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Rome Historical Society, 200 Church St., will present Henry DiSpirito: Stonemason to Sculptor, a virtual program at facebook.com/romehistorical, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 16. Ashley Hopkins-Benton will discuss the life, art and experiences of DiSpirito in Utica. Henry DiSpirito (1898-1995) was an Italian immigrant who came to Utica in 1921 from Cas...

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Fendi isn’t just serving up coffee at its new pop-up cafe: It’s also serving a bright jolt of energy. The Italian fashion house’s latest installation of Fendi Caffe recently opened across the street from its boutique in Miami’s Design District. The space will be in residence at OTL Restaurant through July 5. But its bold design will likely live on...

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More than a hundred years ago, a Sardinian-born Italian army veteran named Renzo Frau took a liking to some furniture he had seen in England, and he had an idea: Why not remake it for the Italian market? Under Frau’s guidance, the chesterfield sofa’s brass studs, typical of British construction at the time, were replaced by gentle leather folds. Ev...

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Antique ivory and tortoiseshell coin cabinets, huge neoclassical mirrors and nineteenth-century vases from the Trapani tradition, Liberty pieces, trumeau, baccarat crystals, cavet de liqueur, English cabinets and jewels. Then he, the design.  This is Mercanteinfiera à la carte, the appointment of Fiere di Parma first announced, then postponed, susp...

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Rebecca Dayan, who plays Elsa Peretti in the new Halston docuseries, recently said that the free-spirited design legend “deserves her own show.” She’s not the only one to think that, judging by our social media feeds, yet there’s little precedent for such a project. The majority of recent fashion documentaries have been focused on male designers, m...

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The Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti (1891-1979) is best known for his streamlined skyscraper the Pirelli Tower in Milan, Superleggera chairs and the Gran Madre di Dio cathedral in Taranto. But he also designed toilets, knives and forks; fitted out cruise liners and hotels; and co-founded architecture and design magazines. A new book titled...

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There has been some impressive architecture in Rome in the last couple of decades. With so much else to see, contemporary buildings in Rome are often overlooked.  But a number of impressive new structures by world-known architects have been inaugurated in various parts of the city in the last three decades. All of them have caused controversy both...

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Pedini Miami, a leader in luxury home interiors, is excited to announce the opening of a new showroom in 2022. The new store is located in Ft. Lauderdale and will officially mark the franchise's long-awaited expansion into the Broward market. The new Ft. Lauderdale showroom is being modeled after the success of the company's popular Coral Gables lo...

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Concealed beneath the famous High Line in the heart of the Chelsea district on the west side of Manhattan, Lamborghini recently opened a newly minted private space and NYC flagship, the Lamborghini Lounge New York City.  The gallery style lounge boasting more than 500 square meters of floor space on two floors contains a variety of private rooms fo...

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About 50 Italian classic cars, including Alfa Romeo’s, will converge on Angelina’s in Tottenville on Thursday, May 13. The free event is open to the public and serves as a welcome stop to the North American Alfa Romeo national ambassador Ofer Kedem.  Kedem will be driving his Alfa Giulia across the United States on a national tour, stopping to spea...

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