During the 20th century, probably on account of the enormous size of many of his works, very few monographic exhibitions were dedicated to Tintoretto. His birthplace is celebrating with two major exhibitions from September 7, 2018 to January 6, 2019.

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In addition to his famous Visitation, exhibition highlights include the Portrait of a Young Man in a Red Cap and the Portrait (c.1530) of a Halberdier (only at the Getty) for, besides his religious subjects, Pontormo was a much-admired portraitist (only 15 survive today, 13 being in Italy). 

The first chronologically took place on June 21st at the Stampa Estera or Foreign Press Association in Rome, when Professor Ernesto Solari and handwriting expert Ivana Rosa Bonfantino announced that they had authenticated the earliest known artwork by Leonardo, also his first self-portrait. And not even a month later, on...

On March 1, 2018, after short internships and jobs at several American and European restaurants, he opened his own permanent restaurant at 116 Forsyth Street in New York’s East Village. On May 23rd my husband and I savored the evening’s ten-course tasting menu. A week later I returned in the...

In the spotlight after Pope Francis' visit, Bari is not only southern Italy’s most important commercial center after Naples: it is getting more press and tourists thanks to its incredible and thousand-year-old history, its culture, its art, and its way of living

Pope Francis’ rapport with food continues to interest readers. Due to all the clamor and ink spilt soon after Pope Francis’ election because of his pre-papacy simple lifestyle and taste in food while Archbishop of Buenos Aires, which he continued to prefer as Pope, I became curious about what the...

On Wednesday April 25th the American Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke, announced that on July 7 Pope Francis will travel to the city of Bari. At the time of Burke’s announcement I was on my way to Bari at the invitation of BIFEST, an annual film...

Kenny Dunn was born in Upper Dublin, a suburb north of Philadelphia. In 2009 he moved to Rome with his Mexican wife and in 2011 he founded "Eating Europe", which has agreements with the industry’s leading distribution platforms including Expedia, Viator, and Tourico: "Our mission is to leave travelers with...

Jefferson (1743-1826), besides being an oenophile, diplomat, and politician, was a farmer, obsessed with new crops, soil conditions, garden design, and scientific agricultural techniques, a horticulturalist and a foodie. Jefferson’s culinary preferences were certainly refined during his years as Minister to France, but even before his time abroad, Jefferson had...