James Imam

The loggionisti at La Scala and other traditional houses are notoriously hard to please at the best of times, having booed some of the greatest names in opera

The newly refurbished Botticelli Rooms were unveiled this week at the Florentine museum

More than 20 experts are expected to work on the decorative cycle over five years

The Francois Tomb fresco cycle, now on show at Rome's National Etruscan Museum, is the state's third major acquisition in two months

The high-impact redevelopment of the former Teatro Communale opera house has attracted widespread criticism and a criminal investigation

Antonina Cataldo, the 88-year-old founder of a Sicilian charity, is alleged to have defrauded vulnerable believers of €210,000 under a ‘climate of terror’

‘Check the labels and choose Italian’, minister urges his country, as EU lines up controversial tariffs on products from Cambodia and Myanmar

Francesco I de’ Medici’s brother was suspected to have killed him and his bride in 1587. DNA from bone samples suggest another explanation, experts say

The Unione Sindacale di Base says it has formally signalled a labour dispute—usually a first step towards possible strike action—as Italian institutions remain above 30C for weeks

A documentary maker has won permission to test the pre-Roman Warrior of Capestrano, said to have been found buried in a field in the Mussolini era