The legendary Bel Canto Society (BCS) founded by Stefan Zucker in 1968 to sustain the art of operatic performance and to promote interest in the great traditions of vocal interpretation and style will enter a new phase as it signs a management agreement with the Italian Academy Foundation, Inc., founded 1947 to preserve and advance Italian […]
In Naples, the Duomo Metro station is set to open in July 2021. The new metro is a spectacular design by Architect Massimiliano Fuksas, a Roman architect who designed the Nuvola Congress Centre in Rome. It is set to be a part of Linea 1 in Piazza Amore. Fuksas described the concept as, “an astronaut […]
The world has to say farewell one of the most important art restorers in our modern day. Gianluigi Colaluci passed away at age 92, having lived a long, fruitful, and inspiring life. So inspiring in fact that The Vatican Museums recalled his work as the “Restoration of the Century”. Gianluigi Colalucci directed the restoration of Michaelangelo’s frescoes, Raphael, Raphael, Giotto, Leonardo, Guido Reni, Lorenzo Lotto, Tiziano, Andrea Mantegna, […]
Columbus Citizens Foundation (CCF) has begun accepting applications for the Anthony S. Fauci Scholarship. This new scholarship supports Italian Americans with exceptional academic abilities, who wish to pursue graduate-level studies in medical or public health fields. The Scholarship was announced in 2020 and applications have begun this year (2021). It will be awarded annually, as […]
A long-lost mosaic designed for the Ancient Roman Emperor Caligula, was unveiled in the Museum of Nemi on the 11th of March. It had been previously used as a coffee table in New York City, but recovered and now returned to its place of origin in Italy. The mosaic was crafted in the first century […]
Rome has served as a source of inspiration for many artists, writers, filmmakers and designers for a very long time. On the 11th of March, The Italian Embassy in Washington has organised a virtual tour of Rome from the perspective of Bvlgari and it’s creations. This tour will be held on a Zoom webinar at […]
On the Italian Stage, is a two-part series of lectures hosted by Casa Italiana and led by Laura Caparrotti (Artistic Director, Kairos Italy Theater). The series will explore the history of Italian Theater and it’s contribution to Italian society and the world theatre at large. The first class is about what Political Theatre is and […]
On 23 February, ISO (Italian Studies at the University of Oxford) hosted an online book launch for Italiani che lasciano l’Italia/ Italians Leaving Italy by Marco Alberio and Fabio Berti. The event was held on Tuesday Feb. 23 12:15-1:30pm. The book is about the current and ongoing emigration of young Italians into the rest of […]
Lot 448, is a new documentary premiering at this year’s virtual Tribeca Film Festival sponsored by Bulgari. Named by the festival sponsor as a Female Trailblazer, the film’s creator, Lynda Albertson, is a forensic scientist and CEO of the Association for Research into Crimes Against Art (ARCA). Her forensic work provides evidence on whether an […]
In New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art received a pleasantly surprising donation of Orsola Maddalena Caccia’s (1596-1676) rare and exquisite mannerist work. Caccia was a nun who did her religious work in Moncalvo, Italy. Her work was gifted to the Met after Errol M. Rudman’s death, who owned the pieces. […]