How can we understand what Rome is today, when no one has been able to understand what the city was before? Some speak of the City of the Caesars; others the Rome of the Popes. But neither really existed. Not outside the neat categorisation of historians and tour guides. Understanding Rome requires living and breathing...Read More
The Grand Tour saw 17th century Rome as the destination for the upper-class’s cultural education. These days, there is talk of a new, contemporary, lively, and possibly short-lived revival for the Grand Tour through contemporary art in Rome. Only this time it’s for everyone. Roman art isn’t just monuments and sculptures, as people often think....Read More
