29 augustus 2022
The Battle of Algiers (1966), an Italian-Algerian film, spoken in Arabic and French, directed by Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo and written by Franco Solinas, is generally considered one of the most important films in the history of cinema – and the quintessential...
30 mei 2022
In most western countries, the history of Classical Archaeology is inextricably linked with the history of colonialism and Italy is no exception to that rule. The institutionalization and professionalization of archaeology as a scholarly discipline in the...
23 mei 2022
Our cultural heritage comprises many art objects that are hundreds, some thousands of years old. How did they survive this long? While many factors determine if and how art can be preserved, one has fundamentally impacted its long-term survival: the desire to make and...
23 mei 2022
On 14 June 2011 Teatro Valle (Rome) was occupied by a group of artists, entertainment workers, activists and citizens aiming to trigger a cultural revolution. Teatro Valle became an ideal space in which to imagine new forms of social commitment and participatory...
23 mei 2022
Nuraghi, the famous dry-stone walled towers of Sardinia, are usually regarded as prehistoric monuments, because they were first built in the Bronze Age. They continued to be inhabited long after, however, and survived as often substantial settlements into later...
