Tracking culture for Italy — coverage from the newsroom in Rome.
Culture · PoliticsItaly's culture ministry investigates if Venice Biennale violated EU sanctions by allowing Russian artists. €2M in EU grants could be suspended. What this means for Italy.
Sports · Culture · TourismItaly's 1982 and 2006 World Cup trophies displayed free at Ostia Lido and Fiumicino March 28-29. Exhibition features 500+ artifacts with Marco Tardelli appearance.
Culture · PoliticsRussian ballerina banned from Rome gala as EU pressure reshapes Italy's cultural venues. Learn how geopolitics now determines which artists perform in Italy.
Sports · CultureItaly's Women4Football awards honor 2024-25 Serie A Femminile stars in peer-voted ceremony. Watch live on Rai Sport March 16, 5 PM from Florence's Palazzo Vecchio.
Sports · CultureBologna's Andrea Kimi Antonelli, 19, wins Chinese GP from pole position, ending Italy's 20-year F1 drought. Mercedes driver now 2nd in championship.
CultureChilean architect Smiljan Radic Clarke wins 2026 Pritzker Prize for work blending sculpture, landscape and shelter. His fragile, experimental designs challenge architectural norms.
CultureToni Servillo and Mario Martone's seventh collaboration: Scherzetto follows four intense days between a bitter illustrator grandfather and his grandson in Naples. Autumn 2026 release.
Sports · Culture · TourismPlanet Funk headlines Cortina Paralympic closing ceremony March 15, 2026. Join Arisa, Stewart Copeland, Meduza for free public viewing in Piazza Dibona.
Culture · National NewsItalian TV legend Enrica Bonaccorti dies at 76 after pancreatic cancer battle. Her legacy: Italia sera, Non è la Rai, and Modugno's iconic songs.