Rome has been waiting for contemporary works of public art that can stand up to the historic city’s glorious monuments from the Renaissance and antiquity. Where the architects Richard Meier and Zaha H…

Next month, New York-based gallerist Gavin Brown will open a Rome gallery in an unexpected location: an 8th-century church named Sant’Andrea de Scaphis at Via dei Vascellari 69 in the

Why the sculptor made sure that his oversize sculpture was too heavy for a high place

Under the looming threat of the museum's closure by the Italian Ministry of Culture, Fondazione MAXXI's president, Pio Baldi, has announced his resignation. He helped open the institution only two yea…

Artist Cy Twombly died today in Rome, age 83. He had recently battled cancer but the cause of his death was not immediately disclosed by Gagosian Gallery, which made the announcement. Twombly showed…

Young Michelangelo: The Path to the Sistine By John T. Spike Vendome Press, 272 pages, $27.95