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Articles Published on 25/11/2011
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ROME'S IRISH FILM FESTIVAL (by Andy Devane)
While much of the entertainment media in the Italian capital has focused on the recent Rome International Film Festival, another much smaller cinematic event celebrates its fifth anniversary this year. The annual IrishFilmFesta, which runs from 1-5 December, screens cutting-edge, contemporary Iri...
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Articles Published on 31/10/2011
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CULTURE. ROMAN CEILINGS: A TOP FIVE (by Martin Bennett)
With the Baroque’s new inventory of mannerist special effects as launch pad, first on the list of ceilings is Palazzo Barberini’s Salone Grande. Here above twin staircases – one by Bernini, one by Borromini – Pietro da Cortona, third triumvir of the Roman Baroque, transforms 400 sqm of ceiling in...
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HERITAGE. SAVING THE DOMUS AUREA (by Bija Knowles)
Anew phase of restoration work is now scheduled on the Domus Aurea, the fragile archaeological site on the Oppian hill, once home to the infamous emperor Nero. However the project, which is scheduled to start in October (no precise date was available when Wanted in Rome went to press) has been su...
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Articles Published on 26/10/2011
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CINEMA. ROME FILM FESTIVAL FOCUSES ON THE UK (by Andy Devane)
This year’s edition of the International Rome Film Festival, from 27 October - 4 November, is dedicated to the diversity of the United Kingdom’s contribution to cinema. Organised in tandem with the 55th BFI London Film Festival, Rome showcases seven new-release British productions and screens 12 ...
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Articles Published on 05/10/2011
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COMMUNITIES. ROMANIA (by Communities)
An exhibition of 74 paintings by the masters of Romanian avant-garde is on display at Rome’s Vittoriano museum until 15 October.
The exhibition offers an overview of the effects of history on the visual arts in Romania, charting the transition from Impressionism, Symbolism, Expressionism and Po...
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COMMUNITIES. BRITAIN (by Communities)
The Keats-Shelley Memorial House is in the process of selecting a new curator to replace Catherine Payling, who left Rome at the end of July on her marriage in June to Duncan Wu, one of the foremost scholars of the Romantic period and professor of English literature at Georgetown University, Wash...
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COMMUNITIES. USA (by Communities)
A number of interesting events are taking place during the autumn at Rome’s American universities.
On 5 October at the American University of Rome, Nora McKeon presents “The United Nations and Civil Society: Legitimating Global Governance – Whose Voice?”, a lecture exploring international rel...
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