Art
An Urgent Vision of Architecture at the Venice Biennale
Fittingly titled The Laboratory of the Future, the 18th edition of the show instructed participants to reuse materials and minimize their carbon footprint.
Italy
News
Rome’s Trevi Fountain Dyed Black in Latest Climate Action
Activists poured charcoal into the water, warning of worsening flooding due to climate change and protesting fossil fuel subsidies.
News
Historian May Have Identified the Bridge in the “Mona Lisa”
Silvano Vinceti’s research asserts that the four-arched bridge in the portrait is the Ponte Romito in the province of Arezzo, Italy.
Art
Lee Lozano's Dropout Boogie
In this age of self-promotion and careerism, there’s something stunning, and inspiring, about the integrity of someone who had the courage just to leave.
News
Voluptuous Mermaid Art Causes a Stir in Italy
The sculpture, dedicated to scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini, is described as “a tribute to the great majority of women who are curvy.”
News
Italians Are Mad at Their Country’s New “Barbie Venus”
A government tourism campaign depicting Botticelli’s Venus as a “virtual influencer” is widely criticized as trivializing the nation’s cultural heritage.
News
Remains of Submerged Nabatean Temple Uncovered in Italy
Underwater altars were found off the coast of Pozzuoli near Naples.
News
Is a Michelangelo Self-Portrait Hidden In His Famous Fresco?
In a new theory, scholar Adriano Marinazzo posits that Michelangelo painted himself as God in his famous Sistine Chapel fresco “The Creation of Adam.”
Art
Can We Find Compassion in the Grotesque?
Monstrous Faces and Caricatures invites viewers to confront ugliness and the questions it raises about how we relate to it.
Opinion
Why Charging Admission to Rome’s Pantheon Is a Bad Idea
What is the excuse for charging people for something that was free for 1,900 years?
News
Italy Imposes Five-Figure Fines for Art Vandalism
Climate activists say the new fees are exaggerated and “distract from the real problem” of a warming planet.
News
Coming Soon: Direct Train From Rome to Pompeii
Italy hopes to boost tourism to the ancient site with a $38 million high-speed rail.