Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been paying his first visit to Italy, his country's former colonial ruler and now its biggest trading partner. As the BBC's David Willey reports, the image he leaves behind in Rome may not be quite what he would have wished. Imagine the scene. A thousand Italian women in high heels, wearing their smartest outfits, dressed to kill in expensive pant suits and creations of the crème de la crème of Milan fashion houses, gathered in a state of high excitement at Rome's new concert hall. Col Gaddafi has been telling Italians what to think for three...
Historical meets spiritual in Catholic paintings, sculpture at National Gallery
Breitbart
Breitbart
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - A rendering of Jesus Christ's suffering on the cross is on rare display at the National Gallery of Art in its first exhibit of...
Galleries to host international artists' works at Art Crawl
Palm Beach Daily News
Palm Beach Daily News
Three international artists graced Palm Beach with their presence this week: Venetian abstract artist Pierluigi De'Lutti opened his exhibition at Taglialatella Galleries; German photographer Cathleen Naundorf lectured on...
National Gallery unveils sacred Spanish art show
The Miami Herald
The Miami Herald
WASHINGTON -- A rendering of Jesus Christ's suffering on the cross is on rare display at the National Gallery of Art in its first...
Historical meets spiritual in Roman Catholic paintings, sculpture exhibit at National Gallery
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
WASHINGTON - Depictions of Jesus Christ's wounds and suffering on the cross are on rare display at the National Gallery of Art as the museum presents its first comparison of painting and sculpture from the Roman Catholic...
Michelangelo's drawings at the Courtauld Gallery are intimate encounter with an artist in love
The Guardian
The Guardian
In one room, this sensational exhibition shows the greatest drawings that survive from Michelangelo's hand...
The Museum of Contemporary Art presents The Seldoms with Fraser Taylor: Marchland.
The Examiner
The Examiner
The Seldoms Marchland MCA...
Museum spotlights ‘Devotion’ to terracotta
Boston Herald
Boston Herald
For centuries, collectors of Renaissance art and museums alike have focused on marble and bronze. A new installation at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, “Modeling Devotion,” highlights the...
The Art of Antipasto
The Examiner
The Examiner
A Guide to the Italian Kitchen Mom's Bruschetta Topping Fresh Veggie Crudite Easy Garlic Bread View all »...
Greek sculpture: Original or Roman copy?
The Examiner
The Examiner
The Minneapolis Institute of Art is home to one of the most prolific Greek sculptures, the Doryphoros by sculptor Polykleitos. The label associated with the sculpture states that it is a Roman copy, dating l20-50 B.C.E,...

