At Milan’s Palazzo Reale is the first major retrospective in Italy dedicated to the American artist Edward Hopper (1882-1967), the famous realist painter. This show moves to Rome in February so if you cannot see …

This essay by Gorky Tyagi of India has me floored. This young man (a university student) has never been to Italy, but wrote this excellent essay about the history and architecture of the Colosseum through accurate …

Guest article by Flavia Grassetti, resident Roman art critic and law student; translated by arttrav.
Rome: October 23 2009: The first monographic show in Rome on the most innovative sculptor of the 20th century opens to …

This winning entry in the Modern Rome category was a pleasant surprise. Talk about off the beaten path - here’s a place in Rome to which I’ve never been!
Roberta Sandler is the author of “A Brief …

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 …

There’s a lot going on in Rome this summer, and many interesting proposals for evening activities that don’t involve drinking - yay! What’s really useful is that the Comune di Roma has created a website …

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 …

Agostino Chigi was a rich Sienese banker who was the only person other than the Pope who managed to get Raphael to carry out large commissions. The Villa Farnesina was his Roman pleasure villa, just …

The Pantheon is one of the most important works of ancient architecture that comes down to us today. In fact, one of the main reasons it’s so important is that it has a roof!… which …

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 …

It was a rainy morning in February but Bernini’s famous Fountain of the Four Rivers glinted in its clean marble glory. Finally it’s out from under restoration, where it’s been for two years. According to …

Caravaggio, whose real name was Michelangelo Merisi (1571-1610), was born in a small farming community near Milan. He trained in Milan under Simone Peterzano, and made waves in Rome in the early 1600s with his dramatic …