The 2023 Frieze art fair featured a powerful display from The Baxter St. Camera Club of New York. The club is known for uplifting artists inspired by global conversations on culture, human rights, and racial equality. Artist and filmmaker Simon Benjamin exhibited “sub—marine,” in which he explored the Caribbean’s collective histories featuring mixed media […]
The International Art Nouveau Week, a global event dedicated to promoting and preserving Art Nouveau works, launched across Europe this week. Art Nouveau was a compelling and energetic art style from the early 1890s to the First World War. These artists, inspired by plant forms and nature, took organic subjects and flattened and abstracted them […]
A documentary about the life and literary legacy of renowned Italian writer Umberto Eco has made its way to American theaters. The Cinema Guild celebrates this positive showing for a foreign language documentary at the Film Forum in New York. Umberto Eco – The Library of the World guides viewers through Eco’s grand library, a […]
Bulgari Hotel Roma is the newest addition to Bulgari Hotels & Resorts. This exquisite hotel is the second in Italy and the ninth in the global collection, situated near the renowned Bulgari Boutique and headquarters on Via Condotti. It is located the Piazza Imperatorethe site of the monumental tomb of Augustus. Designed by Antonio Citterio […]
On June 16, 2023, the Arena di Verona opened the 100th anniversary of its annual opera festival with a modern rendition of G. Verdi’s Aida. Directed by Stefano Poda, the production seamlessly blended the striking beauty of the Roman amphitheater with multimedia installations. The stage featured a metal hand emerging from the center, surrounded by […]
New York collectors Roberta Olson and Alexander Johnson donated and sold their private collection of 19th-century Italian artworks to The Yale University Art Gallery in an exciting acquisition. The collection is 1200 drawings, 75 sculptures, and 100 paintings of the 1800’s. Together, these works illustrate and define the multiple artistic trends at play in the […]
Starting July 1st, Agora Gallery in New York City presents “Mirrors, a Story of 7 Portraits” by the Italian artist Giovanni B. Tresso. However, Giovanni doesn’t describe himself as an artist but rather “A thief. A thief of moments.” This quote speaks to his process, which includes a mix of photography and painting. First, he […]
On June 1, 2023, the artist Euro Rotelli presented his book “New York, Paul Auster and Me”. Tuscan-born, Rotelli spent three years in New York documenting his observations. His photos detail a story of solitude through contemporary life in New York, inspired by the works of the existential writer Paul Auster. The literary exploration evoked […]
Artevento Cervia is the first event to view the kite as visual and performance art, blurring the lines between contemporary expression, theater, dance, circus, and puppetry. The festival takes place from April 21st to May 1st, 2023, on Cervia’s Pinarella Beach (Italy). This year, 250 designers and pilots join over 2000 enthusiasts for the 43rd edition of […]
This year, the In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY celebrates its 10th anniversary, with Kairos Italy Theater along with the Italy-based KIT Italia and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU. In Scena! is a festival of Italian theater that participates in all five boroughs of NYC, May 1-16, 2023. This year, the festival also returns to […]