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 A court in Florence, home to Michelangelo’s David, has banned the unlicensed commercial use of images of the city’s famous statue in Italy and throughout Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20171124/italy-bans-commercial-use-michelangelo-david-florence-ticket-touts Fri, 24 Nov 2017 12:37:53 +0100 italy-bans-commercial-use-michelangelo-david-florence-ticket-touts For the first time, visitors will be able to enter a hidden cell in the Medici Chapels where Michelangelo is thought to have covered the walls with sketches. https://www.thelocal.it/20171114/secret-michelangelo-room-florence-open-to-public Tue, 14 Nov 2017 13:06:13 +0100 secret-michelangelo-room-florence-open-to-public Italy’s most artistic streaker is back. https://www.thelocal.it/20171024/adrian-pino-olivera-david-michelangelo-florence Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:21:27 +0200 adrian-pino-olivera-david-michelangelo-florence A newly-discovered drawing by Renaissance master Michelangelo, found during the restoration of his "Sacrifice of Isaac", is to go on show in Rome, along with another drawing found by restorers 30 years ago. https://www.thelocal.it/20170423/hidden-michelangelo-drawing-goes-on-show-in-rome Sun, 23 Apr 2017 14:15:01 +0200 hidden-michelangelo-drawing-goes-on-show-in-rome A wooden crucifix sculpted by Michelangelo at age 18 has been restored to pride of place in Florence's Santo Spirito, the church the Renaissance master had created it for. https://www.thelocal.it/20170404/in-pics-michelangelo-sculpture-comes-home-to-florence-after-massive-restoration-project Tue, 04 Apr 2017 17:58:41 +0200 in-pics-michelangelo-sculpture-comes-home-to-florence-after-massive-restoration-project Michelangelo's world-famous statue of David got a clean-up Monday financed by a US non-profit group which has spent some €500,000 in recent years preserving such Renaissance masterpieces. https://www.thelocal.it/20160301/michelangelos-david-gets-expensive-clean-up Tue, 01 Mar 2016 09:05:37 +0100 michelangelos-david-gets-expensive-clean-up Art lovers take note: a sprawling villa once owned by the artist and sculptor Michelangelo Buonarroti is on the market. And if you have a few million to spare, the masterpiece could be yours. https://www.thelocal.it/20160119/dreaming-of-living-like-michelangelo-then-his-tuscan-villa-is-up-for-sale Tue, 19 Jan 2016 12:37:26 +0100 dreaming-of-living-like-michelangelo-then-his-tuscan-villa-is-up-for-sale A full-size recreation of the glorious Michelangelo frescoes that adorn the ceiling of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel -- entirely in photographs - will from Friday be on display in Montreal. https://www.thelocal.it/20150710/sistine-chapel-recreated-in-montreal-in-photos Fri, 10 Jul 2015 10:00:48 +0200 sistine-chapel-recreated-in-montreal-in-photos A thief who stole two historic and hugely valuable documents written by Michelangelo offered to return them to the Vatican's archives for cash, a spokesman for the Holy See revealed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150309/vatican-offered-stolen-michelangelo-papers-for-cash Mon, 09 Mar 2015 13:31:54 +0100 vatican-offered-stolen-michelangelo-papers-for-cash Two sculptures that languished in obscurity for more than a century may be the only surviving bronze works by Michelangelo, researchers announced in Britain on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150202/statues-may-be-last-remaining-by-michelangelo Mon, 02 Feb 2015 09:47:00 +0100 statues-may-be-last-remaining-by-michelangelo Florence's museums authority on Tuesday played down the risk of Michelangelo's 500-year-old David statue falling down because of fractures in its ankles. https://www.thelocal.it/20140506/michelangelos-david-statue-wont-fall-down Tue, 06 May 2014 14:15:00 +0200 michelangelos-david-statue-wont-fall-down Italy has tried to crack down on the sale of trashy souvenirs, with the city of Pisa imposing hefty fines on shops caught selling underpants with its famous tower resembling a penis, but others have been harder to weed out. https://www.thelocal.it/20140320/top-10-italys-tackiest-souvenirs Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:10:00 +0100 top-10-italys-tackiest-souvenirs Italy's Culture Minister Dario Franceschini Saturday called for a US guns dealer to withdraw an advertisement using an image of Michelangelo's David -- but with the famed statue holding a bolt-action rifle. https://www.thelocal.it/20140309/italy-targets-us-gun-ad-using-michelangelos-david Sun, 09 Mar 2014 10:50:00 +0100 italy-targets-us-gun-ad-using-michelangelos-david He might be considered one of the great artists of the Italian Renaissance, but Michelangelo was also a “skilled forger”, or so a French art historian has claimed. https://www.thelocal.it/20140211/michelangelo-was-a-skilled-forger-french-claim Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:10:00 +0100 michelangelo-was-a-skilled-forger-french-claim