On December 17th, 2010, SNOW IN ROME…
…is something that is only meant to fall once every twenty years – but they got over an inch last winter and we’re getting it today – magic!…
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On December 16th, 2010, A COLD ROMAN SUNRISE…
…looks deceptively warm, but no…brrr.
On December 15th, 2010, MARINELLA SENATORE…
…engaged in a thoughtful dialog with curator and critic Laura Barreca at MAXXI this evening about the videos she shepards entire communities of hundreds of local collaborators –…
On December 14th, 2010, SMOKE OVER ROMAN PROTESTS…
…is what I am seeing out my window now, (while watching live video from Corriere della Sera of the dramatic scene on the streets below) as it was…
On December 11th, 2010, ESPOSIZIONE UNIVERSALE ROMA…
…or EUR, originally known as E42, the vast development south of Rome initiated by Benito Mussolini in 1935 designed by a collaborative of Italian architects is where we…
On December 9th, 2010, TRAMONTO SUL TEVERE…
…was viewed in haste on the pedestrian river crossing of Ponte Sisto – my favorite Tiber bridge & my tranquil expressway into the center – at 16:30 which…
On December 8th, 2010, PLANTS GROWING ON ALL THE ROMAN ROOFTOPS…
…after six weeks of rain is worth looking up for – where you can see the story of Roman ruins begin before your very eyes, leaves falling, accumulating,…
On December 7th, 2010, PLASTIC BOTTLE SEED-STARTER COLD-HOUSE WATER-CATCHMENT…
…is a simple little system I have going on the Roman rooftop garden (also known as Edible Estate #9: Rome, Italy) which involves collecting unwanted empty containers (from…
On December 6th, 2010, THE BISCOTTI BOOK…
…featuring recipes from the kitchen of The American Academy in Rome by Mona Talbott and Mirella Misenti just had a very civilized Academy event and tea reception to…
On December 3rd, 2010, IL MACRO (MUSEO D’ ARTE CONTEMPORANEA DI ROMA)…
…tonight officially opened the stunning new wing designed by the charismatic/punk French architect Odile Decq (who I spent some time with last year while in residence in Oxfordshire…
On December 2nd, 2010, VISIT TO ORTO BOTANICO DI ROMA…
…in Trastevere made me especially LA homesick when I entered their hothouse of succulents and cacti this morning. (wiki page)
On December 1st, 2010, PIERO GOLIA AT NOMAS…
…Foundation in conversation with Luca Lo Pinto from the amazing Roman cultural instigators at Nero Magazine and curated by Cecilia Canziani and Ilaria Gianni – and the last…
On November 28th, 2010, A VISIT TO PARCO DEI MOSTRI WITH DANISH…
…friends who are fellows at the Accademia Danimarca di Roma (housed in Danish design splendor in a 1967 structure designed by Kay Fisker near Villa Borghese) made me…
On November 27th, 2010, JOAN JONAS TALKS AT MAXXI…
…which is the dramatic new Zaha Hadid designed ‘Museum of 21st Century Art’ (surrounded by an unfortunate expanse of endless shadeless tree-free unwelcoming concrete which seems to function…
On November 26th, 2010, DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER VILLA AURELIA…
…(the 17th Century Palazzo owned by the American Academy and now used for special events and accomodating special guests) out my window today has almost become a mundane…
On November 25th, 2010, FEDERICA SCHIAVO GALLERY SHOW BY BHAKTI BAXTER…
…a Miami friend, opened tonight starting with a talk/performance about ‘nothing’ in the apartment above the gallery where Roman flea market vases were casually displayed on the floor…
On November 23rd, 2010, THE VILLA AT DORIA PAMPHILJ…
…set within the biggest landscaped public park in Rome (previously mentioned here) and located just behind the American Academy in Rome on top of the Gianicolo – is…
On November 21st, 2010, PETER SELLARS, DAWN UPSHAW, GEOFF NUTTALL…
…and the rest of the American family-like team putting on the show ‘Kafka Fragments,’ (originally commissioned for Carnegie Hall in 2005, later performed everywhere from the Barbican in…
On November 19th, 2010, A RAINBOW OVER THE ROMAN ROOFTOP GARDEN…
…this morning is a welcome punctuation to endless days of November Roman rain.
On November 15th, 2010, ROME FROM ABOVE…
…is the view that I am enjoying as we prepare to land at the remote Roman airport of Ciampino this morning, especially a view of the suburb Centocelle…