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...

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 – ...

Another Triumph for Romanian Academy - new artists, new works, new approaches

[Note:  update on more "promenades" at end of this post.] Get thee to the Romanian Academy ( Accademia di Romania in Roma ), by Fr...

Austrians, Art and Ambience

Is contemporary art is alive and well in Rome? Our answer is yes, but of course, we had to see for ourselves. The Spring shows of many small...

Open Museum Night...another reason to party

Rome throws a great party, and Saturday, the open night (8 p.m. - 2 a.m.) for museums, was no exception. We went to 3 of the more than 50 ve...

Rome loves a march or were the communists attacking the church?

Cotton fluff in a 15th century hospital ward, Chinese shops open midday, threatened attacks on a church, Bulgarian cinema--Rome never fails...

Cy Twombly and us in Rome

We've never been fans of Twombly and had decided to write off the exhibit here at the nation al modern art gallery - Galleria nazionale ...