Culture

ROME– Woody Allen’s latest film, To Rome with Love, has been denounced by Italian critics who deplore the portrayal of a tourist’s rich and sunny capital, ignoring the reality of a city in the clut

ROME– Norwegian artist Frederik Værslev’s collection is rather misleadingly named. ‘Sunny Side Up’ is nearly entirely overshadowed by the gallery in which it is presented.

ROME--It is often said Italian cinema is in a crisis as grave and threatening as the economic maelstrom. Directors lack financing but also originality, imagination and insight.

The Experience...Finland_Turin exhibition, curated by Arianna Callocchia, aims to show local and international design community in Turin how contemporary Finnish architecture and design can improve

ROME – The American University of Rome presented an Honorary Doctorate in Classics to singer-songwriter Dr. Francesco Guccini this week.

ROME--“Arturo Ghergo photographed princesses like they were film stars, and film stars like they were princesses.”

ROME -- A Polish priest has published his claim that a powerful "gay mafia" is at work within the Catholic Church.

ROME - Six thousand musicians aged between 12 and 25 will be travelling from 25 European countries to attend one of the most important musical events for young people.

ROME --  The work of Italian brothers Marco and Giorgio Priori, this short but smoothly put-together documentary explores the remarkable rise-and-fall of Dawson City, the focal point of the gold fe

ROME-- The city's Film Festival has announced an 11 million euro budget and dates of Nov. 9-17, several weeks later than the traditional October launch.

ROME-- Bernini,a precocious genius, produced sculptures for over 70 years.

ROME -- Meredith Kercher’s father, John, has published a book about his daughter and his family’s gruelling experience during the investigation into her murder.

ROME -- Until Aug. 27, the Leopold Museum in Vienna hosts the exhibition 'Klimt persönlich', dedicated to the great master Gustav Klimt, one of the finest contributors to Art Nouveau.

ROME -- A cat loving charity is organising a 12 day tour of Italy’s cultural and catty hotspots.

ROME -- From May 3 to May 6, the capital hosts the first edition of the Nordic Film Fest, created by the embassies of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden to promote Nordic film and culture.

ROME -- From May. 30-Oct. 21, The Academy of France –- the Villa Medici -– is to present an exhibition entitled ‘Tapis Volants’ (‘Flying Carpets’).

ROME -- The grand finale of the ‘Days of Azerbaijani Culture’ programme was a concert promoting the culture of Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku.

ROME – The MAXXI Foundation, home to some of the capital’s most prestigious examples of contemporary art, is to pass into compulsory administration.

ROME – A renowned Caravaggio scholar claims the great 16th century artist was killed with the "tacit consent of the Roman Curia."

ROME – The Keats-Shelley House, on the Spanish Steps, has a new exhibit bringing the works of John Keats to life in the place he died, through illustration.

OSTIA ANTICA -- “Awright gawjusss” “You’re looking real pucka tonight” These were some of the phrases dolled out as guests rolled up for the Arts in English Victorian London night in Ostia Antica,