The Venice Biennale previews in chaos as war follows art into the world’s oldest exhibition

The Venice Biennale has begun previewing its 61st edition, just days after the contemporary art show's jury resigned over the ...

Surreal, Cryptic and Just Plain Strange: 4 Fantastical Places in Italy

Amid the hilly farmlands in Sicily’s northern interior, the Cretto di Burri appears suddenly: a blocky expanse of pale ...

For Italy’s Art Pioneer, a New Bronze Age

Giuseppe Penone, veteran of the Arte Povera movement, with his curator Adam Weinberg, former director of the Whitney, are recasting the natural world for a show at Gagosian.
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This Italian City Is the Birthplace of Pizza—and Its Vibrant Streets Are a Feast for the Senses

Here’s everything you need to know about planning a trip to Naples, Italy.
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Domenico Gnoli’s Dizzying Closeups of the Everyday

The Italian painter took still-life to new extremes, making a tie or a bedsheet look like an alien landscape.