The iconic sculpture’s journey from the Vatican to the 1964 World’s Fair in New York was a monumental feat of faith and logistics. The book cover of ‘Our Lady of the World’s Fair’ by Ruth D. Nelson, ...

We stayed there in Sept. 2000. Location is great, just off the Campo de Fiore. The rooms are immaculate. Be careful however-the room we reserved 5months prior to our ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “No one thinks how much blood it costs” is the subtitle of The Three Pietàs of Michelangelo, an intensely ...

The Pietà is the subject of Michelangelo’s only signed sculpture, and an image he returned to for his final, unfinished piece. But what is the significance of this icon of Christian art? On ...