Tag: Rome

  • Casa Balla

    The futurist painter Giacomo Balla transformed his Roman apartment into a complete work of art. Now, thanks to the Maxxi Museum, Rome’s authorities and Balla’s heirs, it is open to the public

  • The Renaissance Cities: Art in Florence, Rome and Venice by Norbert Wolf – book review

    Well-researched, accessible and bringing new insights to the works of the period, this is not a book to be rushed. Delvings into the complexities of this intriguing era and how it shaped art, Wolf instils the desire to know more

  • Caravaggio-Bernini: The Baroque in Rome

    This is the first major exhibition to pair the greatest painter of the baroque period with its greatest sculptor, along with several of their most accomplished followers. It’s a winning combination

  • Catherine Parsonage: ‘I wanted to break things apart, let everything be available to me’

    The artist talks about how living in Rome has changed her work, why she is so interested in bodily fluids, and the role that alcohol and desire play in her painting

  • Kerstin Brätsch_Ruine / Kaya_Kovo

    Brätsch is an artist who works in the afterlife of modern painting, upending its history and mythology with Rabelaisian glee – and her latest exhibition is no exception

  • Balthus Retrospective

    Marking the 15th anniversary of the death of one of the 20th century’s most enigmatic painters, this grand exhibition is showing around 200 works of art of Balthasar Klossowski de Role, known as Balthus

  • On Top of Two Empires – Xu Longsen

    Museum of Roman Civilization, Rome 22 June–24 July 2011

  • Sculptural Architecture in Austria

    National Art Museum of China, Beijing 5-23 August 2006 Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou 14 October-16 November 2006

  • The Print in Italy 1550-1620

    ‘The Print in Italy 1550–1620’ at the British Museum (27 September 2001–6 January 2002) is an exceptional exhibition of over 150 works from the museum’s own collection as well as a number of important loans. It is the first exhibition…

  • Chasing beauty

    L’Idea del Bello: Palazzo delle Esposizione, Rome – Through September.