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  • Facts & Stories

    The Italian Cultural Institute of New York finally Gets a New Director

    R. C.(March 31, 2015)
    Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paolo Gentiloni, has just appointed the new directors of three major Italian Cultural Institutes: in London, Moscow, and New York. The director’s office at 686 Park Avenue will now be occupied by Giorgio Van Straten, award-winning author and manager of arts associations of the caliber of the Venice Biennale and of Agis (the Italian association for the performing arts), among others.
  • Facts & Stories

    The Italian Cultural Institute of New York finally Gets a New Director

    R. C.(March 31, 2015)
    Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paolo Gentiloni, has just appointed the new directors of three major Italian Cultural Institutes: in London, Moscow, and New York. The director’s office at 686 Park Avenue will now be occupied by Giorgio Van Straten, award-winning author and manager of arts associations of the caliber of the Venice Biennale and of Agis (the Italian association for the performing arts), among others.
  • Art & Culture

    Back to the '80s : From Arte Povera to the Rediscovery of Nuovi Nuovi

    M. T.(February 05, 2015)
    Ierimonti Gallery opens its new location in New York presenting an overview of the extensive and prolific Italian art panorama of the 1970s and the 1980s. Luciano Bartolini, Bruno Benuzzi, Alighiero Boetti, Pierpaolo Calzolari, Enzo Cucchi, Nicola De Maria, Antonio Michelangelo Faggiano, Jannis Kounellis and much more.
  • Art & Culture

    Medardo Rosso, A Retrospective

    Mila Tenaglia(November 06, 2014)
    After the first big exhibit at CIMA headlined by Fortunato Depero, the Center for Italian Modern Art is opening the doors to its enchanting SoHo loft for its second annual installation, a major retrospective of Medardo Rosso that showcases not only sculpture but also photography and abstract drawings by one of Italy’s major sculptors.
  • Facts & Stories

    If George Clooney Says It….

    Giulia Madron(February 20, 2014)
    George Clooney is lobbying for the return of the Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa back to Italy. Inspired by his new WWII drama, “The Monuments Men,” Hollywood actor and director reopens the debate on the rightful ownership of some of the world's most famous cultural treasures
  • Art & Culture

    On the Path of Abstract Realism

    Pietro Luciano Belcastro(October 08, 2013)
    A student of Gastone Biggi, Giorgio Kiaris continues his master’s manifesto, experimenting with the synthesis of abstract and figurative painting, through swirling weaves of marks and colors. The paintings of Giorgio Kiaris will be exhibited for the first time in New York at the S. Artspace Gallery, 345 Broome Street. The exhibit, titled "Cromografie" will be open to the public from 9 October 2013 to 31 October 2013, from 6PM to 8PM.
  • Art & Culture

    Beyond Fascism: Italian Art in the Thirties Soon on Display in Florence

    Francesca Giuliani(August 08, 2012)
    A vital time of experimentation, the Thirties were a prelude to the modern era, with a syncretism of styles and the emergence of design and mass communication. The influence of the regime and the tensions between tradition and modernity will be the focus of the exhibition “The Thirties. The Arts in Italy Beyond Fascism,” that will take place at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence from September 22 to January 27.
  • Life & People

    Princess Giulia Ghirardi Borghese Appointed Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

    Francesca Giuliani(May 18, 2012)
    In a ceremony held at the Consulate General of Italy to New York on May 15, Ambassador of Italy Claudio Bisogniero awarded Princess Giulia Ghirardi Borghese with the rank of Knight on behalf of President Giorgio Napolitano. An active promoter of Italian arts and Culture, Borghese received this appointment for the exhibition "Paintings from the Accademia Carrara," held at the Italian Embassy to the US in Washington, DC.

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