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During the Renaissance, the study of human anatomy underwent a groundbreaking transformation that reshaped both visual arts and science. This era, particularly in Italy, marked a departure from medieval conventions that relied heavily on secondhand knowledge and theoretical understandings of the human body. Artists and anatomists pursued firsthand...

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One night in 1171, King William II, known as “the Good,” was resting from the burdens of war and governance, as was customary for Norman kings, in an ancient Arab village called Balharā. In a dream, the Virgin Mary appeared to him and revealed the location of an immense treasure—a war booty hidden by his father, William I, known as “the Bad.” She i...

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The Worcester Art Museum has entered into a cultural agreement with the Italian government after identifying two objects from its collection that appear to have been unlawfully removed from Italy in the 1950s. The museum transferred ownership of the two antiquities — a black-figure amphora (storage jar) and a kylix (drinking cup) — to Italy but wil...

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Rome is to celebrate Caravaggio on the occasion of this year's Roman Catholic Jubilee Holy Year with the biggest ever show on the iconic artist at Palazzo Barberini from March 7 to July 6. Enriched by paintings that are rarely visible to the public or exhibited in Italy for the first time and by loans of exceptional importance, 'Caravaggio 2025' is...

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As one of the legendary founding figures of Arte Povera, Michelangelo Pistoletto cemented his name in art history with a practice that has remained fiercely loyal to its radical origins while continuously evolving in form, concept and message to stand the test of time. His latest exhibition, “To Step Beyond,” which recently opened at Lévy Gorvy Day...

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Giovanni Casadei was born and raised in Rome and now lives in Philadelphia, but the professional artist’s favorite place to paint is Ocean City. “What I really like is the opportunity to express big distance,” he said. “You have the horizon, and it goes on forever. Growing up in Rome, and living in Philadelphia there are certainly opportunities as...

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The Italian city of Mantua will see the birth of a new Museum of Contemporary Art, set up within the spaces of the Palazzo della Ragione. This has been made possible through a recent partnership with the Sonnabend Foundation of New York. As many as 96 works from the American collection, by the greatest artists of the European and American twentieth...

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I don’t know if it was ever officially considered a Little Italy. But in the 1930s and 1940s, East 29th Street between Second and Third Avenues was an Italian food store stronghold. V. DiPollito’s meat market; Peter Rossi’s salami, olive oil, and baccala; a fruits and vegetables grocery; and a delicatessen/bakery are just some of the ground floor t...

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The Ministry of Culture of the Italian Republic and Emory University consolidate the 2023 cultural cooperation agreement by announcing today the transfer of an Etruscan Bucchero jug, a Greek black slipware fish-plate and five fragments of a Laconian Cup. The objects will remain in Atlanta on loan to the Emory’s Michael C. Carlos Museum. In November...

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Acquiring original Roman classical marbles is no simple feat. Between stringent international regulations and the rarity of finding one on the market—most of the best-preserved examples long since claimed by museums—these ancient treasures are elusive. Yet, against the odds, the Halsted A&A Foundation has managed to secure an extraordinary piece: a...

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