Artists' Colonies in Rome, Part 2: Piano Creativo ("Creative Floor")

Silvia Codignola was the first artist at Piano Creativo, and the only one of the original artists still there. Artists hard at work:  that...

Off the Radar Series: Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Roma Capitale

Once called "Galleria Mussolini," now a refurbished grand display of 20th- Century Italian - mainly Roman -  art We found ourselve...

How not to run an art museum: a few lessons for Rome

This artwork at MACRO last year may be a subtle message from the employees to the patrons... read on Okay, I know I shouldn't whine, and...

"Extra Large": Big, Bold and Fun Exhibition at MACRO Testaccio

Big Bambu' by Mike and Doug Starn  Good views all around. Dianne, but not Bill, got to the top. MACRO Testaccio is currently host to ...

An artists' colony thrives in a Rome industrial suburb

Contemporary art in Rome seems to get better and better.  One marker is a group of artists who have studios in an old warehouse in a decided...

Workers and Capitalists Unite in The Fourth Estate

We first saw this painting, The Fourth Estate , by Giuseppe Pelizza da Volpedo, at an impressive 2008 exhibit - "The 1800s: From Canova...

Things NOT to do in Rome

Okay - the river looks good, especially this shot of Hadrian's Castle (Castel Sant'Angelo, for you Dan Brown fans) We suppose it...

Plastic bags in Rome - one woman's story

This is a remembrance of and for my Dad, who died about a year ago, just 10 days short of his 93rd birthday.  He was a loyal follower of the...

The Building Wars: MAXXI vs MACRO - Rome's Contemporary Art Blockbusters

MAXXI looking good - summer night art work lights up the courtyard,  and the jutting out window is always captivating Is Rome's MAXXI – ...