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New look for Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome. Renovations at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna (GNAM) in Rome are nearing completion following a re-evaluation of the gallery's spaces by its new director...
Experimental third entrance designed to reduce queues into Colosseum. A third entrance to the Colosseum, at the Via Labicana corner of the amphitheatre, will be in operation on a trial basis from 15 July until 31 Octo...
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Italy pledges new funds for Colosseum restoration. Italy has pledged €18 million of state funds to rebuild the Colosseum's central arena floor, by the end of 2018, to be used in “cultural events of the highest level”,...
Meryl Streep among stars announced for Rome Film Fest in October. Academy Award winners Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep will be among the top Hollywood stars to grace the red carpet at the 11th Rome Film Fest, whose line-u...
Rome's Big City Life project part of Italy's Taking Care pavilion at Venice. Big City Life, a major street art project in the south Rome neighbourhood of Tor Marancia, is part of the Italian entry at the 15th edition...
16th Quadriennale returns to Rome after eight years. The 16th edition of the Quadriennale d'Arte di Roma returns to its historic venue, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, from 13 October to 8 January 2017. The Quadriennale...
Rome resolves to move summer bars and stalls following petition to save Kentridge mural. Rome has pledged to reorganise the placement of the Tevere Estate bars and shops along the banks of the Tiber, following a petit...
Rome appeals to Italian and foreign sponsors for €500 million. Rome's outgoing commissioner Francesco Paolo Tronca has issued a €500-million appeal to private donors and companies to sponsor the restoration of the cit...
Rome artists appeal to protect Kentridge mural from being obscured by summer bars and shops. Leading figures from the Italian art world have signed an online petition to halt the summer-long Estate Romana string of st...
2,000-year-old military base discovered during works for Rome's Metro C. The Italian culture ministry has unveiled an ancient Roman barracks, found during Metro C works in the S. Giovanni area of Rome in November, in...
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Morricone pulls out of three Rome performances over back problems. Celebrated Italian composer Ennio Morricone has cancelled three concerts in Rome due to two collapsed spinal vertebrae, according to the Accademia S....
Night visits at the Vatican Museums until October. The Vatican Museums open every Friday evening from 19.00-23.00 from 6 May to 29 July, and from 2 September until 28 October. Online booking is mandatory, with last...
Street art by Alice Pasquini, Gaia and Fintan Magee in Rome. Roman street artist Alice Pasquini has created a new mural in the capital featuring a couple kissing based on the famous image taken in Paris by Italian pho...
Rome museums enlivened by night with music, theatre and dance. The nationwide Notte dei Musei returns on Saturday 21 May, involving the opening of museums, galleries, monuments and archaeological sites in Rome and thr...
Fifth edition of Open House Roma features 200 buildings around Rome. Many of Rome’s museums, libraries, galleries and contemporary buildings to which there is normally limited public access are open free of charge ove...
Night tours and light shows in English of newly-illuminated Roman Forum. Two outdoor spectacles with music, light projections and historical commentary will be held at the Forum of Caesar and the Forum of Augustus eve...
Daily tours in English of normally off-limits areas of Rome's Castel S. Angelo fortress. Visitors to the Castel S. Angelo museum in Rome can take the new Castello segreto (secret castle) tour which includes areas usua...
Gaby Ford's English Theatre of Rome celebrates 20th anniversary. The English Theatre of Rome celebrates its 20th anniversary on 9 April. Formerly known as Off Night Repertory, the company was founded in 1996 and is ba...
Rome's MAXXI museum in mourning over death of Zaha Hadid. Giovanna Melandri, the president of Rome's MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, has paid tribute to the museum's architect Zaha Hadid who died of a...
Noted Italian buildings open for Giornate FAI di Primavera on 19 and 20 March. Some 900 libraries, palaces, archaeological sites and religious buildings across Italy are open to the public free of charge on 19 and 20...
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