Vittorio Sgarbi

Italian art critic Vittorio Sgarbi facing trial over ‘stolen painting’

Former culture undersecretary and art critic Vittorio Sgarbi is facing a possible trial over a painting that was allegedly stolen and then allegedly altered to try to disguise its provenance.Prosecutors…

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Italy’s junior culture minister quits after stolen painting scandal

Italian junior culture minister and art critic Vittorio Sgarbi, under investigation over possession of a stolen painting, announced he was quitting because Rome's antitrust body was trying to curb his…

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Italian Undersecretary Sgarbi under investigation

Culture Undersecretary Vittorio Sgarbi is being investigated for the alleged self-laundering of cultural assets, Macerata Giovanni Fabrizio Narbone said. The statement was made after daily newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano reported…

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Berlusconi’s presidential bid looks doomed

Silvio Berlusconi’s campaign to become Italian president is making little progress and he would be wise to withdraw his candidacy, the right-hand man of the former prime minister said. Vittorio…

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‘Caravaggio’ discovered at Madrid auction house

Top Italian art critic Vittorio Sgarbi says he has discovered a lost Caravaggio at a Madrid auction house. The painting, The Crown of Thorns or Ecce Homo, attributed to Spanish…

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WATCH: Vittorio Sgarbi carried out of parliament by his arms and legs after ‘yelling’ abuse at fellow MPs

Art critic and lower house deputy Vittorio Sgarbi, was carried out of parliament by his arms and legs on Thursday after yelling abuse at fellow parliamentarians. Art critic and lower…

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