Teatro delle Albe is an avant-garde Italian theater company based in Ravenna, Italy. Founded in 1983, the company specializes in innovative and thought provoking plays. Their unique outlook on the art of performance has brought them global acclaim, and the company has won several prizes at international festivals as well as fourteen Ubu Prizes (the Italian […]
Appearing for the first time in the United States, seven reliefs by the great Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova are on exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Renowned for his sensual, marble depictions of mythological figures, Canova made these currently featured Biblical scenes for the Tempio Canoviano in his hometown Possagno. The full-scale reliefs […]
Futurism: Concepts and Imaginings is opening January 10, 2014 at the Boca Museum of Art, Florida. The exhibition features seven Italian artists from the first (1908-1919) and second (1920s-1930s) waves of Futurism, a dynamic movement that glorified the energy and speed of modern life. These artists genuinely believed in modern marvels like locomotives, automobiles, and […]
The Italian Academy Foundation, Inc. (IAF) has produced a new CD entitled Romanze, the songs by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916), performed by baritone Lawrence Harris, accompanied by pianist Renee Guerrero. The CD which includes 14 songs by the great Abruzzese master, born in Ortona al Mare in April 6, 1846, represents selections from his work […]
Photographs by Suzanne Preparata The new book Romane: 40 ritratti di donne contemporeanee (2013, Palombi & Partner, Musa Communicazione) was presented at the Maxxi Museum in Rome on Wednesday, September 30th. Featuring the profiles of 40 women of Rome whose cultural and societal contributions have notably impacted their home city, the book is prefaced by archeologist Valerio […]
This year’s BFI London Film Festival had many amazing films on offer, and a lot of highlights (including Walesa, Man of hope, The Double, Manuscripts Don’t Burn and 20 Feet From Stardom). The BFI London Film Festival (also known as just the London Film Festival) is the UK’s largest public film event, screening more than 300 […]
Photos by Vito Catalano. The Italian Academy Foundation presented the most unique concert held in the Tri State area to commemorate Verdi’s 200th Birthday, which welcomed six hundred people to Carnegie Hall in New York for an all-instrumental tribute to Verdi on the very day, October 10th, of his birthday. Ambassadors, consuls, dignitaries, leaders of […]
A CONCERT October 10, 2013 8:00 p.m. Carnegie Hall Zankel Auditorium Presented by Vento And Associates Milan under the patronage of The Consulate General Of Italy In New York The Italian Academy Foundation, Inc. Founded 1947 ENI Italia The Claire Friedlander Family Foundation New York Eccola Foundation, New York Compagnia per la Musica, Roma [divider […]
By Barbara Zorzoli Columnist: Fashion for the Italian Journal At Cannes Film Festival, there are many very different publics all living cheek by jowl. There are the film crews with their attendant creators, stars, and technicians; there is the global jamboree of journalist, critics, and festival directors; there are the professionals who come together once […]
From i-Italy: La Scuola d’Italia Guglielmo Marconi’s 2013 Gala Dinner washeld at Cipriani Restaurant in Midtown Manhattan. Prestigious guests, fine food, excellent wines, and a live performance by the students of the Liceo will make of the evening a memorable one. The Gala, that has become a traditional appointment for the Scuola’s friends and supporters, […]