Arturo DiModica and His Charging Bull
By Giovanni di Napoli Since beginning this exercise in ethnic self-awareness I've intermittently written about New York City's public monuments by Sicilian Americans, specifically the works of Anthony de Francisci and Pietro Montana. However, no discussion of Sicilian-American sculptors would be complete without mentioning Arturo...
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum to Host NOT IN A TUSCAN VILLAGE Speaker, 9/13
On Saturday, September 13 at 2 pm, the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum will present a very special guest speaker. Nancy Petralia, along with her husband John, is author of "Not in a Tuscan Villa," which is currently a bestseller in the travel book section on Amazon.com. The book tells the real-life story of this middle-aged American couple who wen...
Young Italians and the arts: a talk with curator Massimiliano Gioni
by Silvia Simonetti Artistic director of the New Museum in New York since 2007 and of the Nicola Trussardi Foundation in Milan since 2003, among other professional experiences and projects, Massimiliano Gioni was the youngest curator ever of the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013. Living between the U.S. and Italy - where he was born in...
Joe Manfredi remembered at New Dorp Beach ceremony
By Virginia N. Sherry In an emotional ceremony, Corrado "Joe" Manfredi, the Manfredi Auto Group owner who died in March, was remembered on Ebbitts Street in New Dorp Beach, with friends delivering tributes in both Italian and English. Speakers included long-time friends like Mike Pesce, who recalled the days when he and Manfredi, who was born...
The Light of Southern Italy- Exhibition Opening
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to invite you to the opening of the exhibition: THE LIGHT OF SOUTHERN ITALY. Paintings from the 19th-Century Neapolitan School Wednesday, October, 7 2015 - 6PM Italian Cultural Institute - 686 Park Avenue - New York by RSVP only. Cocktail Attire Required T...
Paolo Ventura: Selected Works at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, New York
Paolo Ventura's luminous and haunting photographs function as architectural relics of the imagination, portraying characters and scenarios that are magical, poignant and strangely familiar. We wonder where we saw these people before. Was it in a work of art or in a dream, or are they some part of our own identity that we suppressed in order to meet...
Lo Studio dei Nipoti: Four Artists
The Calandra Institute presents an exhibition by Lo Studio dei Nipoti ("The Studio of the Grandchildren"), a nonprofit artist collective for U.S. artists of southern Italian ancestry. The works featured here, by artists Nancy Agati, Cianne Fragione, Rose Michelle Taverniti, and Marisa Tesauro, represent an effort to engage with immigrant culture in...
Inaugura il CIMA e riporta lo sfortunato Depero a New York
By Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi Il Center for Italian Modern Art apre al pubblico il 22 febbraio con una mostra dedicata al pittore, scultore e pubblicitario italiano Fortunato Depero, che ha vissuto a New York durante gli anni Venti. L'esposizione dell'artista futurista esprime l'obiettivo con cui il centro si inserisce nel panorama newyorche...
Brooklyn Italians. Dinner dance in programma sabato 29 marzo
Quando nel gennaio del 2013, Jerry Valerio lasciò la presidenza dei Brooklyn Italians dopo 24 anni, il board gli promise che alcune delle tradizioni della società sarebbero state mantenute. Una di queste è il gala annuale, giunto alla 39ª edizione. Gli Italians da decenni costituiscono una delle più attive e solide società newyorkesi. Oggi, che ch...
'Cake Boss' and friends rescued from boat stranded in thick fog
Buddy "Cake Boss" Valastro's gastronomical gifts were of little help when his 32-foot Boston Whaler got lost in heavy fog in New York Harbor. "People were scared," Valastro told CNN of the harrowing journey Friday night with his wife, another couple and nine young children. "I didn't know which way to look -- left, right. I couldn't even see in fr...
Lucilla Galeazzi at Carnegie Hall
Take a journey to the rural south of Italy with acclaimed vocal artist Lucilla Galeazzi. Galeazzi transports you through the hills of her native Umbria and then down to legendary Calabria and Puglia with her adaptations of traditional Italian folk songs. These ancient melodies, witness to the rich culture of Italy's storied past, are made...
Fiorello La Guardia, il sindaco di New York che prendeva in giro Hitler e Mussolini
di Giuseppe Barcellona Il segretario di Stato Cordell Hull, che non poteva sentirne pronunciare neanche il nome, si sarebbe ricreduto negli anni a venire. Nei primi anni Trenta del secolo passato Fiorello La Guardia, detto "The little Flore" fu eletto sindaco della Grande Mela in un'America isolazionista, legata alla Germania dal "Trattato...