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 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 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 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 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 Later this year, the Louvre in Paris will host an exhibition of masterpieces by the Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci to mark his death 500 years ago in France. But the work that in recent months has been the intense focus of scrutiny by the media and da Vinci specialists, may not be on show. https://www.thelocal.it/20190428/mystery-of-salvator-mundi-the-worlds-most-costly-painting Sun, 28 Apr 2019 13:21:58 +0200 mystery-of-salvator-mundi-the-worlds-most-costly-painting The naked warrior looks plaintively up into the averted eyes of a graceful woman methodically slicing off his head with a sword. It is a burst of violence painted in haunting tones by a Renaissance master worth at least $100 million – or yet another fake distressing the art world. https://www.thelocal.it/20190228/lost-caravaggio-to-be-unveiled-in-london-but-is-it-a-fake Thu, 28 Feb 2019 10:58:31 +0100 lost-caravaggio-to-be-unveiled-in-london-but-is-it-a-fake The last Leonardo Da Vinci painting still in the hands of a private collector will go under the hammer next month in New York, the Christie's auction house said on Tuesday, estimating its worth at $100 million (€85mn). https://www.thelocal.it/20171011/last-privately-owned-da-vinci-to-go-on-sale-for-100mn Wed, 11 Oct 2017 10:45:13 +0200 last-privately-owned-da-vinci-to-go-on-sale-for-100mn A landscape drawing by the Italian master artist, Leonardo da Vinci, will go on display in his native Tuscan town in commemoration of the 500th year since his death. https://www.thelocal.it/20160804/early-leonardo-piece-to-be-shown-in-artists-home-town Thu, 04 Aug 2016 17:18:24 +0200 early-leonardo-piece-to-be-shown-in-artists-home-town A mysterious mouse-eaten portrait found on a Rome rubbish heap ten years ago and thought to be an original work by Amedeo Modigliani, an Italian Jewish artist who worked mainly in France, is set to go on display for the first time. https://www.thelocal.it/20160620/mysterious-modigliani-portrait-found-in-rome-rubbish-to-go-on-display Mon, 20 Jun 2016 13:44:24 +0200 mysterious-modigliani-portrait-found-in-rome-rubbish-to-go-on-display A contestant on 'Italia's Got Talent' was given a standing ovation after presenting the judges with his 'living Caravaggio' paintings. https://www.thelocal.it/20160428/italian-student-stuns-talent-show-with-living-caravaggio-paintings Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:24:39 +0200 italian-student-stuns-talent-show-with-living-caravaggio-paintings Italian archaeologists trying to solve the mystery behind the identity of one of the world's most famous models have said that they had found shards of bone which could have belonged to Mona Lisa. https://www.thelocal.it/20150924/italy-archaeologists-in-real-mona-lisa-quest Thu, 24 Sep 2015 16:49:59 +0200 italy-archaeologists-in-real-mona-lisa-quest Doubts emerged on Wednesday over the authenticity of an Italian painting supposedly worth $1.5 million, which hit headlines after a 12-year-old boy punched a hole through it as he tripped and fell during an exhibition in Taiwan. https://www.thelocal.it/20150826/damaged-italian-painting-might-be-fake-expert Wed, 26 Aug 2015 14:46:52 +0200 damaged-italian-painting-might-be-fake-expert A 12-year-old boy accidentally punched a hole through a $1.5 million centuries-old Italian oil painting when he tripped and fell into the piece during an exhibition in Taiwan. https://www.thelocal.it/20150825/boy-punches-hole-in-centuries-old-italian-painting Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:09:15 +0200 boy-punches-hole-in-centuries-old-italian-painting UPDATED: Italian police are trying to establish the true owner of a Picasso painting worth €15 million after confiscating it from a pensioner who says he was given it for free. https://www.thelocal.it/20150327/italian-police-seize-15m-picasso-painting Fri, 27 Mar 2015 10:29:00 +0100 italian-police-seize-15m-picasso-painting Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring is going on show in the city of Bologna in Italy next month but the arrival of the celebrated painting of a young beauty is already causing a stir. https://www.thelocal.it/20140131/girl-with-a-pearl-earring-creates-stir-in-italy Fri, 31 Jan 2014 08:55:00 +0100 girl-with-a-pearl-earring-creates-stir-in-italy A local councillor for Milan inadvertently tore a hole in an 18th century painting when opening a bottle of sparkling wine during Christmas celebrations. https://www.thelocal.it/20140122/flying-cork-rips-hole-in-18th-century-italian-painting Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:31:00 +0100 flying-cork-rips-hole-in-18th-century-italian-painting An Italian weekly said in its Friday edition that a new painting by Leonardo da Vinci of Renaissance noblewoman Isabella d'Este has been reliably authenticated with carbon dating. https://www.thelocal.it/20131004/new-painting-proven-to-be-leonardo-da-vincis Fri, 04 Oct 2013 10:55:00 +0200 new-painting-proven-to-be-leonardo-da-vincis US authorities blocked the sale of a Pablo Picasso painting following a request from Italy after the €8.8 million work of art's owners were charged with embezzlement and fraud, the US government said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130625/us-blocks-sale-of-picasso-painting-on-italys-request Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:28:00 +0200 us-blocks-sale-of-picasso-painting-on-italys-request