Articles in museums
Rome: Musei Capitolini. From Oct 6 2009 to Feb 7 2010, an exhibit of over 100 drawings highlights Michelangelo’s architectural contribution to the Eternal City. During his two periods of residence in Rome (1505 to …
This weekend I went to the show “Lo Stile delle Zar” – the fashion of the Tsars, on the relationship between art and fashion and between Russia and Italy from the 15th to 18th centuries. …
Finally some good news to balance out yesterday’s bad news about the Uffizi. The museum at the top of Orsanmichele – that contains the restored original statues from the outside of this building – is …
I just got my amici degli uffizi members newsletter and read that the Tribuna will be closing for restoration. I confirmed this information from the Uffizi press office.
The Tribune is the nucleus of the Uffizi …
Due to the popularity of the exhibit “Robert Mapplethorpe: Perfection in Form” at the Galleria dell’Accademia, the Mapplethorpe Foundation has agreed to extend the display through January 10, 2010. This is great news for us …
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This post contains information about how/where to buy tickets to the Uffizi; special summer 2009 opening hours; a currently available card that gets …
J.M. Pasquesi is a Rome expert for radio shows such as Rick Steves’ Radio, a contributing editor to a variety of guides and magazines, and is the author of award-winning Rome with Kids: an Insider’s …
In the late 1420’s the Operai del Duomo di Firenze decided upon a program that, likely from its inception, included two “organ pulpits” over the two sacristy doors at the apsidal end of the Duomo …
Exposing children to art from a young age develops cognitive and verbal skills, arguably good things. But it may be daunting to enter a museum with kids: they may be easily bored, they probably won’t …
The detached fresco fragments of the massive fresco cycle depicting the Triumph of Death and Last Judgement are on display in a special room off the Camposanto in Pisa (part of the Piazza dei Miracoli …
This electrical plant, the first in Rome and built 1912, has been converted recently (1997) into a secondary museum space for the Capitoline Museum collections of sculpture during the main site’s rennovation. I admit, I …
Our friend Lapo has allowed me to use some of his beautiful photos of travels in Italy, and, inspired by these photos of the ponte vecchio, I figured I should post something about this famous old bridge, …
