ROME (AP) — An Italian artist is defending his sculpture of a 19th century peasant woman against charges of sexism after its unveiling sparked outrage among some lawmakers and art critics who said she ...

(CNN) — A statue meant to honor 19th-century Italian patriots has met with backlash after its unveiling revealed a depiction of a woman in a clingy off-the-shoulder dress. Local and national officials ...

ROME (AP) — Italian police divers have cleaned one of the biggest underwater attractions of the Mediterranean, using pressurized water hoses to remove crustaceans from the “Christ of the Abyss” statue ...

Whodunnits in the garment center are few and far between these days, but one case of a missing statue was recently cracked by the subject’s granddaughter. More than 40 years after the retired ...

TORRE ANNUNZIATA, Italy — The account has long been that a shipwreck in the ancient past had sent a precious Roman marble statue — a rare copy of a fifth century B.C. depiction of the “Doryphoros,” or ...

ROME – An Italian artist is defending his sculpture of a 19th century peasant woman against charges of sexism after its unveiling sparked outrage among some lawmakers and art critics who said she ...