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Opening March 2. California Science Center. 700 Exposition Park Drive Los Angeles, CA. Learn more and tickets here. Explore the engineering marvels and artistry of one of history's greatest minds and inventors, Leonardo da Vinci. The companion IMAX movie Cities of the Future 3D showcases the exciting innovations engineers are working on today—from...

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Whether they know of his name or not, many Pitt students are familiar with the work of the late artist Virgil Cantini. His art adorns many buildings around campus, ranging from the sculpture in front of Lawrence Hall to the murals in Posvar Hall and the Chevron Science Center.  Cantini was even behind the hanging metal sculpture in Posvar, “Skyscap...

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The Palazzo Doria Pamphilj is a Baroque-style art gallery that traces its architectural roots to the early 15th century. Towering on Via del Corso in the heart of Rome, the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj is a gallery that flaunts the best art history from the Pamphilj family’s private collection. But the palazzo’s history runs deeper than hosting art displ...

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The return by the United States of the statue of the 'Doriphorus of Stabia' has become a court case. Smuggled clandestinely, the finest copy of the original by Polyclitus, it is on display at a Minneapolis museum. A lengthy court case ordered its international rogatory, but U.S. authorities to date have done nothing. The statue remains there and no...

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The OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Cultural Center, the Permanent Observer Mission of Italy to the Organization of American States, and the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington announce Across the Great Atlantic: Art of the Italian Diaspora in the Americas of the 20th Century. This exhibition fea...

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Michelangelo’s David is recognised as one of the most sublime works in the history of sculpture, but according to the director of Florence’s Accademia Gallery, dusting it is much like cleaning a bathroom. “You know when you clean a bathroom, you clean and clean and think you’ve done a great job but then you spot some dust and wonder ‘where did that...

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On view through April 6, 2024, Upper East Side gallery Michael Werner is presenting a solo exhibition of work by seminal Italian artist Piero Manzoni. A pioneering figure in the birth and trajectory of both performance and conceptual art, Manzoni is considered one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Included in the show are some of...

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The Borghese Gallery in Rome is perhaps the most fascinating museum in Italy. It is housed in a villa built in the 1600s, the interior stuccoes of which make for the ideal setting of such an exceptional collection of world-famous masterpieces.  Along with bas-reliefs and ancient mosaics of astounding quality, the Gallery – commissioned by Cardinal...

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The Center for Italian Modern Art announces its new exhibition, NANNI BALESTRINI: ART AS POLITICAL ACTION. ONE THOUSAND AND ONE VOICES, curated by Marco Scotini, opening February 22nd. This is the first retrospective exhibition in the US of Nanni Balestrini (1935-2019), an Italian experimental visual artist, poet, and novelist known for his revolut...

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Trash to Beauty: A Case Study of how Peccioli, a small Tuscan hillside town, turned a landfill into an engine of social, economic, ecological, political and cultural change. Curated by Brett Littman. Exhibition opening February 19, 2024 | 6PM. On view from February 19 to May 3, 2024. Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Avenue, NY, from 10AM to 4PM...

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