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Street Art and Murals in Kadıköy, Istanbul

Explore the Istanbul Archaeological Museum: history, collections, Sidon sarcophagi, and Greek-Roman sculptures explained through an analytical visitor’s review. Is it worth the visit?

The Bernini and Barberini Exhibition: Spectacular Busts, a Bit of Gossip, and Memorable Remarks

Think the Sistine Chapel is just another overcrowded bucket list stop? Think again. Inside the scaffolding, chemistry, humidity, and calcium lactate are quietly threatening Michelangelo’s Last Judgment—and the new restoration proves that conservation is a high-stakes balancing act between mass tourism and masterpiece survival.

Rome, the Church of Sant’Ignazio, the wonders of Andrea Pozzo, and the aberrations of the selfie zombies

The Bruges Madonna: a magnificent early work by Michelangelo preserved in Flanders

Monreale Cathedral: a Medieval Treasure of Norman Architecture and Byzantine Mosaics

The Hagia Sophia Basilica in Istanbul: history, architecture, and visiting experience

The definitive guide to the Pompeii excavations. Non plus ultra ibis.

Antonio Canova’s Paolina Borghese: marble, vulgar glamour, and aristocratic embarrassment set to the beat of banlieue hip-hop. Un poil de chatte tire plus qu'une charrette de bœufs.

The Topkapi Palace in Istanbul: the splendor, wealth, and opulence of the Ottoman court, besieged by a monstrous serpent of tourists.

The brand-new GEM Museum in Cairo; architectural splendor and a still incomplete collection.

Discover the history and masterpieces of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square, Cairo: from the treasure of Tutankhamun to its legacy, suspended between glory and decline.

Discover Federico da Montefeltro’s Studiolo in Urbino: a Renaissance masterpiece of wooden intarsia, restored and returned to its original splendor.

Luca Signorelli’s frescoes in Orvieto Cathedral: a Technicolor blockbuster of chiseled abs and eternal damnation

Discover Giotto’s revolutionary fresco cycle in the Scrovegni Chapel of Padua — a masterpiece of early 14th-century art that marks the dawn of the Italian Renaissance. Plan your visit and explore its history, symbolism, and breathtaking colors.

A review of the book "Sculpture: processes and principles" by Rudolf Wittkower"

The Ark of Saint Dominic in Bologna: the extraordinary masterpiece created over two centuries by the most extraordinary dream team of Italian sculpture.

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ by Niccolò dell'Arca: four penitent Magdalenes, a lifeless Messiah, a photobomber, and a mourner. Come and discover the marvel wrought by Niccolò dell'Arca.

A PDF list, complete with a map, of all the major artworks in Florence.