Hollywood producer Gary Lucchesi, known for Million Dollar Baby, Cats, and The Underworld series, just received one of Italy’s highest honors, the Ordine al Merito del Lavoro, making him the first American to earn the title since Lee Iacocca. The award recognizes major contributions to industry and culture, and Lucchesi will now carry the title […]
The Centro Italiano di Scotismo recently hosted a feast in honor of Blessed John Duns Scotus at the Pontificia Università Antonianum in Rome. During the celebration, the Laudato si’ award, established by the Commissione Scotista, was presented to the curators of the acclaimed exhibition Laudato sie: Nature and Science. The exhibition, which closed on October […]
At the Consulate General of Italy in New York, Fortunato Ortombina, superintendent and artistic director of La Scala, unveiled the Milanese theater’s 2025/26 season. Hosted by Claudio Pagliara, director of the Italian Cultural Institute, and Consul General Fabrizio Di Michele, the event celebrated the strong cultural ties between Milan and the United States ahead of […]
The Ministry of Culture has invested 300 million euros to restore and enhance Italy’s historic parks and gardens through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP). Promoted by Minister Giuli, the initiative aims to boost the cultural and environmental value of these spaces, making them more appealing to residents and tourists while improving their long-term […]
Italy’s culture ministry announced on Wednesday that the state has purchased the former Rome home of renowned Futurist painter Giacomo Balla. The vibrant residence, known as Casa Balla, has been partially open to visitors since 2021 but will now become a permanent, state-run house museum. According to the ministry, the €6.9 million acquisition includes both […]
The exhibition “Laudato sie: Nature and Science.” closed October 12 at the Sacred Convent of St. Francis in Assisi, concluding a year-long celebration honoring the 800th anniversary of the Canticle of Brother Sun, a manuscript by St. Francis of Assisi. Organized by the St. Francis Day Foundation with the Sacred Convent and the Italian Academy […]
The new edition of Vinitaly USA has opened at Chicago’s Navy Pier, bringing together 300 wineries and over 2,000 labels in the most important Italian wine fair abroad. Organized by Veronafiere, with the Italian Trade Agency and the Italian-American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, the event celebrates the strength and creativity of Italy’s wine […]
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at New York University inaugurates its forthcoming show, Arte-Azione: Pablo Echaurren and Italian Counterculture in the 1970s, with a guided tour by curator Ara H. Merjian. Showing through October 24, the show dives into one of Italy’s most turbulent decades. The exhibition, curated by Merjian and Jacopo Galimberti, traces how Echaurren, defined […]
The Italian Ambassador to the United States, Marco Peronaci, has inaugurated the exhibition “Depero. Graphics: Between Italy and the United States,” dedicated to the Italian Futurist Fortunato Depero. The exhibition will remain on view at the Italian Embassy in Washington until January 30, 2026. Curated by Maurizio Scudiero, director of the Depero Archive, the exhibition […]
On September 6, 2025, Via Bergognone, Milan, hundreds of people lined up from the early hours of the morning to pay their final respects to Giorgio Armani at the funeral chapel set up at the Armani/Teatro, open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and tomorrow. Among the first to arrive were Mayor Beppe Sala, […]