Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped in tales of excess and cruelty. One enduring myth claims that as a great ...
Some art museums overawe with the sweep of their collections. Others thrill with a few perfectly placed masterworks. The best of them embody their cities’ ambitions and fulfill an ideal: that anyone ...
The exhibition is organised into three chapters, over three rooms: the promise, the practice and the preservation of democracy. The first looks at the way societies have idealised democracy, ...