Italy at home

Italian Decor: Fornasetti’s Cupole Series is My New Obsession

The exquisite, suggestive, and timeless beauty of Fornasetti’s iconic design is perfected in his famous dome plates.

Racing Across Rome and Other Ways to Exercise in Italy (When You Can’t Be There)

Step counts of landmarks and virtual treadmill guides for Italy-inspired workouts.

Virtual Visits to Italy’s Museums and UNESCO Sites

Many Italian museums and galleries have made it easier to take virtual visits of their works of art and historical relics.

Painting Italy: An Artist Profile

The beauty of Italy has inspired countless artists through the years, including ones who live here in the United States. Today, I am profiling artist William Renzulli, who was moved to paint his ancestral home Castelnuovo della Daunia in Puglia after a family reunion visit in 2008 and who will soon be headed to Bologna…

How To Make Bolognese Sauce [Video]

Here’s a great way to bring Italy home – learn how to make Bolognese sauce! There are dozens of instructional videos out there on how to make hearty Bolognese sauce. This one from GialloZafferano, a well-known Italian cuisine website and YouTube channel, is one of the most authentic ones that I have found. And this…

Abruzzo’s Beffi Triptych

The Beffi Triptych spends time in the U.S. following the devastating earthquake in Abruzzo.

Leonardo’s Notebooks Come to the U.S.

The Birmingham Museum of Art is the first museum in the U.S. to exhibit the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci.

Bernini Up Close and Close To Home

The Getty Museum exhibit features 57 works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Renaissance Florence According to Rushdie

Salman Rushdie imagines Renaissance Florence in his new book “The Enchantress of Florence.”

Tuscan Wine Picks From Epicurious

One of the pleasures of visiting Tuscany is having the chance to drive the fertile hills of wine country, sampling reds and whites along the way. Most travelers really only think of Chianti, a mini-region within Tuscany, when thinking about Tuscan wine. But another vino hotspot is Montalcino. Montalcino is the home of Brunello di…

“Palladio” in DC

As part of Italy’s celebrations of the birth of architect Andrea Palladio, born 500 years ago this year, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Embassy in Washington, DC, are hosting a free screening of “Abitare Palladio,” a documentary about the man and his works. The film will be shown tomorrow April 4 at noon in…