Rome is a city of contradictions. It’s a place where an ancient aqueduct slices through a traffic circle, where you can sip a craft cocktail on the terrace of a fascist-era rationalist building ...

A controversial fresco in the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina, Rome, depicting an angel on Umberto II of Savoy’s monument ...

Contemporary art is powerful vehicle for communicating values, challenging reality, and understanding the times we live in, ...

Installation view, Thomas Braida solo show at Monitor Studio, New York, fall 2014 (image courtesy the artist and Monitor, Rome, New York) ROME — The best way to get to Monitor gallery is to avoid the ...

Contaminations', the 2026 cultural program and the first chapter of the triennial event dedicated to contemporary themes in Rome, its ...

For centuries, Rome’s sites have directly influenced art, architecture, and design. Examine art, design, architecture, urban spaces, and archaeological sites that are relevant to the history and ...

ROME -- Like elsewhere in Europe, museums and art galleries closed in Italy in the spring and again in the fall to contain the spread of covid-19, leaving virtual tours as the best option for art ...

Since its beginnings as a modest family business ca. 1884, when silversmith Sotirio Bulgari first set up shop in Rome, Bulgari—the Italian jewelry, watches, and luxury goods company—has come a long ...

An exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art focuses on the Florentine painter’s time in Rome and its transformative effect ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. By the mid-1970s, the lights had gone out in many of these galleries; other dealers—with mixed success—shifted ...