Magazzino Italian Art is currently hosting its fifth annual spring lecture series which aims to showcase new perspectives on postwar Italian art by bringing together some of the leading scholars of Arte Povera. This year’s lecture series, titled “Arte Povera: Artistic Tradition and Transatlantic Dialogue,” is curated by Dr. Roberta Minnucci, Magazzino’s 2022-23 Scholar-in-Residence, and […]
The NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò presents Made in Italy | Sold in America: Fashion in Attenzione Magazine, 1979-1987. This retrospective exhibition showcases Attenzione, an Italian lifestyle magazine that was targeted toward Italophiles and published in the US during the early 1980s and the heyday of the “New Wave Era”. The post-facto exhibition is featured […]
A unique exhibition displays photographs of women taken over 4 generations of Italian photographers. The exhibition is called “A Century of Women: Tommasoli’s photographs 1906-2022” and will be opening on International Women’s Day (March 8, 2023) at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in New York and will run until May 15, 2023. On display will […]
Every six months, the Fiera del Coterie showcases companies from all over the world and is one of the most important international events in fashion. From February 20-23, the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) sponsored many Italian brands in women’s clothing and accessories at the exhibition held in New York. The ITA’s involvement in Coterie demonstrates […]
The Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò presented Furiosus, a two-act opera inspired by Ludovico Ariosto’s epic poem Orlando Furioso, at the Kaufman Center. The Casa Italiana’s director, Stefano Albertini, expressed great pleasure in presenting this performance in the form of an opera concert and stressed the Casa’s keen interest in bringing opera closer to young audiences. The […]
The renowned English-Italian conductor and pianist, Sir Antonio Pappano, is set to conduct the orchestra in Westminster Abbey in London for King Charles III’s Coronation on May 6. At the Coronation of Camilla, Queen Consort, and King Charles, the orchestra performs 12 newly-commissioned compositions by numerous prominent composers from across the UK and the Commonwealth, […]
Giulio Picolli, a successful entrepreneur with well-acknowledged outstanding expertise, was recently given the honor of Commendatore OMRI (Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana) at the Italian Consulate in New York. Giulio Picolli is praised for his contributions to preserving the ties between Italy and New Jersey’s Italian-American community. Giulio Picolli received the honor of Knight […]
In collaboration with Cinecittà, Rome, Museum of Modern Art in New York celebrates Italian actress and women’s rights activist Claudia Cardinale’s nearly 70-year career with a retrospective featuring 23 films, 17 of which have been restored. Cinecittà Electa publishes a 200-page illustrated book dedicated to the actress, edited by the actress’ daughter Claudia Squittieri, in […]
Enrico Fagone, the young Italian maestro, was nominated for “Best Classical Compendium” as conductor for the extraordinary album Aspire, which features compositions by Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla, and unreleased pieces by Jofre. Fagone became the only Italian artist to attend the Grammy Awards together with Måneskin. The conductor attended the ceremony in Los Angeles on February 5, […]
The years of effort paid off, and the first Italian English digital daily newspaper in the US that was started from scratch is now widely regarded as a point of reference. The newspaper was sparked by the great “glocal” potential presented by the internet and achieved its goal, with relatively few resources, as a publication […]