Arts - 14 Febbraio Museums in Rome Finally Reopen: “In the Eyes of the Beholders” at Palazzo Barberini The aim of the exhibition, made clear in an entryway introductory section, “The Audience’s Expectation”, is for the visitor to participate in the painting; metaphorically-speaking to enter its canvas, to be part of the action, not just an observer. This point is made clear immediately by two antique mirrors at the entrance where the visitor is both the observer and the observed....
Arts - 5 Febbraio After Celebrating Food in Famous Paintings, the Uffizi Galleries Turned to Married Love The Uffizi’s celebration started on January 29, when the Museums posted “The Doni Spouses,” narrated by the retired head art historian at the Uffizi, Marzia Faietti, on Facebook. As for Massari’s three-part sweet, “crema di bianca mangiare”, it’s a work of art in itself. Only an expert pastry chef like Massari could possibly skillfully combine the long list of ingredients and make it look like art as well…
Arts - 18 Gennaio St. Francis and Giotto: The Saint and the Artist Started the Ecological Movement Giotto revolutionized art by taking Byzantine iconography and humanizing it. St. Francis’ affinity for the environment influenced the artist Giotto (ca. 1270–1337), who revolutionized art history by taking Byzantine iconography and humanizing it. Giotto’s technique of integrating sacred images into the Earthly landscape was the most powerful form of popularizing religious ideas as illiteracy was widespread and the visual image spoke to the average person.
Arts - 18 Novembre 2020 Projected onto the NY Italian Consulate’s Walls, the “Unrelenting” Force of Nature The NYC Mayor’s Office for International Affairs, Consulate General of Italy in New York, and Magazzino Italian Art presented an outdoor screening of Francesco Simeti’s video work Unrelenting (2020) on November 17, 2020, from 5 to 7 PM. The artwork was projected in largescale on the exterior of the Consulate building, visible on the southwest corner […]
Arte e Design - 17 Novembre 2020 Sul Consolato d’Italia a New York, scorre la forza della natura di “Unrelenting” Martedì sera Park Avenue si è illuminata d’arte: al Consolato Generale d’Italia a New York, in collaborazione con Magazzino Italian Art, e grazie al partenariato della Città di New York, è stato proiettato per la prima volta il video Unrelenting (2020) dell’artista italiano, residente a Brooklyn, Francesco Simeti. L’opera video è stata proiettata sulla facciata […]
Arts - 13 Gennaio 2020 “After Caravaggio: 17th-Century Neapolitan Art on Show in Prato”, till April 13 On May 29th, 1606 during a brawl in Piazza Navona, Caravaggio (1571-1610) murdered the pimp from Terni, Ranuccio Tomassoni, who had VIP clients: nobles, notaries, cardinals. The painter was sentenced to death. To avoid papal justice, this hot-headed and often violent master of chiaroscuro escaped to Naples, which was outside the jurisdiction of Rome’s authority […]
Arts - 25 Ottobre 2019 Spunky Boston Indie I AM Books Kicks off Two-Day Festival of Italian Culture After a successful debut last year, the IDEA Boston festival is returning packed with an expanded lineup of more than 25 panels, 60 guest speakers from academia to award-winning authors, poets, artists, social and political analysts, actors, musicians, a photo exhibit (open to the public) and a gala to wrap up the two days of intellectual stimulation and live entertainment. While focusing on things Italian, all sessions are held in English for greater accessibility.
Arts - 25 Marzo 2019 Verrocchio, the Sculptor, the Painter and the Master of Leonardo In spite of Vasari’s admiration and Verrocchio’s importance as a teacher, up-to-now there has never been an exhibition devoted to him. The event in the Palazzo Strozzi and the Museo Bargello aims to bring valuable insight into the early influence of Florence and of Verrocchio and his workshop on Leonardo’s oeuvre (seven on display here). The National Gallery in Washington D.C. will host a smaller, especially curated version, of the show from 29 September 2019 to 2 February 2020.
Arts - 17 Settembre 2018 Pontormo’s Masterpieces at the Morgan Library & Museum In addition to his famous Visitation, exhibition highlights include the Portrait of a Young Man in a Red Cap and the Portrait (c.1530) of a Halberdier (only at the Getty) for, besides his religious subjects, Pontormo was a much-admired portraitist (only 15 survive today, 13 being in Italy).
Arts - 3 Febbraio 2018 “Voglia d’Italia”: Collecting Italian Art (1870-1935) One half of the exhibition concerns how foreigners, particularly the English and Americans, collected Italian art in the late 19th – early 20th century; the other is a display of highlights from the extensive polymathic art collection of American diplomat George Washington Wurts (1843-1928) and his millionaire second wife Henrietta Tower (1856-1933).