The international photography festival Cortona on the Move kicked off its ten-week celebration on July 16, 2015. Since 2011, the festival has attracted some of the world’s top photographers and transformed the city of Cortona into a photography hub. Last year about 25,000 photographers, emerging talents and photography enthusiasts came to came to see the exhibitions. […]
Photos courtesy of i-Italy.org An innovative husband-wife team invested in a small Sicilian town and transformed it into a European – possibly international – artistic hub. The Farm Cultural Park of Favara was established in 2010 in the province of Agrigento. The town itself is the gallery – its walls are used as large canvasses, and sculptures […]
Specialty Food Association, a not-for-profit organization, chose Italy to be its first partner country and sponsor for their 2015 Summer Fancy Food Show, the biggest specialty food trade event in North America. The weekend long event in New York City, held June 28-30 brings together the best buyers and creators of specialty food and showcased […]
The Archivio Storico Ricordi (www.ricordi.it) and the Italian Academy Foundation, Inc. (www.italianacademyfoundation.org) have signed an accord to provide for a series of cultural initiatives to present the enormous archival treasury of Ricordi, one of the most important musical resources in the world, to new audiences in the United States. The agreement was signed by Pierluigi […]
Photographic/Photogenic: Italy as seen through the eyes of a few of the country’s best photographers. The issue features a stunning album of some of Italy’s most prestigious photographers, as well as some up and coming photographers (in order of appearance in the print edition): Letizia Battaglia, Mimmo Jodice, Franco Fontana, Berengo Gardin, Ferdinando Scianna, Charles H. […]
Kickstarter, the site where entrepreneurs can receive crowdfunding for their startups, announced a European expansion that includes Italy, announced in Barcelona during the city’s annual Sónar+D festival that celebrates creativity, technology and business. The expansion couldn’t have come at a more perfect time, since many Italian innovators have left the country in the past decade because […]
At the 68th annual Cannes International Film Festival, three Italian films made a splash and were closely considered for the Palme d’Or award. Seasoned director, Nanni Moretti (61), debuted his film Mia Madre, starring Italian actress Margherita Buy, as a film director making a movie about a factory protest while coping with her relationship troubles and […]
On June 21, 2015 Gleason’s Gym celebrates the influence boxing has on Italians and Italian-Americans from the 1900s to today. It was in 1937 that Peter Robert Gagliardi decided to open up a boxing gym that would later create history. Because he lived in a predominantly Irish area of New York, Gagliardi changed his […]
Exhibit: Italian Futurism Reception held Friday, June 12, 2015, from 5:30-7:00 p.m Reading Public Museum: Directions Opening Reception for The Secrets of Mona Lisa, Italian Futurism, and Intent to Deceive: Fakes and Forgeries in the Art World will be held on Friday, June 12, 2015. The reception will include light hors d’ oeuvres and refreshments. Exhibit on view Saturday, June […]
Last month Forbes released its list for the 100 most powerful women in the world. Among the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and 2016 American presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, are Italy’s Federica Mogherini, Miuccia Prada and Fabiola Gianotti. Federica Mogherini (41), the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is ranked 36th on the list. The Roman native was […]