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Your Prayers Have Been Answered: The Vatican Will Sell NFTs

by Elaine Velie May 5, 2022May 5, 2022

The initiative will put the Vatican Museum’s masterpieces on the blockchain.

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Rome’s New Cooking Museum Invites Visitors to Feast With Their Eyes

by Sarah Rose Sharp March 13, 2022March 13, 2022

The oldest mass-printed cookbook, 500-year-old recipes from a pope’s private chef, and varied displays of chocolate molds will go on view in May.

Posted inFilm

Shot in Rome During Lockdown, Zeros and Ones is a Different Pandemic Thriller

by Jake Cole November 17, 2021November 17, 2021

Featuring Ethan Hawke in a dual role as twin brothers on opposite sides of a brewing war, Abel Ferrara’s new film evokes the paranoia of modern information overload.

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Live in Rome and Pursue Your MA in Art History at John Cabot University

by John Cabot University October 13, 2021October 14, 2021

Apply by February 1, 2022, to be considered for admission to this unique graduate program at a US-accredited university based in Italy.

Posted inArt

Is Rome’s House of Michelangelo the Real Deal?

by Anthony Majanlahti August 23, 2021August 23, 2021

A facade is all that remains of the fabled home of the Renaissance artist but the story around it raises more questions than it answers.

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A Dazzling Corrective to the White-washing of Ancient Rome

by Anthony Majanlahti July 25, 2021July 23, 2021

Focused on mosaics, the only technique whose color doesn’t fade over time, Colors of the Romans helps audiences look at the ancient society as those living then would have seen it.

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At Rome’s Quadriennale, Out With the Old and In With Historical Interventions

by Francesco Dama February 4, 2021February 3, 2021

Fuori proposes a reinterpretation of Italian visual arts from the 1960s to the present day, affording greater prominence to women and young artists.

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In Rome, a Street Named Propaganda

by Anthony Majanlahti October 25, 2020November 5, 2020

The street with Francesco Borromini’s marvelous façade is called Via di Propaganda; learning its history reveals the complex relationship between art and indoctrination.

Posted inArt

A History of Disease, Faith, and Recovery in Rome

by Anthony Majanlahti April 19, 2020June 24, 2020

What happens when an epidemic strikes and that profoundly human urge to kiss and touch items thought to be sacred becomes part of the problem?

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Vatican Unveils New Sculpture as Homage to Refugees

by Hakim Bishara October 7, 2019October 7, 2019

“Angels Unaware” by Canadian artist Timothy P. Schmalz shows 140 migrants in a refugee boat and is now on view in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square.

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Work on Rome’s New Metro Line Unearths Ornate 2nd-Century Military Residence

by Elena Goukassian March 6, 2018March 7, 2018

Complete with marble floors, mosaics, and frescoes, the Hadrian-era house was found nearly 40 feet beneath the Amba Aradam station.

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In Rome, a Worrying Trend as Alternative Spaces Go Silent

by Mike Watson July 5, 2016July 6, 2016

ROME — Following the election of Rome’s first female mayor — Virginia Raggi of the populist Five Star Movement, who won a massive 67.2% in the second ballot — the city awaits solutions to the neglect which has led to overgrown parks, rubbish on the streets, large-scale homelessness of the city’s immigrant population, and poor cultural programming.

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