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I don’t know if it was ever officially considered a Little Italy. But in the 1930s and 1940s, East 29th Street between Second and Third Avenues was an Italian food store stronghold. V. DiPollito’s meat market; Peter Rossi’s salami, olive oil, and baccala; a fruits and vegetables grocery; and a delicatessen/bakery are just some of the ground floor t...

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The Ministry of Culture of the Italian Republic and Emory University consolidate the 2023 cultural cooperation agreement by announcing today the transfer of an Etruscan Bucchero jug, a Greek black slipware fish-plate and five fragments of a Laconian Cup. The objects will remain in Atlanta on loan to the Emory’s Michael C. Carlos Museum. In November...

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Acquiring original Roman classical marbles is no simple feat. Between stringent international regulations and the rarity of finding one on the market—most of the best-preserved examples long since claimed by museums—these ancient treasures are elusive. Yet, against the odds, the Halsted A&A Foundation has managed to secure an extraordinary piece: a...

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The Delray Beach Downtown Development Authority (DDA) announced the opening of the Cornell Art Museum’s upcoming exhibition “ICONS of ART Italian Mosaic Portraits” on February 15, 2025. The new exhibition showcases 30 original, one-of-a-kind hand crafted mosaic portraits of famous personalities, representing a variety of cultural fields. Featured a...

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The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California, Davis, unveils the first U.S. presentation of Italy’s renowned Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection, and the first solo museum exhibition of artist Ruby Neri, on Jan. 26.  Through Their Eyes: Selections from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection focuses on internati...

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Italy’s financial capital Milan is shaping up to be the latest European art hotspot, as galleries join a wave of super wealthy individuals drawn there by an increasingly attractive tax regime. Entering the fray is the international gallery Thaddaeus Ropac, which represents artists such as Antony Gormley and Anselm Kiefer. It opens its seventh perma...

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Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 7 pm. 79 Howard Ave, Staten Island, NY. Free for members, $10 donation non-members. Michelangelo Buonarroti, one of the greatest artists in history, prolific in the art of painting, of sculpture, of architecture and in poetry, is a true symbol of Renaissance man. Deeply religious, he created unrivaled intersection of spiritua...

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Jago, an Italian sculptor whose real name is Jacopo Cardillo, has quickly become a prominent figure in the contemporary art world. His unique approach to sculpture and his introspective philosophy have established him as an artist who bridges the traditional and modern, offering new interpretations of classical art forms while addressing current cu...

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On the occasion of the Jubilee 2025, Preply’s team of cultural learning experts carried out a study to identify Italy’s most beautiful churches, based on the opinions of visitors of 200 churches throughout Italy. The result is a selection of the 30 most fascinating churches, which are not only striking for their beauty, but also for leaving a profo...

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For centuries, the Italian painter Cimabue has been overshadowed by his more famous pupil Giotto, who is widely credited with ushering in the Renaissance. But a restoration project undertaken by the Musée du Louvre in Paris on Cimabue’s La Maestà (around 1280) is challenging these long-held assumptions, revealing how many critical innovations were...

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