Art
Tokyo National Museum: The Honest Review Nobody Will Give You (Rating 6/10)
I came home from Tokyo the first time nursing one intolerable gap: I hadn't seen the National Museum. So I went back,...
Art
The Borghese Gallery: a complete guide. What to see, what can fairly be criticised, and why the building is worth as much as the art
Twenty rooms, the highest concentration of Bernini sculpture in the world, six Caravaggios and a building that counts as one of the...
Art
The Vatican Museums: The Museum You Never Finish. An Honest, Work-by-Work Guide to a Week That Isn’t Enough
Six million visitors a year march through the Vatican Museums towards the Sistine Chapel and miss almost everything else. Here is an...
Art
THE RANT: Audio Guides, God I hate them.
Audio guides: secondhand information for people who'd rather press play than open a book. A love letter to art disguised as a...
Art
Visiting the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence: Beyond Michelangelo’s David
To most visitors the Accademia is the David museum, and they devote ninety percent of their time to a single statue. That...
Travel
The Istanbul Archaeological Museum
Explore the Istanbul Archaeological Museum: history, collections, Sidon sarcophagi, and Greek-Roman sculptures explained through an analytical visitor’s review.
Travel
Topkapi Palace in Istanbul: Anatomy of an Empire
Visit Topkapi Palace in Istanbul: Ottoman history, the Harem, treasury highlights, practical tips, and why this palace tells the story of an...
Travel
Cairo’s new Grand Egyptian museum (GEM): a colossus still waiting for a soul
The brand-new Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo; architectural grandeur and a still incomplete collection.
Travel
The Egyptian Museum in Cairo’s Tahrir Square: Wonders and Inadequacies
Explore the Egyptian Museum in Cairo: Tutankhamun’s treasures, iconic artifacts, and a critical look at its fading yet historic displays. And dust,...
Travel
The Studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro in Urbino: a Compendium of Intelligence and Wooden Wonder
Explore the Studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro in Urbino