The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
That time Italy’s suave founding father found himself living in the forgotten borough of NYC.
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5 years ago
The Medici and their guards at the Uffizi Gallery
Behind every duke is a crew of well-armed guards.
7 years ago
In a dark wood: Palagio di Parte Guelfa
If you thought the Crips and the Bloods had a nasty rivalry, the Guelfs and the Ghibellines in Middle Ages would like you to hold their Chianti.
8 years ago
A piece of the Laurentian Library in London
Books, like this incredibly elaborate codex, were the status symbols of their day. Like a classic Louis Vuitton, somethings never really go out of style.
Horses in the lemon house
Horses are so common in pre-modern art that we hardly notice them. This exhibition makes them impossible to ignore.
Anatomical drawings: Da Vinci great but not infallible
Leonardo Da Vinci reminds that us that even the GOAT can make mistakes.
