American food icon Alice Waters is a regular visitor to the Italian capital thanks to her work on the Rome Sustainable Food Project. Here she shares her insider tips with David Prior on where to find the city's best authentic flavours.   Legend has it that when Alice Waters started her now iconic Chez Panisse restaurant in California in the...

The American Academy in Rome invites applications for the position of Andrew W. Mellon Professor-in-Charge of the School of Classical Studies, to join the senior Rome leadership team.   POSITION DESCRIPTION - ANDREW W. MELLON PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE OF THE SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES   Source: American Academy in Rome

The American Academy in Rome invites applications for the 2016 Rome Prize. For over a century, the Academy has awarded the Rome Prize to support innovative work in the arts and humanities.   Through a national juried competition, Rome Prizes are awarded to emerging and established artists and scholars working in the following discipline...

Sabato 23 novembre alle 11.30 presenteremo all'American Academy in Rome il libro PASTA scritto dallo Chef del Rome Sustainable Food Project Chris Boswell insieme ad Elena Goldblatt. Seguirà alle ore 13 un pranzo a buffet per assaggiare alcune delle ricette del libro preparate con la pasta Delverde e con pasta fatta a mano, accompagnate da un c...

Con circa 35 metri di larghezza per 70 di lunghezza e un quarto di ettaro di superficie è il più grande bacino idrico della Roma Imperiale mai ritrovato (guarda le foto). La grande vasca è stata scoperta durante gli scavi archeologici all'interno del cantiere per la Stazione San Giovanni della Metro C a Roma.   "E' talmente grande, questa va...

The American Academy in Rome presented the winners at the Arthur & Janet C. Ross Rome Prize Ceremony, held at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City on April 16th.   The ceremony featured a presentation by artist Carrie Mae Weems, FAAR'06, which was followed by a discussion between Weems and Academy president Mark Robbins, FAAR'9...

Kim Karlsrud and Daniel Phillips, both graduates of Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, have won the prestigious Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome. Each year, through a national competition, the Rome Prize is awarded to approximately thirty individuals who represent the highest standard of excellence in the arts and humanities...

Peter Benson Miller began his three-year tenure as the Andrew Heiskell Arts Director on 1 August. We asked him about his career as an art historian and curator in New York, Paris, and Rome.   You moved to Rome in 2009 from Paris after a period at the Musée d'Orsay. What prompted your move?Several factors led to my return to Rome in 2009, spu...

Capita a volte che per intervistare personalità a capo di istituzioni che hanno sede a Roma, non si abbia solo il privilegio di incontrare persone di grande capacità e cortesia, ma anche di farlo in luoghi che contribuiscono alla grande bellezza romana. La American Academy in Rome è il migliore esempio di questo tipo: non solo perché il Prof. Chris...

ROME — The president and chief executive of the American Academy in Rome, Adele Chatfield-Taylor, announced on Thursday that she would step down at the end of next year after nearly 25 years as leader of the independent research institution."It's been the great experience of my life," Ms. Chatfield-Taylor, 67, said, adding that she witnessed the "t...