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The project Villa Firenze Contemporanea kicks off with an inauguration on Thursday, October 19th, in the presence of select representatives from the American and Italian-American cultural, media, and economic communities. “It is a formidable initiative of cultural diplomacy and growth,” said Italian Ambassador Mariangela Zappia, “bringing a selecti...

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Few people have shaped the streetscape of New York as prominently as the stone-carving Piccirilli brothers, six Italian immigrants who turned out one important public sculpture after another at their studio complex in the Bronx starting in the 1890s.From the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House at Bowling Green to the Bronx Zoo, from the figures of...

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Nineteen looted antiquities, collectively valued at almost $19m, were turned over to Italian authorities by the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in a repatriation ceremony held on 10 October at the Italian consulate in New York. The objects were seized amid multiple ongoing investigations related to the activities of known dealers...

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Rome arrives in Boston with the internationally acclaimed and visually stunning Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition. The museum-style exhibition showcases the awe and wonder of one of the world’s greatest artistic achievements featuring Michelangelo’s 34 renowned frescoes from the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, reproduced in a format that allo...

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“The Grand Italian Vision. The Farnesina Collection” is an enthralling journey through the history of Italian art from the 1900s to the present day, by means of 71 works selected from the extraordinary art collection at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic.  The only public institution in the world t...

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It’s widely understood that art is created in solitude. Emily Dickinson, Paul Cezanne, Frida Kahlo — all of them thrived in isolation, at least in terms of their work. From Oct. 21 to 22, The Marketplace at 9000 Ming Ave. will be filled with thousands of visitors for the 25th Via Arté Italian Street Painting Festival, an annual celebration of art i...

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The second annual Nexxt - Made in Italy Expo will take place Oct. 19-22 at CRAFTED at the Port of Los Angeles (112 East 22nd Street, Los Angeles, CA), featuring over 120 vendors, meticulously curated to offer an authentic and immersive Italian experience. Traveling from various regions across Italy, the vendors will showcase and sell the finest Ita...

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The Italian Renaissance did indeed produce Renaissance men—architect-goldsmiths, sculptor-painters, statesmen-patrons and the like—but they were only part of the story. From the perfecting of perspective in 15th-century Florence to the peninsula-wide triumph of the Baroque two centuries later, women were distinguishing themselves in the arts as eve...

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The Italian Cultural & Community Center of Houston presents The Meaning behind the Masterpieces: Iconography in Italian Art, a three-part art history lecture series. Over three 1 1/2 hout sessions, the class will guide students through the long history of Italian art spanning from Ancient Rome through the twentieth century. By the end of our time t...

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Bella Vita Fest, produced by the ArtWalk San Diego team, has been at the drawing table since 2018. Mark your calendar now and plan to attend October 21st and 22nd, in San Diego's Little Italy. October is Italian Heritage month, and Bella Vita Fest celebrates the tradition of street painting which originated in 16th century Italy with wayfaring arti...

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