June 14, 2014
Giorgio Orsoni, the Mayor of Venice, was arrested in early June along with thirty-four others on charges of corruption related to the building of flood barriers and other preservation projects for the city.

June 12, 2014
institutefinearts : Lantern Slide: Self-portrait of Agostino Carracci (1552-1602) in the Uffizi, Florence

June 12, 2014
The so-called Athlete of Fano, a Greek bronze found off the coast of Italy by fishermen in 1964, remains the subject of controversy between the Italian government and the Getty museum, which acquired the statue in 1977.

June 11, 2014
ONLINE ITALIAN PROGRAM

Rutgers University now offers an Italian for Reading Knowledge Online Certificate Program. The Department of Italian at the State University of New Jersey provides […]

June 11, 2014
The fifth annual IAS/Kress lecture in Italy , jointly sponsored by the Italian Art Society with the support of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation , was held on 27 May 2014 at 5 pm in the Gipsoteca di Arte Antica of the Università di Pisa .

June 10, 2014
CFP: MEMORIALIZING THE MIDDLE CLASSES

Memorializing the Middle Classes in Medieval and Renaissance Europe: Building on the session “Memorials for Merchants: The Funerary Culture of Late […]

June 7, 2014
thegetty : Medieval family motto week continues!

June 3, 2014
Italian architect Emilio De Fabris died in Florence on 3 June 1883.

June 3, 2014
From now through 14 September 2014, visitors to The Cleveland Museum of Art can watch conservators clean Caravaggio’s Crucifixion of Saint Andrew , one of the museum’s most prized paintings.

June 3, 2014
RESEARCH GRANTS FOR VENICE

The Fondazione Giorgio Cini  offers scholarships and co-financing to scholars at the graduate, postgraduate, and advanced levels who are willing to spend a research […]