I’m behind in my posts!  First there are the photos and comments on the Mark Jenkins show and then there is Alice Pasquini painting a mural in Quadraro.  However, before I get to any of that, I’m showing you some new work by Sten + Lex.  Located right by the Colosseum, the...

PausePlayPlayPrev|Next Artcock‘s newest installation, inspired Vermeer’s famous painting, on via Cavour was the subject of some photos I took yesterday. My favorites are these two, taken from across the street, as I think they play on the idea of glances,...

Today I swung by Mercato Monti at the ES Hotel, as friends had a booth to benefit the Behbud association in Pakistan. It’s the first time I actually dragged myself to the market, though it’s become more and more successful in the year or so that it began, with a who’s who...

I admit it, I’m an art book junkie.  My bookshelves are overflowing and I always know it’s a dangerous game once I start perusing for books.  In Italy this addiction isn’t helped by the huge quantity of second hand book stalls, which are normally filled with old and...

I will be back to doing some “best of” and guest posts after Christmas, but wanted to wish everyone happy holidays. Thank you for continuing to read and follow along with the...

This candle was in Piazza Madonna dei Monti, under a large banner that read “Ignoti, Borghese, Ladri e Marchesi… Hai raccontato tutti noi. Ciao Mario. Rivoluzione” (The unknown, bourgeois, thieves, and marquis….You told all of our stories.  Goodbye Mario....