Unusual Art Exhibits in Italy's Museums

When you go to a museum in Italy you'll, of course, expect to see lots of great art exhibits, especially Renaissance art. But if you want to see something a little more out of the ordinary this summer, here are a few suggestions:

• Bologna: Archaeological Museum, Un Diavolo Per Capello with over 300 exhibits about the history of hairstyles from ancient times to the present, including statues, archaeological finds, coins, medals, paintings, and photographs, through July 2.
• Milan: The Triennnale Museum has a Comic Book Art exhibit through September 3 and the Ambrosiana has one of Titian's most famous paintings on loan from the Louvre in Paris, Supper at Emmaus.
• Rome: Hadrian's Villa has Egyptian Suggestions, an exhibit showing how Hadrian used Egyptian-style representations to decorate his villa, inlcuding a look at a huge staircase with an Egyptian crocodile motif, now believed to be the main entrance to the site, through October 15.
• Sienna: Santa Maria della Scala has more Egyptian items in Igiene e bellezza nell' antico Egitto, Hygiene and Beauty in Ancient Egypt, through September 17.
• Venice: La Fenice Theatre has The Colour of Miles Davis - paintings, drawings, videos, paintings produced by Miles in the 1980's, through July 20.

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