Art in Italy

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

Stumbling upon this whimsical wooded garden is like stepping into an enchanted forest full of philosophical musings.

A beautiful chapel on the hills of the Oltrepò Pavese claims to house the tomb of King Edward II of England.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient Roman religious cult contains an exquisite traditional fresco.

The link between these two seemingly disparate themes is crucial to the history of this Tuscan hill town.

An ancient rogue artist community hidden next to one of the world's most glitzy and glamorous cities.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

Artist Diego Morlin's war between the natural and human worlds is a wanderer's delight.