Florence: Meeting the Forger Who Fooled the Louvre

A sketching day in Florence from the Oltrarno side: gesture drawings in the Boboli Gardens, gallery research on Via Maggio, and the strange story of Giovanni Bastianini, the sculptor whose bust fooled the Louvre.

Rome in a Day: Marble Giants on Borrowed Sleep

One jet-lagged day in Rome, seen through an illustrator’s eyes: the Colosseum before nine, sketch notes at the Vittoriano, pop surrealism at the Dorothy Circus Gallery, and pricing lessons from the Piazza Navona street artists.

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