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Happiness, triumphs, and pain are always green, white, and red in Italy, just like the colors of the flag. Our beloved Tricolore that, for 225 years, has been flying in every village and city in the country, on every public building from …

Oscar-winner Nicola Piovani defines him as “a great exception to all rules.” “The most creative music cinema has ever had,” adds Bruce Springsteen. Giuseppe Tornatore’s documentary Ennio, presented out of competition at the last Venice Film Festival and currently in cinemas across Italy, has just won …

Gina Lollobrigida was much more than a star on the Walk of Fame because acting was only one of the many facets of her kaleidoscopic artistic nature, which kept her on the silver screen for more than 70 years. Sculpture, …

In Rome, this year, the magic of Christmas has the scents of cedar and larch. The welcoming embrace of the Colonnato del Bernini is the backdrop for a wooden marvel created by 11 skillful artists and craftsmen, a Nativity in …

Filling information and sequencing gaps to finally record the human genome in full. Prestigious journal Science aptly called such an extraordinary step forward in research – which will enable us to understand the whole functional spectrum of our genetic patrimony, …

A Palazzo dei Priori di Volterra fino al 10 maggio, “Schegge di muri e di vita”, retrospettiva di Eva Fischer (1920-2015). Nel contesto di “Volterra, Prima Città Toscana della Cultura 2022”, il Comune ospiterà 16 opere pittoriche di questa artista …

One morning in July, a girl is dragged away from her homeland, reduced to slavery, and sold by human traffickers. From the wild plateaus of the Caucasus to the Black Sea, from Constantinople to Venice, from Florence to Vinci. When …

A symbolic act. The David – the emblem of Florence, of the Renaissance, of aesthetic perfection, and an icon of world art – is shrouded in a black cloth, through which we can barely perceive its harmonious proportions. A bit …

Oltre 500 immagini tra fotografie, album, video di 200 grandi fotografi italiani e internazionali e artisti anonimi: The MAST Collection – A Visual Alphabet of Industry, Work and Technology”, curata da Urs Stahel, è la prima grande esposizione di opere selezionate …

A small Pompeii emerges from the mud. A discovery reminiscent of that of the Riace Bronzes, many said. And it is with the same surprise we felt when the two warriors were found in the depths of the Calabrian sea …