AIR 2018 Meghan Sullivan’ show “Framing Device” presented work that reflected the many layers of history of the eternal city. In addition...

Several large-scale terracotta seated statues and busts of Demeter and Kore from the sanctuary of Demeter in Ariccia were treated in an...

According to Kyle Hendrix AIR 2016 “Historically, ceramic objects for food service have played a key role in ceremonies throughout world...

In an earlier post, we considered the stacked amphora fragments at Monte Testaccio. Today we are looking at another reuse of storage...

Molly Bishop AIR 2016 chose “Secret Garden” as the title of her show. Inspired by the Villa Borghese and the Greek vases that she saw in...

The illicit antiquities trade and clandestine excavations in Italy came under intense scrutiny for an almost 30-year period in the late...

For Shenny Cruces AIR 2017, “the act of collecting is an intrinsic part of my process and my work. For this residency, I sought to...

An extraordinary paradox played out in the very heart of Rome and on the Amalfi coast in Vietri. In 1929, Palazzo Venezia became the...

“Gods of Our Times” was the title of the show of Austrian artist Doris Dittrich AIR 2014. “Doris Dittrich is an observant traveller,...

The Sarcophagus of the Spouses in the Villa Giulia is perhaps the best-known of Etruscan funerary monuments. Found in 1881 in the...

“Three Shades Revisited (Dante’s New Gates) is the title of this major work in the show “Global Textures” of American artist Jim Bowling...

An exceptional terracotta bust by the early Renaissance sculptor Donatello (1386-1466) was on display for almost a year in the Museo...

Creative and multi-faceted, the conceptual artist Luigi Ontani renders himself the subject of his work. From his tableaux vivants of the...

“Three Shades Revisited (Dante’s New Gates) is the title of this major work in the show “Global Textures” of American artist Jim Bowling...

For Liberation Day in Italia, we present an 18th-century porcelain group of the Judgement of Paris produced in the Reale Fabbrica di...

Tammie Rubin AIR 2017 description of the works which she presented for her exhibition is eloquent and intriguing: “My ceramic sculptures...

These terracotta bas-reliefs come from the “Casa delle Terrecotte” (House of Terracotta), so named for the fictile decoration of the...

Tamryn McDermott (USA) AIR 2014 was articulated by two daily rituals. The title of her show refers to both of them. “My Daily...

In the ‘Eco and Narcissus” exhibition at Palazzo Barberini, Kiki Smith’s 2004 installation “Large Dessert” dominated the winter audience...

The show of Susan Wortman AIR 2018 “Roman Winged Women send XO” was her personal response to Rome and her own experience in the form of...