Angelica Pesarini

Italy is notorious for having some of the strictest nationality laws in Europe. But this summer, Italian voters will decide on a landmark reform of their country’s requirements for citizenship. For decades, activists have been organizing for a reform of Italian citizenship law that would facilitate access to citizenship for immigrants and their children. The most recent effort on this front has taken the form of a national referendum, scheduled for June 8–9, 2025.

Italy is notorious for having some of the strictest nationality laws in Europe. But this summer, Italian voters will decide on a landmark reform of their country’s requirements for citizenship. For decades, activists have been organizing for a reform of Italian citizenship law that would facilitate access to citizenship for immigrants and their children. The most recent effort on this front has taken the form of a national referendum, scheduled for June 8–9, 2025.

The Uffizi continues a focus on Black figures in its artworks with a new virtual exhibition of sixteenth and seventeenth century, in partnership with Black History Month Florence. The second edition of On Being Present focuses on paintings such as Mantegna’s Judith and Holofernes, Dürer’s portrait of the young maid Katherina and David and Bethsheba by Artemisia Gentileschi.