'Luce' will welcome visitors to special events in the Holy See and Rome this year

The portrait of Maffeo Barberini was first attributed to Caravaggio 60 years ago, but had not been publicly displayed until now

A new exhibition looks at the rapport between the verse of the Renaissance poet and the art of the time

Curated by Massimiliano Gioni, the works in the Palazzo Barberini exhibition come from the collection of the luxury retail magnate Tony Salamé

The woman was caught on video filling up her water bottle in the late Baroque masterpiece

The unidentified Swiss teenager is the second person to make headlines this summer for carving letters into the walls of the ancient site

The New York-based artist's ability to balance the horrifying with the restorative reaches a mad-genius peak at Sant’Andrea de Scaphis

Italian authorities have identified an English suspect who they believe is the man filmed carving the words “Ivan + Hayley 23” into the 2,000-year old structure

The Turner Prize-nominated artist-filmmaker discusses their current solo show in Rome and award-winning solo stand at Art Basel

The 92-year-old artist's first-ever ceiling work takes inspiration from the "colour of the skies" and follows in the footsteps of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescos

Following a bitter inheritance dispute, Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi has been court-ordered to leave the historic property, while valuable artworks and documents are to be removed or destroyed

Italian government approves display of sculptural icon in new boarding area

The €35m development will include a new train station adjacent to the Pompeii archaeological site

The Galleria Borghese has brought together the Aeneas Frieze panels from collections around the world

Riley will transform the barrel-vaulted ceiling at the British School at Rome with a palette of bold colours based on ancient Egyptian iconography

The National Roman Museum's director Stéphane Verger shares the radical new plans that will revamp four landmark museum and heritage sites in Italy

Canon Monsignor Michele Basso was investigated for fraud in 2000 after allegedly trying to sell fake works

Exhibition at Palazzo Barberini is the finale of a “momentous” trio of shows bringing the cycle of 16 works back together

The 65-year-old tourist reportedly told museum staff he wanted to see the Pope before throwing the Roman busts to the ground

From Michelangelo's horned Moses to Mussolini's cancelled Universal Exposition, we round up some of the Italian capital's unmissable artistic treasures

Slashing Ludovisi Casino's asking price by 20% did nothing to entice would-be buyers; the Italian state is being pressured to purchase the property before it is offered a third time

Aliza Wong, a professor and scholar who has written extensively about modern Italian history and culture, will take the reins in July

A “kaleidoscopic approach” immerses the reader in 17th-century Italy

Sustainable masterplan will cover Zaha Hadid building in solar panels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Acclaimed Chinese artist’s video and installation pieces come to Italy for the first time

Writer, translator of Virginia Woolf, and historian of gardening and farming she became a champion of conservation by co-founding Italia Nostra

The Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, also known as Villa Aurora, was decorated by Caravaggio in around 1597

Exhibition at Rome's Scuderie del Quirinale looks at Hell in art throughout the ages, from medieval torture to 20th-century concentration camps

The small flat inhabited and decorated by 20th-century artist Giacomo Balla is open to the public for the first time as part of a new exhibition

As a landmark exhibition in Rome draws to a close, government's plans for long-hidden group of ancient sculpture remain unclear