Francesco Vanni: Art in Late Renaissance Siena
Francesco Vanni (1563/64–1610) was the most important artist in Siena at the turn of the 17th century and a key figure in Italian Counter-Reformation painting. His works combine dazzling technical virtuosity and brilliant coloring with the naturalistic approach to subject matter more famous in the works of his contemporaries Annibale Carracci and Caravaggio. Vanni created […]
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THE NARRATING SCENE. READINGS FROM ITALIAN STORYTELLING THEATER – OLIVETTI by Laura Curino
To follow lecture by Prof.ssa Roberta Carpani – The passion in a room. OLIVETTI”The first design object that came into my house was a Lettera 32. My first typewriter. The machine, portable, followed me on the train, giving me a job. It was a recognizable tool. It’s beautiful. An industrial product, but beautiful. Olivetti, this […]
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START UP STORIES OF INNOVATORS
A COMPARISON BETWEEN NEW YORK’S AND ITALY’S START UP COMMUNITIES Workshop Maria Teresa Cometto (journalist and author of “Tech and the City”) Riccardo Luna (journalist and author of “Cambiamo tutto” ) Riccardo Viale (moderator, director of the Italian Cultural Institute) Introduction by Riccardo Lattanzi (professor at NYU and co-chairman of the NY Chapter of the […]
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MOVING SOUNDS FESTIVAL: Trapping
This performance TRAPPING is part of the Moving Sounds 2013 festival. The project is based on artist Andrea Bianconi’s book, Romance, and will include a video by Bianconi, members of the FLUSSO Dance project directed by the choreographer Vanessa Tamburi, and a new musical score composed by Sebastien Sanz Santamaria. Romance illustrates a segment of Bianconi’s […]
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THE NARRATING SCENE. READINGS FROM ITALIAN STORYTELLING THEATER – SPARKS by Laura Sicignano
Laura Sicignano – Sparks- Author reading & discussion SPARKS New York, March 25, 1911. 4:40 PM. In less than a quarter of an hour, the workers of the Triangle Waistshirt Company (TWC), a shirt factory, would have finished their shifts and returned to their homes. Nearly 600 people were in the factory at that moment, […]
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Guglielmo Achille Cavellini (1914 – 1990)
Lynch Tham, in collaboration with the Archivio Cavellini, is pleased to present Guglielmo Achille Cavellini, a survey exhibition covering two distinctive bodies of Cavellini’s works beginning 1966, when he started to devote himself entirely towards self-oriented artworks, to late 1970 when he became famous for autobiographical artistic endeavors associated with Autostoricizzazione (self-historicization). On view are […]
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AUDIBLE PRESENCE: LUCIO FONTANA, YVES KLEIN, CY TWOMBLY
Audible Presence explores the relationship between the time-based procedures employed by three of the most influential artists of the 20th century and the auditory experiences ofmusic, sound, and silence. Curated by Dominique Lévy and Associate Director Jennifer G. Buonocore, and organized with support from the Yves Klein Archives, Paris, and the Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milan, […]
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Roberto Bolle and Friends
Roberto Bolle one of the ultimate ambassador of the Italian culture throughout the world, will pay tribute to 2013 – The Year of the Italian Culture by bringing to New York City “Roberto Bolle and Friends Gala”
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PAOLO DESIDERI
Paolo Desideri in conference on architecture at the Italian Cultural Institute.
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MARCELLO LO GIUDICE: PIGMENTI E COLORI
Unix Gallery is pleased to present Marcello Lo Giudice’s first major exhibition in the United States on view at Unix New York, 532 West 24th Street. As an accomplished and well-renowned artist in Europe, he is considered one of the most innovative artists on the new frontier of European Art Informal, a European equivalent to […]
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