Piero della Francesca’s Devotional Paintings Featured in New Exhibition Opening at the Metropolitan Museum on January 14
Through a special collaboration with the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, and the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will host a focused presentation on the devotional paintings of Piero della Francesca, addressing Piero's work for private devotion for the first time. The four works on view have never b...
Arte: 'Salutando' da Modena a New York
La foto di Anton Giulio Bragaglia 'Salutando' (fotodinamica, 1911), che fa parte della raccolta di fotografia della Galleria civica di Modena, sarà esposta dal 21 febbraio al Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum di New York nell'ambito della mostra 'Italian Futurism, 1909-1944: Reconstructing the Universe'. L'opera rientra nel fondo Franco Fontana...
Italian-American Society offers $1,000 scholarship
The Quad-City Italian-American Society will award a $1,000 scholarship to a high school senior who is enrolled in a college or university in the fall after graduation. High school seniors with at least one Italian ancestor are eligible to apply, according to a news release. The winner will be selected based on grade point average and two r...
In Los Angeles: Luisa Del Giudice on Mountains of Cheese, Rivers of Wine
On Tuesday, February 18, the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Italian Academy of Cuisine - Los Angeles chapter presents Mountains of Cheese, Rivers of Wine: Paesi di Cuccagna, Gastronomic Utopias and Food Justice. This illustrated lecture by Luisa Del Giudice examines the mythic Paese di Cuccagna, known variously as Coc...
Denison Yacht Sales will sell Italian builder’s line
Italian builder Otam announced that Florida-based Denison Yacht Sales will represent the yacht line in the United States. "We are honored to represent the Otam brand here in the U.S. and we are sure that we will have a successful future together," Denison CEO Bob Denison said in a statement at the recent Miami International Boat Show. "Wit...
Seminar for Teachers at the Consulate March 19th
The Consul General has the honor and pleasure to invite the Teachers of Italian in the Greater Philadelphia area to attend a workshop at the Consulate General of Italy, located at 150 S. Independence Mall West, Suite 106 on Wednesday March 19th at 3:00 PM. Letter to Teachers Source: http://www.consfiladelfia.esteri.it/ ...
Mionetto USA launches its luxury collection
March 24, 2014: Mionetto USA has officially launched its revamped Luxury Collection of sparkling wines, news of which SND first reported March 4. Mionetto's new Luxury Collection—now available nationwide—includes Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG, Cuvée Sergio 1887 and Cuvée Sergio 1887 Rosé, all retailing around $19 a bottle. A fourth...
Houston developer to build Italian-style hotel in hills of Westlake
A prominent Houston developer will build an Italian-inspired luxury hotel on a high bluff overlooking Austin and the Hill Country, alongside a new office building project. Giorgio Borlenghi, founder of Interfin Cos. LP and a native of Milan, Italy, will build the Hotel Granduca northwest of the corner of Capital of Texas Highway and Bee Cave Road....
Italian wine: Verbicaro
WTI Magazine #27 2014 Apr, 25Author : Vino OK Translation by: The wine area that involves the production of Verbicaro DOC is located on the western edge of the National Park of Pollino (a national park in Basilicata and Calabria), partly hilly sloping down towards the coast and partly flat.
PAMLA 2014: "The New Italians: Migrant Stories in Literature and Film-- deadline is May 15!
Dear Colleagues,The deadline for submitting your paper proposal is approaching! Please consider and feel free to disseminate the following Call for Papers for the upcoming PAMLA Conference (Riverside, Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2014). The deadline is May 15. Please go to http://www.pamla.org/2014/topic-areas for instructions on how to submit you...
Le Ceramics of Italy chiudono in bellezza la fiera al Javits Center, si portano a casa premi e contratti
by Riccardo Chioni Alla International Contemporary Furniture Fair che chiude oggi al Javits Center le 23 aziende italiane presenti, oltre a incassare un successo insperato, come collettiva di Ceramics of Italy portano a casa l'ambito "Editors Award" per l'originalità dei materiali assegnato dalla rivista specializzata "Metropolis". Il padiglione...
Italian art: Villa Torlonia
WTI Magazine #33 2014 June, 4Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: Villa Torlonia in Rome is one of the most interesting parks in the capital. The garden extends behind the right side of Via Nomentana and belonged to one of the most important families of the eighteenth and nineteenth-century Roman landscape.