ROME-The Detroit Institute of Arts has lent 52 masterpieces including Van Gogh, Degas, and Renoir to the Ara Pacis Museum in Rome. The show, “Impression and Beyond. Masterpieces from the Detroit Institute of Arts,” focuses on Impressionism and the transition to modern art, also displaying works from, Matisse, Picaso, and others.
Darcie Peters
MILAN-In a landmark criminal investigation into Manifatture Lombarde, the official Italian supplier to Armani, investigators have uncovered a ‘chain of exploitation’ with links to human trafficking, illegal employment and organised crime.
5 Dec 2025
Michael LaPointe
ROME-The Secret Apartments of Palazzo Doria Pamphilj is currently featuring the artist Silvia Giambrone for the exhibition “Sub Rosa.” The title of the show is taken from the Latin phrase, “sub rosa dicta, velata est” (spoken under the rose, it is hidden), a metaphor for hidden problems and traumas below the surface of the apparently perfect family.
The exhibit incorporates the artist’s works throughout four rooms of the Palazzo. Some of the pieces are difficult to find while others are out in the open.
5 Dec 2025
Darcie Peters
VENICE- The British Council Commission has launched its fourth open call for an intercultural team to develop and deliver a major exhibition for the British Pavilion at the Venice Giardini.
5 Dec 2025
Darcie Peters
PADUA- On the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Italian Parliament approved landmark legislation redefining femicide as a crime punishable by life imprisonment. Italy thus joins Cyprus, Malta and Croatia among the first EU states to adopt a comprehensive legal definition of femicide, recording every murder of a woman proven to be motivated by her gender as femicide.
4 Dec 2025
Gianfranco Nitti
Business Finland agency, in cooperation with the Finnish Embassy in Rome invited Finnish companies to join its Team F
3 Dec 2025
Darcie Peters
MILAN- This Winter, Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo has partnered with the City of Milan and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France to present its newest exhibit
30 Nov 2025
Darcie Peters
MILAN-In a recent development in the case of “La Famiglia nel Bosco,” parents Nathan Trevallion and Catherine Birmingham have accepted a newly offered resi
30 Nov 2025
Insider reporters
ROME – WFP’s labor union and staff association representatives are doing nothing to prevent the mass axeing of staff and consultants in the UN agency's Communications division, where director Michele Quintaglie tells staffers in their 50s they must go to make way for younger people, WFP sources say.
28 Nov 2025