ROME (AP).- Officials of a project to build a bridge linking the Italian mainland to Sicily say the architect for New York’s Ground Zero skyscraper is working on designs for a complex to be built on the Calabrian side of the span. Strait of Messina Bri…
Ara Pacis Pays Tribute to Marc Chagall on the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of His Death
ROME.- On display are about 130 paintings and drawings, some of them previously unseen, coming from private collections, from the Musée National d’Art Moderne Centre Georges Pompidou and the Musée National Marc Chagall in Nice. The exhibition inside …
Ara Pacis Pays Tribute to Marc Chagall on the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of His Death
ROME.- On display are about 130 paintings and drawings, some of them previously unseen, coming from private collections, from the Musée National d’Art Moderne Centre Georges Pompidou and the Musée National Marc Chagall in Nice. The exhibition inside …
Restored Masterpiece on View in New Installation at Metropolitan Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- Filippino Lippi (1457-1504) is one of the great artists of 15th-century Florence. Among his principal patrons was the wealthy banker Filippo Strozzi (1428–1491), who in 1487 contracted the artist to decorate his funerary chapel in …
Restored Renaissance Masterpiece on View in New Installation at Metropolitan Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- Filippino Lippi (1457-1504) is one of the great artists of 15th-century Florence. Among his principal patrons was the wealthy banker Filippo Strozzi (1428–1491), who in 1487 contracted the artist to decorate his funerary chapel in …
Restored Renaissance Masterpiece on View in New Installation at Metropolitan Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- Filippino Lippi (1457-1504) is one of the great artists of 15th-century Florence. Among his principal patrons was the wealthy banker Filippo Strozzi (1428–1491), who in 1487 contracted the artist to decorate his funerary chapel in …
Who Would Want to Harm the Plastic, Pink Snails of Miami Beach?
MIAMI BEACH, FL.- Police are investigating the vandalism of several of the 45 giant art pieces displayed around South Beach as part of an international art fair. So far, at least eight have been targeted, including one that was thrown into Biscayne Bay…
Two More Walls Have Given Way Inside Pompeii’s 2,000-Year-Old Archaeological Site
ROME (AP).- Two more walls have given way inside Pompeii’s 2,000-year-old archaeological site, Italian officials said Wednesday — the second collapse at the popular tourist attraction in as many days. Officials sought to play down the latest colla…
Two More Walls Have Given Way Inside Pompeii’s 2,000-Year-Old Archaeological Site
ROME (AP).- Two more walls have given way inside Pompeii’s 2,000-year-old archaeological site, Italian officials said Wednesday — the second collapse at the popular tourist attraction in as many days. Officials sought to play down the latest colla…
Fresh Collapse of Wall at the Archaeological Site of Pompeii Sparks More Concern
ROME (REUTERS).- Another part of the 2,000-year-old Roman-era site at Pompeii crumbled on Tuesday, provoking attacks on the Italian government from critics who say two collapses in a month underscore a need for urgent action. Officials said a seven-met…