In this guest post, Steve Brenner suggests a slow approach to travel: even if you have only a weekend in Rome, or a few days, there are some things he thinks you should not miss …

At Sant’Andrea al Quirinale in Rome, Gianlorenzo Bernini created a jewel of the Baroque; a keyhole through which to peer into the mind of mid-seventeenth century Rome. Architectural historian Agnes Crawford contributes this learned guest …

You could be forgiven for thinking that outside the main tourist sights, Rome, Viterbo, perhaps Tivoli, there isn’t much to see in Lazio. You’d be wrong. Northern Lazio, in between Rome and Florence, is an …

This exhibition title and the image I received from the MACRO press office was just too funny to resist. From Feb 12 to March 13 2011 at Macro in Rome check out six clever works …

Diego della Valle for Tod’s (the fancy shoe company) has pledged 25 million euros for the 15-year restoration of the Colosseum. The proposal, made last August to the Soprintendenza, has been accepted and announced officially …

One of Rome’s most unusual museum spaces opens its doors to evening concerts and wine tastings. At Centrale Montemartini, Friday and Saturday night (from 8pm) through January 8 2011, concerts are followed by a visit …

News from my friend Valeria Lenuzza who is involved in the museum education section of this exhibit about Mexico held in Rome.
A wonderful exhibition entirely dedicated to Teotihuacan, the first great empire in the pre-Columbian …

I’m very lucky to host this guest post from Agnes Crawford, an architectural historian who offers intelligent tours of Rome (my words – not hers!). I remember being dazzled by the mosaics at Santa Prassede …

Okay, the title of the post is a leeetle misleading… because last week I wasn’t so much traveling in Rome with Foursquare as actually in Rome, with the co-founder of Foursquare. Yup, yours truly got …

Another lovely art, music, and aperitivo combination this summer in Rome in the Borghese Gardens. The museum is the Museo Carlo Bilotti, while the aperitivo with jazz music is held at the nearby Casina del …

I just got back from a few days in Rome (I was there for a conference) and I realized that by now I know the city pretty well and have developed some routines that save …

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 …