The College of Architecture and Planning hosts a variety of exhibitions each year, providing opportunities to showcase student work, faculty research, and the work of prominent architects, educators, and historians. CAP hosts exhibitions that illuminate architectural histories, explore emerging practices, and supplement classroom curriculum, thereb...
READ MOREFrom June 18 to 30, Arvedo Arvedi will return to Chicago for his solo exhibition “LINGUAGGI DIVERSI – Antiche Memorie” (Different Languages – Ancient Memories), hosted by the Mooney Foundation. This is a return to his artistic roots in a city he calls “my artistic home,” where, thirty years ago, he began his international career alongside John Davi...
READ MOREStarting in 2026, Italy will evaluate cultural heritage assets under ministerial restrictions based on their actual value of use, thanks to a reform that will change the accounting treatment of artistic and cultural assets. In practice, the idea is to consider beauty as a tool for sustainable growth and improving quality of life. Italy holds about...
READ MOREFrom March 21 2025, 14:30 To May 22 2025, 15:30 (Local time). By Appointment only. Embassy of Italy - 3000 Whitehaven Street NW - Washington, DC. The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington in collaboration with the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, at The George Washington University, presents “Piranesi’s Rome: Views of the Eternal City“, an exhibiti...
READ MOREThe 20th Annual Federculture Report offers a detailed update on the state of culture in Italy. The report, which annually analyzes consumption, funding, employment, and tourism in the cultural sector, reveals that the industry is in a phase of consolidation following the post-COVID challenges. Italian culture began its recovery in 2023, after the s...
READ MOREIn the distinguished library of the Tennis & Racquet Club in Manhattan, the Foundation for Italian Art and Culture (FIAC), a New York-based nonprofit promoting Italian culture in the United States for over two decades, celebrated the 2024 FIAC Excellency Award recipients. Over a seated dinner, generously supported by the Alexander Bodini Charitable...
READ MOREThe Palazzo Te Foundation is preparing to celebrate the 500th anniversary of a place of wonder, born from the genius of Giulio Romano and the rise of Federico II Gonzaga—two young men at the beginning of the 16th century who were able to embody both the glory of the past and a great future. They did so by imagining and creating Palazzo Te, to tell...
READ MOREIn the vibrant heart of New York City, at the bustling Columbus Circle, stands the Christopher Columbus Monument, an enduring symbol of exploration and cultural heritage. Rising 76 feet into the Manhattan skyline, this magnificent column pays homage to the Italian explorer who forever altered the course of history with his voyage to the New World i...
READ MOREAmong WWII aviation enthusiasts, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum (NASM) is renowned for possessing some of the rarest German and Japanese aircraft of that conflict, many of which are the last of their kind. But nestled among their ranks is the only Italian aircraft of WWII in the museum’s collection, a now exceedingly ra...
READ MORERome’s National Gallery of Ancient Art at Palazzo Barberini opened “Caravaggio 2025” last week, kicking off one of the most highly anticipated exhibitions of the Jubilee Year. It’s a blockbuster pairing of Baroque painting’s biggest superstar with Baroque Rome’s prototypical palace. Arranged chronologically, the exhibition places the four Caravag...
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