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Villa Giulia Returns to Its Former Glory

Bryan Solomon

With funding assistance from a group of secret Japanese donors, the spectacular Villa Giulia has been restored to its original beauty.

Francesco Sapienza: When Photograph Means Happiness

Mila Tenaglia

We met with portraitist and photographer Francesco Sapienza, who told us about his experience as an artist in New York and about his belief that “it is not your duty to be...

Announcing the New York City Gala of the John Cabot University in Rome

I. I.

The 2016 annual gala of this renown U.S. university in Rome will be held on April 5 at New York's historic Union League Club. Among the honorees this year are H E Ambassador...

Rome Welcomes First Flow of Syrian Migrants

Juidith Harris

For the twenty-four Syrian families -- 52 adults, 41 children -- flown into Rome from a Lebanese refugee camp on Feb. 29, kindly authorities at the Leonardo da Vinci airport had...

Coming Down to Rome, Salvini Goes Up in the Polls

Judith Harris

Matteo Salvini, 41, has outfoxed both Umberto Bossi and Roberto Maroni as head of the Lega Nord which they invented, and is determined to propel support for that party of...

Povera Barcaccia!

Emily Hayes

Feyenoord fans rampaged the historic center of Rome and the newly restored, 400-year-old Bernini Fountain of Barcaccia. The oval basin of the fountain is now filled with broken...

From Street to Art: The Journey of Public Art towards Galleries

Mila Tenaglia

Ten internationally famed artists and their works represent Italian Street Art at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York. From Street to Art: a project by Simone Pallotta,...

Empire State. Art in New York Today

Francesca Di Folco

Trials, tribulations, and excesses in the intergenerational exhibition of 25 New York-based artists hosted by the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome until July 21

The Serie A Is Starting: How Will It Be?

Azzurra Giorgi

After the betting scandal, which troubled the whole soccer system, with some coaches and players already convicted, every team is preparing to restart, hoping to offer an exciting...

New Paupers of Italy

Maria Rita Latto

We went to Termini Station where there is a soup kitchen, a homeless shelter, and the Don Luigi Di Liegro health clinic run by Caritas. In the past there would be illegal...

Rome, from Peaceful March to Mayhem—but “nobody got killed”

Judith Harris

“What I want to know,” an angry eye-witness told me after the event, “is why the Roman police chief, the Questore, did not resign.” The answer came from the chief’s...

Lady Gaga & Gay Rights in Italy

Tiziana Maggio

On June 11, Euro Pride 2011, the pan-European international event dedicated to LGBT pride, was held in Rome and welcomed an international public of about 1 million people. The...

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