Art Review
How Baroque Rome Saw the World Through Art
Global Baroque surveys the triumphant internationalism of a new age of vast and rapid interchanges of art and culture, with Rome at its center.
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Venice Climate Activists Have a Blunt Message for Jeff Bezos
A massive banner unfurled by Greenpeace takes aim at the Amazon billionaire’s lavish wedding plans in the historic city.
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Visitor Tears Hole in 17th-Century Painting at Uffizi Galleries
A man damaged the portrait of Fernando de’ Medici while posing for a picture in the latest instance of a museum selfie gone wrong.
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Museum Visitors Sit on and Crush “Van Gogh Chair”
The responsible individuals are shown fleeing the scene in what the Palazzo Maffei’s director called “any museum’s nightmare.”
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Pompeii Aerial Tour Helicopters Seized in Safety Investigation
Italian police claim that the tour company flew over the archaeological ruins without authorization, among other allegations.
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Italian Street Artist Mocks Far-Right Attendees of the Pope’s Funeral
The artwork depicts the late pontiff from heaven, wondering “who invited” Trump and other conservative politicians the pope openly criticized in his lifetime.
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What Does It Mean to “Collaborate” With Another Species?
The majority of the art in Mutual Aid: Art in Collaboration with Nature is still based on human manipulations of or interventions into natural processes.
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The Embodied Eroticism of Louis Fratino’s Art
In today’s algorithm-driven world what has become of embodied eroticism, of desire, of seeking and celebrating beauty, of intimate vulnerability, or vulnerable intimacy?
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Italian Authorities Seize Etruscan Antiquities Looted by “Clumsy” Tomb Raiders
The artifacts date back to the third century BCE and may be worth upwards of €8 million.
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Outrage Over Airbnb’s “Gladiator Experience” in Rome’s Colosseum
Some Italian officials say the private event risks turning the ancient amphitheater into a “Disneyland.”
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Italy Seizes Over 2,000 Artworks Linked to Art Forgery Scheme
An investigation led to 38 individuals accused of producing and selling counterfeit Banksy, Warhol, Picasso, and Dalí pieces, among others.
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Pompeii Caps Visitors as Overtourism Threatens Ancient Sites
The archaeological park saw 36,000 visitors on a single Sunday this summer.