Among the soloists was Mexican tenor Arturo Chacón Cruz, who won the only public vote with the Readers’ Award, gave a beautiful performance of ‘Cielo e mar’ from Ponchielli’s La Gioconda ...

In this week's Inside Italy review, we look at the chances of a proposed citizenship referendum becoming reality, the noble ...

The name means Lady Lisa and the sitter is thought to be Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Gioconda. The painting, created by Leonardo da Vinci in the early 1500s, is also known as La Gioconda to ...

Discover the ownership debate between Italy and France over Rome’s iconic Spanish Steps, exploring the cultural and ...

However, as the fair’s head of communications, Karim Crippa, says, “Paris is a city filled with temptations beyond Art Basel.” Oh La La! was mainly conceived as a kind of counter-seduction.

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An early pastel of a Normandy beach by impressionist master Claude Monet was reunited with the descendants of its rightful owner after research by the Looted Art Commission in Europe.

Joyce Lussu, born Gioconda Beatrice Salvadori ... A love that has defined not only her life, but also her art, and that continues to resonate in her words. To enrich the evening, the musical ...

For nearly 50 years, Joan Agajanian Quinn has asked the questions that everyone wants to answer. A consummate journalist, she ...

Inside his costume, Gilles’s body has no border because joke after joke has dissolved the body into a sky. His body is ...

Interestingly, before and after playing Sword Art Online, Kirigaya Kazuto isn’t shown playing any other type of game except VRMMORPGs, despite him being described as a game lover. Shangri-La ...