Rome

“Beyond the avant-garde”—that’s how Transavanguardia, the Italian version of Western neo-expressionism, translates. Enzo Cucchi, a leader of the movement, turns 70 next year. His mysterious dreams of half-remembered myths, often...

Gio Ponti, who died 40 years ago, was a master of many trades: artist, art director, designer, teacher, publisher, and poet. And then there’s architecture. Ponti designed over 100 buildings,...