The cast of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” is heading to Italy for season 4. Cast member Paul “DJ Pauly D” Delvecchio tweeted Tuesday, “Ohh I Love Italy This Time A Yeahhh.” Also Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi tweeted, “Just heard the most amazing news!” The next season is going to begin production in the spring in Europe and [...]
The spirituality and culture of Aboriginal Australians at the Vatican Museums
Jan. 3, 2011 2 Comments
Display goes all year
Re Midas wines are fit for a king but won’t break the bank
Dec. 7, 2010 Leave a Comment
King Midas would have loved to have gotten his hands on these!
Student protests erupt all over Italy sparked by tuition increases and education cuts
Dec. 1, 2010 Leave a Comment
PISA, Italy — Student protests literally exploded all over the Italian peninsula this week in an effort to block the approval of the new infamous Gelmini reform, which aims at privatizing the public university and turning it into a profit-making machine. Thousands of students have held demonstrations all over the peninsula and occupied university buildings. [...]
Roman and Chinese Empires come together in art exhibit in Italy
Nov. 22, 2010 Leave a Comment
ROME — Exhibits from the two great empires, the Eagle and the Dragon, comprise more than 400 works on Roman and Chinese empires, spanning second century BC to fourth century AD, on display now in Rome at Palazzo Venezia. It marks Year of Chinese Culture in Italy For the first time, an exhibition that compares [...]
Landslide causes heavy damage to historic Pompei
Nov. 6, 2010 6 Comments
POMPEI, Italy — Serious damage occurreed at the Italian artistic heritage in the archaeological site of Pompeii where the entire “Domus of Gladiators” fall down. It was the place where the athletes were trained in ancient Pompeii. The building was a kind of a gym where gladiators were trained. According to reports by the Superintendent, [...]
Mario Schifano’s laboratory
Oct. 24, 2010 Leave a Comment
ROME — Starting Tuesday, the exhibition “Laboratory Schifano” will open at the MACRO museum, realized in collaboration with the International Film Festival in Rome. In “Laboratory Schifano” will be presented for the first time over two thousand pictures taken by Mario Schifano, displayed in a setting aimed at involving the public in the artist’s creative [...]
STEN & LEX show “Portraits” in New York
Oct. 13, 2010 Leave a Comment
Renown Italians at Brooklynite Gallery
Yoko Ono is back in Rome
Oct. 8, 2010 Leave a Comment
ROME — Sights and sounds inspired by the Italian Futurist movement
Vatican Bank under investigation for money laundering
Sept. 21, 2010 1 Comment
Blast reports from Rome
Raphael, Caravaggio and many more at Rome’s Palazzo Barberini
Sept. 20, 2010 Leave a Comment
“Portrait of a Young Woman” on display
The Coliseum will burn
Sept. 13, 2010 Leave a Comment
ROME — The Colosseum or the Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium, Italian Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo), is an elliptical amphitheatre in the center of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering. In [...]
Palazzo Pitti hosts the exhibition of the way of the wine in the antiquity
Sept. 3, 2010 Leave a Comment
ROME — From Mesopotamia to our table today, from the rite of communion to lewd drunkenness, from a distasteful habit to the gates of spirituality, wine and the vine are the protagonists of this exhibition "Vinum Nostrum" in Palazzo Pitti, in Florence. Original artefacts, sculptures, frescoes and mosaics, accompanied by multimedia and video installations, recount [...]
China in Rome
July 24, 2010 Leave a Comment
ROME — Chinese art has landed in Rome and risks never leaving the historical Roman palace of Palazzo Venezia. The Beijing government will, at least for the next five years, manage an area in a Roman museum with an ancient history. After offering Italy 1,000 square meters in the new Museum overlooking Tienanmen Square, the [...]
Medieval frescoes discovered behind wallpaper
June 28, 2010 Leave a Comment
ROME — Behind the yellowed wallpaper in one of Rome’s no longer used municipal offices, a discovery was made. What has come to light is probably a Triumphant Christ with his faithful followers Peter and Paul portrayed in a medieval triptych recently discovered in a tower of the Senatorial Palace on the Capitol. The characters [...]
Dungeons under the Colosseum will be open
June 5, 2010 2 Comments
ROME — From August the dungeon under one of the more famous monument of the world will be open to the public. A guided tour of the famous "ipogei" which will take visitors into a fascinating journey into the past. For the first time ever people will have the unique opportunity to see the place [...]
Vanished Rome
May 11, 2010 4 Comments
ROME — This is not a time-machine but it comes close. It is called "ROMA SPARITA" [Vanished Rome] and it is a group formed on Facebook dedicated to the Eternal City. The group has over 70 thousand members but the number rises by the hour. They are all fans of Rome, or rather of the [...]