Italian Art Work

Earlier this week, Venice faced another monumental "acqua alta," or "high water," this time coming just inches shy of the 1966 record. Dispatches from the scene described people tromping around in cheap rain boots as they walk single-file on footbridges elevated over flooded piazzas or wade through knee-high water.

Can art help tackle climate change? That's what Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn hopes. The contemporary artist and sculptor's latest work is creating a lot of buzz on social media. It is a dramatic visual statement urging people need to respond to global warming before it's too late.

Italian police have uncovered a complex network of thieves who stole valuable paintings at Rome's main airport, and charged two of the hub's staff with stealing the art works.

An earlier version of one of Leonardo Da Vinci's most celebrated works of art, "Mona Lisa", Monday made its world premiere in Singapore.

Captain Corrado Catesi of Italy's Carabinieri art squad strides into their high security vault in the center of Rome, eager to show some of the crack squad's latest seizures. The vault is filled with fakes and counterfeits.The art squad recently announced a massive operation that involved the capture of 500 fake art works from some prominent contem...

Earlier this week, Venice faced another monumental "acqua alta," or "high water," this time coming just inches shy of the 1966 record. Dispatches from the scene described people tromping around in cheap rain boots as they walk single-file on footbridges elevated over flooded piazzas or wade through knee-high water.

Can art help tackle climate change? That's what Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn hopes. The contemporary artist and sculptor's latest work is creating a lot of buzz on social media. It is a dramatic visual statement urging people need to respond to global warming before it's too late.

Italian police have uncovered a complex network of thieves who stole valuable paintings at Rome's main airport, and charged two of the hub's staff with stealing the art works.

An earlier version of one of Leonardo Da Vinci's most celebrated works of art, "Mona Lisa", Monday made its world premiere in Singapore.

Captain Corrado Catesi of Italy's Carabinieri art squad strides into their high security vault in the center of Rome, eager to show some of the crack squad's latest seizures. The vault is filled with fakes and counterfeits.The art squad recently announced a massive operation that involved the capture of 500 fake art works from some prominent contem...