ROME -- Monika Bulaj is a Polish immigrant to Italy (i.e.

ROME -- This Christmas, families were delighted to see a proper festive pantomime grace the stage of Teatro Nino Manfredi, complete with dames, songs and of course some hearty audience participatio

ROME -- From February 7 through May 6, 2012, the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome will present“Guggenheim Collection: The American Avant-Garde 1945–1980,”  an exhibition of some

ROME-- Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), fin de siècle genius and pioneer of Viennese Modernism, would have celebrated his 150th birthday in 2012.

ROME -- Michelangelo painted The Crucifixion of Saint Peter and The Conversion of Saint Paul in the Pauline Chapel in the Papal Apartments in 1550, the last paintings he

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 ROME -- The scenes in Zamani Esmati’s film ‘’The Orion’’ share a characteristic common to many other films shot in Iran in recent years: most take place indoors.

ROME -- Tunisian film director Jamel Mokni is livid.

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ROME -- The 17th edition of MEDFILMfestival, the historical event taking place in Rome, renews the appointment of the capital city with the protagonists of the Mediterranean cinema on Nov. 19.

ROME -- The 2011, 48th edition of the Festival di Nuova Consonanza - Title Ri / ModulAzione - is based on impermanence.

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ROME -- Italian designer Roberto Cavalli is to headline at Israel’s first fashion week since the 1980s.

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ROME -- Saint Peter said, "You’re back."

 AREZZO -- Giorgio Vasari is not as colourful as more turbulent artists but has another kind of interest.  His greatest success came eventually not as a visual artist but as a writer: his Lives

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ROME -- After the success of the major exhibition dedicated to 15th century Rome, the Fondazione Roma offers a fascinating retrospective on the Eternal City in the 16th century.

ROME  -- Iranian film director and screenwriter Mohammad Rasoulof left Rome on Sunday expecting to be arrested on arrival in Tehran. That, however, did not happen.