Italy: All Roads Lead to Culture

How Do We Know She's Mary Magdalene?

"The Penitent Magdalene" by Titian

The First Masterpiece of the "Holes" Series

"Spatial Concept 49B1" by Lucio Fontana

Who Chained up the Seven Sins?

"Allegory of Justice" by Giorgio Vasari

The Creative Process Behind the Cracks

"Crack G1" by Alberto Burri

A Portrait With a Deathly Secret

"Portrait of a Man" by Andrea Previtali

The symbols of the power

"Potrait of Polissena d'Assia Rheinfels" by Giovanna Maria Battista

Story of a rebellion

"Sicilian Vespers" by Francesco Hayez

Zoom Into "The Birth of Venus"

Get up close with Botticelli's famous depiction of the Goddess' birth

Seven Acts of Mercy

Caravaggio's dense symbolism

Caravaggio Napoli

After the killing of a man, Caravaggio fled to Naples

Now Zoom Into 'The Birth of Venus'

Up close with Botticelli's famous depiction of the Goddess' birth

Meet the goddess face to face

A virtual meeting with Venus

The Great and Wonderful Book of Nature

A bunch of an hundred different flowers

Gods Behaving Badly

Discover the mischief in mythological art

Posing in Portraiture

People were pouting even before cameras

Mario Merz's Igloos

An exhibition bringing together his most iconic group of works

Discover the Work of Lucio Fontana

Going beyond the limits of traditional painting

It's all about shapes

When Street Art and Architecture mix different geometries

Stencilism is a warm gun

Discover one of the most popular Street Art technique

Art invasion

When you least expect it, Art shows up

The Guardian of the Football Court

"Di-Rotta" by Alicé

To Rome, from Tokyo

"Untitled" by Lady Aiko

Looking into the ancestors' eyes

Outstanding frescoes from The National Archaeological Museum of Naples

Valley of the Temples: Gods and Cults

The sacred places of Akragas

Ancient Elections in Pompeii

The writings on the wall...

The Cremona Archaeological Museum

The San Lorenzo church converted in the great archaeological museum of Cremona

Tempio Capitolino: area archeologica romana di Brescia

Travel back in time in northern Italy’s largest urban archaeological zone

Grandi templi dorici

The sacred monuments of Akragas

The Museum of Thrills

Explore the weird and wonderful collection of the Museum of Natural History Venice

The Extraordinary History of Life on Earth

The Science Museum of Trento on bizarre first organisms and the future of humankind

Sicilian and Mediterranean landscape

"Without Sicily, Italy creates no image in the soul: here is the key to everything". J. W. Goethe

Look beyond, till the backround

Lanscapes are often used as backround for the subject, yet the are full of meanings

Guglielmo Marconi and Wireless Transmission

In the world of scientific research and technological innovation, Guglielmo Marconi stands out

What's Life Like on a Submarine?

Retrace the story of S-506 Enrico Toti: the first submarine built in Italy after the Il World War

From Galileo to Keplar: Inventing the Telescope

The question of who was the first to invent the telescope is as old as the instrument itself

The Pioneering Story of Camillo Olivetti

Inventor, craftsman, rebel, and nonconformist

Mapping the Milky Way

A journey through time and space

Carlo Locatelli: The Inventor of the Ice Cream Cone

The tastiest patent in history

Nativity Scene Crafts

The memories, the myths, the contradictions

Perugia Knitwear

Tracing the thread of tapestries and tablecloths

Murano Glassmaking

A jealously guarded secret...

Ascoli Piceno Lace

An ancient history that developed within the walls of the home, a refined product that made no distinctions between social classes

Biella Hats

The headwear on top of the game

Florentine Goldsmithery

The golden legacy of the Renaissance

The Carpets of Sardinia

Preserving legacies in patterns

La fisarmonica di Vercelli

An instrument reborn from its own ashes

Inside a Traditional Sicilian Orchard

The fragrant flowers, colourful citrus fruits, and ancient olive trees of Kolymbetra

The History of the Italian Hazelnut

From ancient Roman times to modern day confectionary

The Olive Trees of Lake Garda

They were considered so important that they were protected by Roman law

From Table Decoration to Dinnertime Favourite

How Basil went from being ornamental to a cooking ingredient

Salamini Italiani alla Cacciatora: A Small Reserve of Flavour

Named for its history as a snack for hunters

The Surprising History of Parmigiano Cheese

How monks created a cheese that would last longer

Contemporary arts at the heart of Naples

Explore the collection of Madre Museum of Naples

All Art has been contemporary

Discover Contemporary and Modern Art Gallery of Turin

Biennale Architettura 2016: Reporting From the Front

Giving form to the places we live, forms that can improve or ruin lives...

Welcome to the Madre Museum

From pawn shop to warehouse to museum

A Virtual Tour of the Mudec Building

Where the past meets the future

Furniture and Design at Sforza Castle

Six centuries of furniture history

Spotlight on Mario Bellini

An extensive journey through almost sixty years of design, architecture, exhibition installations, and much more

Piero Fornasetti at the Triennale

A selection of historical images from the Triennale photo archive

Years of Dolce Vita

A journey back to the Italian 50ies

Andreina Gentili at La Pergola Theatre