Culture
Oscar Wilde's time in Rome, six months before his death in Paris, was characterised by a curious mix of boys, tourism and smells-and-bells Catholicism.
In 1875, during his first summer vacation from Oxford, Oscar Wilde...
Rome's state and city-run museums open for free on Sunday 1 December.State museums and archaeological sites in Rome and across Italy will be open for free on Sunday 1 December thanks to the ever-popular Domenica al Museo...
Crib arrives days after Neptune disappeared into the sea.
In recent days the Ostia district off the coast of Rome has suffered extensive damage in storms which lashed the coastline, destroying seaside cabins and leading...
Fendi sponsors cleaning and repair of four Rome fountains.
Luxury fashion house Fendi has completed its project to clean and repair four well-known Rome fountains, with a ceremony at the Fontanone on 26 November, attend...
Neptune disappears into the sea during violent storm off Ostia coast.
The mysterious statue of Neptune, which appeared unexpectedly on Rome's coast in March, has been washed into the sea by strong waves during a fierce...
Michelangelo’s Florence Pietà is being restored in full view of visitors.
Michelangelo’s Bandini Pietà is to be restored in full view of visitors to the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence's cathedral museum, in a six-...
Celebrated travel-themed bookshop in central Rome to close on New Year's Eve.
Rome's Libreria del Viaggiatore, which specialises in travel books and is considered by many as the city's most beautiful bookshop, will clos...
Major exhibition in Venice on 40th anniversary of death of Peggy Guggenheim.
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection celebrates the Venetian years of its art collector founder who lived in Venice for three decades, from 1948 un...
Keats-Shelley House to restore ceilings of museum and library.
The museum and library of the Keats-Shelley House in Rome will close for important restoration work from 8 December to 23 February, reopening to the public...
Skin will be DJ at Rome's New Year concert in Circo Massimo.
Rome will ring in the new year with 1,000 artists performing over 24 hours in the area around the Circus Maximus, from 31 December 2019 into 1 January 2020....
Rome residents and cultural figures gather in solidarity with La Pecora Elettrica bookstore.
A police investigation is underway after a fire gutted a renowned anti-fascist bookshop and cafè in Rome - for the second time...
Rome's debt-laden public transport company leases its unused spaces.
Three long-abandoned bus depots in Rome have become centres of culture after the city's debt-laden public transport company ATAC leases its industrial...
Bastion of expat life in Rome closes down due to dwindling members.
The St Patrick's English-Language Lending Library, which is better remembered by Rome's expats as the S. Susanna Library, is to close its doors for goo...
Rome's state and city-run museums open for free on Sunday 3 November.
State museums and archaeological sites in Rome and across Italy will be open for free on Sunday 3 November thanks to the ever-popular Domenica al Mus...
Quattro Fontane is to show some movies in original language.
Rome's Quattro Fontane Cinema reopens to the public on 30 October, after an extended period of closure, with an additional room.
The renovated cinema, loca...
Rome to display world's most important private collection of ancient art.
The legendary Torlonia Collection, considered by many as the world's most important private collection of ancient marble sculptures, will at long...
Disruption expected at Rome's city-run museums.A general strike on Friday 25 October could cause closures or disruption to services at Rome's city-run museums, according to a notice issued by Musei in Comune.
The strike...
Jacorossi dies just weeks after opening private art museum in Rome.
The Roman entrepreneur and art collector Ovidio Jacorossi has died in Rome aged 85, just weeks after opening Musja, the privately-run museum dedicated...
Eviction date postponed until end of January.
Caffè Greco, Rome's oldest coffee bar, has had its eviction date postponed, yet again, until the end of January 2020.
The historic bar near the Spanish Steps had expected...
Last-minute bid to save Rome's oldest coffee bar which opened in 1760.
Caffè Greco, the historic bar on Via dei Condotti near the Spanish Steps, opened to customers on the morning of 22 October on what could be its last...
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