https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed There are lots of guides to the visual splendours of Florence's world-famous galleries - but for those with a short attention span comes a new one, showing only nude or erotic artworks. https://www.thelocal.it/20210722/the-new-guide-to-florences-uffizi-galleries-showing-only-the-nudes Thu, 22 Jul 2021 15:05:31 +0200 the-new-guide-to-florences-uffizi-galleries-showing-only-the-nudes The arts have long been part of everyday life in many Italian towns and villages, and this hasn't changed during the pandemic. American writer Mark Hinshaw tells us how musicians continue to inspire his local community, despite recent tragedy. https://www.thelocal.it/20210122/life-in-italy-local-musicians-are-helping-our-italian-village-look-to-the-future Fri, 22 Jan 2021 17:54:56 +0100 life-in-italy-local-musicians-are-helping-our-italian-village-look-to-the-future The delicate and intricate beads are a speciality of the island of Murano, in the Italian city's lagoon, where skilled workers have been making glass for centuries. https://www.thelocal.it/20201218/venice-praises-un-listing-for-pandemic-hit-glass-bead-makers Fri, 18 Dec 2020 10:50:05 +0100 venice-praises-un-listing-for-pandemic-hit-glass-bead-makers This December, Venice lacks the tourists who normally give it a festive air at Christmas, but the Italian city has nonetheless highlighted its landmarks to celebrate the holidays this year. https://www.thelocal.it/20201207/in-photos-the-empty-streets-of-venice-illuminated-for-christmas Mon, 07 Dec 2020 16:18:15 +0100 in-photos-the-empty-streets-of-venice-illuminated-for-christmas Art sleuths have created a 3D reconstruction of the face of Italian painter Raphael, solving an age-old mystery over his final resting place, Rome's Tor Vergata University told AFP on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20200806/how-italian-art-experts-solved-the-mystery-of-raphaels-tomb-by-reconstructing-his-face Thu, 06 Aug 2020 20:39:16 +0200 how-italian-art-experts-solved-the-mystery-of-raphaels-tomb-by-reconstructing-his-face Police hunting for a mystery vandal who broke the toes off an Italian statue have identified an Austrian tourist who fled after lying on it to snap that perfect photograph. https://www.thelocal.it/20200805/italian-police-track-down-tourist-who-snapped-off-statues-toes-selfie Wed, 05 Aug 2020 19:45:25 +0200 italian-police-track-down-tourist-who-snapped-off-statues-toes-selfie A stolen cutter, CCTV footage, phone taps, loose-tongued suspects... this is how an artwork by famed street artist Banksy painted on the door of the Bataclan club in Paris was discovered in Italy 18 months after being stolen. https://www.thelocal.it/20200801/how-police-reclaimed-a-stolen-bataclan-banksy-in-italy Sat, 01 Aug 2020 14:08:13 +0200 how-police-reclaimed-a-stolen-bataclan-banksy-in-italy At 17, Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi accused her mentor of sexual harassment and became the talk of the Baroque art world. Art historian Christopher R. Marshall explains how the 17th-century painter has become a symbol for the #MeToo movement. https://www.thelocal.it/20180912/artemisia-gentileschi-an-italian-baroque-heroine-for-the-metoo-era Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:27:06 +0200 artemisia-gentileschi-an-italian-baroque-heroine-for-the-metoo-era Priceless tapestries created by the artist Raphael for the Sistine Chapel are on display in their original location this week for the first time in centuries. https://www.thelocal.it/20200218/raphael-tapestries-sistine-chapel-rome-italy Tue, 18 Feb 2020 10:40:22 +0100 raphael-tapestries-sistine-chapel-rome-italy Congratulations, Parma: the northern city has been named Italy's Capital of Culture for 2020. https://www.thelocal.it/20180216/parma-italy-capital-of-culture-2020 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 17:21:36 +0100 parma-italy-capital-of-culture-2020 Directors of an Italian museum are optimistic that a painting found hidden in a wall this week is a Gustav Klimt work stolen two decades ago, a director said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20191213/painting-found-in-bin-bag-outside-italian-museum-could-be-missing-klimt Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:38:47 +0100 painting-found-in-bin-bag-outside-italian-museum-could-be-missing-klimt The gang used bulldozers and metal detectors to dig up and loot objects dating from 400 BC, including ancient Greek vases and jewels, in southern Italy before smuggling them out of the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20191119/italian-police-bust-smuggling-gang-looting-ancient-artifacts Tue, 19 Nov 2019 09:55:21 +0100 italian-police-bust-smuggling-gang-looting-ancient-artifacts A newly discovered canvas by the female 17th-century Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi sold for almost 4.8 million euros on Wednesday, a record for the artist, auction house Artcurial said. https://www.thelocal.it/20191114/newly-discovered-artemisia-painting-sells-for-record-48-million Thu, 14 Nov 2019 11:28:43 +0100 newly-discovered-artemisia-painting-sells-for-record-48-million A newly discovered canvas by the female 17th-century Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi will go up for auction in Paris this week amid a surge of interest in her extraordinarily dramatic work. https://www.thelocal.it/20191111/newly-discovered-work-by-artemisia-gentileschi-italy-auction Mon, 11 Nov 2019 11:06:16 +0100 newly-discovered-work-by-artemisia-gentileschi-italy-auction A rare masterpiece by Italian early Renaissance master Cimabue that was discovered in a French kitchen was sold on Sunday for 24 million euros – some five times the initial estimate. https://www.thelocal.it/20191028/rare-italian-masterpiece-found-in-french-kitchen-sold-for-24-million Mon, 28 Oct 2019 10:00:59 +0100 rare-italian-masterpiece-found-in-french-kitchen-sold-for-24-million An early Renaissance painting by the Italian master Cimabue goes under the hammer on Sunday, a few weeks after the rare artwork was found hanging in an unsuspecting elderly Frenchwoman's kitchen. https://www.thelocal.it/20191025/rare-italian-masterpiece-found-in-french-kitchen-expected-to-sell-for-6-million Fri, 25 Oct 2019 17:09:23 +0200 rare-italian-masterpiece-found-in-french-kitchen-expected-to-sell-for-6-million One of the best preserved Roman houses at Herculaneum, near Pompeii, reopened on Wednesday after more than 30 years, its exquisite paintings brought back to life thanks to a revolutionary new technique. https://www.thelocal.it/20191024/lost-artworks-at-herculaneum-uncovered-by-new-technique Thu, 24 Oct 2019 11:24:22 +0200 lost-artworks-at-herculaneum-uncovered-by-new-technique An Italian court on Wednesday rejected a last-minute bid to halt the loan of Leonardo Da Vinci's iconic Vitruvian Man drawing and other works to France's Louvre museum, ending a bitter cultural row. https://www.thelocal.it/20191016/should-italy-loan-da-vinci-vitruvian-man-to-france Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:09:43 +0200 should-italy-loan-da-vinci-vitruvian-man-to-france An Italian court has blocked the loan of Leonardo da Vinci's famed Vitruvian Man sketch to the Louvre in Paris, ahead of an exibition marking the 500th anniversary of the artist's death. https://www.thelocal.it/20191010/italian-court-rules-against-lending-da-vinci-work-to-france Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:18:44 +0200 italian-court-rules-against-lending-da-vinci-work-to-france An early Renaissance masterpiece by the Florentine master Cimabue has been discovered in an old lady's kitchen in a town near Paris, art experts said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190924/old-french-lady-discovers-cimabue-renaissance-masterpiece-in-her-kitchen Tue, 24 Sep 2019 12:04:05 +0200 old-french-lady-discovers-cimabue-renaissance-masterpiece-in-her-kitchen