What a change in government might mean for the UK culture sector, a close look at Eike Schmidt’s unsuccessful campaign, and Willis Thomas discusses displaying his new afro pick sculpture at the world’s biggest music festival

The German-born curator will step back from his new role as Capodimonte museum director

The inverted photo of the Italian prime minister has drawn comparisons to images of Benito Mussolini's execution

Cultural figures voice concern about culture ministry’s appointments to run institutions including Florence’s Uffizi Galleries and Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera

The critic, curator and commentator Vittorio Sgarbi was being pressured to resign amid multiple investigations into his conduct

Vittorio Sgarbi is being investigated for allegedly laundering an Old Master painting

Vittorio Sgarbi has been accused of laundering a stolen 17th-century painting attributed to Rutilio Manetti

The event reportedly took place to mark the 46th anniversary of the killing of three neo-fascists on Via Acca Larentia in southeast Rome

The Florence museum chief has been named director of Naples's Capodimonte with new leaders also appointed in Milan and Rome as part of right-wing government strategy

Schmidt has criticised Dario Nardella for plans to deploy security guards at shopping centres in the city, after suggestions for similar protection at the museum were rejected

Plus, the appointment of the new Venice Biennale president sparks a political row, and a tender portrait by Dorothea Lange

Members of Italy’s ruling coalition have described the 128-year-old exhibition as a "fiefdom" of the left

Previously free, a standard tourist ticket to the ancient site now costs €5

Italy’s controversial former prime minister, who died in June, amassed tens of thousands of works—of varying quality

As the country's far-right government cracks down on LGBTQ rights, public artworks are popping up in protest

Issues such as free museums and safeguarding heritage are splitting the opinions of two officials in the Brothers of Italy party which swept to power in September

The Scrovegni Chapel in Padua is home to masterpieces by the Italian Medieval painter Giotto

The controversial site has become a pilgrimage for far-right supporters

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

Polls show that Venetians are about to re-elect a populist mayor who promises to bring back all the tourists—but none of the other eight candidates has presented a realistic alternative

Current bid for re-imagined image of the controversial party leader stands at €45,000 in online auction

In the first round of a lengthy legal battle, an Italian court has ruled in favour of a right-wing Catholic organisation which the Ministry of Culture is trying to oust from a historic abbey

Italian football league—which commissioned the paintings made by Simone Fugazzotto—have now apologised saying they are "inappropriate"

Decision to lease Italian medieval monastery to an organisation affiliated with President Trump’s former chief strategist is blamed on staff shortages

Piece by Salvatore Scuotto instigates violence and should be removed, he says

A 40-year struggle between Italy and the Torlonia family ends with major show in 2020

The ruling also suspends the wider agreement for the exchange of works of art between France and Italy

A lack of a long-term plan combined with the economic benefits brought by the luxury liners means a cruise ship ban will take long to implement