Installation view, Thomas Braida solo show at Monitor Studio, New York, fall 2014 (image courtesy the artist and Monitor, Rome, New York) ROME — The best way to get to Monitor gallery is to avoid the ...

Popes accumulated and deployed art over the course of many centuries. Were they the ultimate art patrons in history?

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. By the mid-1970s, the lights had gone out in many of these galleries; other dealers—with mixed success—shifted ...

Since its beginnings as a modest family business ca. 1884, when silversmith Sotirio Bulgari first set up shop in Rome, Bulgari—the Italian jewelry, watches, and luxury goods company—has come a long ...

Say the words “Roman art,” and your average listener will likely think of classical statues, ornate churches and the masterworks of Michelangelo, Caravaggio and their contemporaries. But to a select, ...

ROME — Finally a modern and critical exhibition about the Baroque in its global context that explores the ways Roman and European artists and intellectuals approached the world beyond Europe. To be ...

Located in the outskirts of Rome, Garbatella is known both for its revolutionary, century-old housing experiment and as one of the best places to see Rome's street art. Photographer Bruno Federico ...

Much of the “art and architecture” of ancient Rome could be found in its infrastructure. Much of the “art and architecture” of ancient Rome could be found in its infrastructure and engineering. It was ...