic properties – so they’re giving them away

The Belgian is – temporarily – replacing Tintoretto in one of the Venice’s sacred spaces. But first he wants to talk about Trump

Enzo Suma’s Archeoplastica project turns pollution into art shaped by the sea – to make a point

The people of Naples speak their own language, have their own style, eat their own food and drink their own wine

In southern Italy, the village of Agnone has been hiding a secret: since the middle ages, they have been making its church bells

Robert Prevost may have been born American, but his experience, views and values are as far from Trumpian as were his predecessor’s

Is Italy’s most famous director all style and no substance?

‘When did anti-fascism become controversial?’ Director Joe Wright on the future of M: Son of the Century, his streaming series about Italy's fascist dictator

Deep inside the Vatican, in a highly secret location, a group of carpenters were tasked with creating a very special casket

A new exhibition tells the disturbing story of the brutalised boys who became 18th-century London’s biggest musical celebrities

Expats must learn that smaller rural Italian communities run on gossip

Pope Francis came close to anointing his heir. But the conclave will consider a range of cardinals, from progressives to Trump fans

That he remained upbeat despite his many misfortunes was amazing. That he managed to make his home country laugh for over half a century borders on the miraculous

The acclaimed artist takes Florence in her first institutional solo show in Italy

A vampire-style taste for pig’s blood is found across the country, where it is a key ingredient in traditional cakes and sausages

Lasagne is now taking its turn in an ongoing churn where chefs and restaurateurs fall back on a proponent of certainty

Corporate giants buy great art like stocks and shares – and then hide it from the public. But in Italy, things are thankfully a little different…

The country buys nuclear energy from France and other European countries. Italians just don’t want the power plants in their backyard

Hollywood on the Tiber lifts the lid of Rome’s riotous postwar film industry

Ugliness in Piobbico is a virtue, and the ‘uglies’ are heroes

Gorizia and Nova Gorica share a history of division but are now united as the first transnational European Capital of Culture

For a golden period, the Tuscan hill town ruled the art world. Now its treasures are reassembled in a remarkable exhibition

For three days every year, the quiet Piedmont town of Ivrea becomes a citrus-soaked battleground

‘Pippo’ soared to fame alongside Maria Callas in the 1950s but his playboy lifestyle ultimately led to the loss of his golden voice

Restaurateurs in Grisciano are on a ‘promotion mission’ to tell Pasta alla Gricia's origin tale to tourists