Sulla via del Realismo Astratto
Allievo di Gastone Biggi, Giorgio Kiaris si fa promotore del manifesto del maestro, sperimentando la sintesi tra la pittura astratta e la pittura figurativa, attraverso vorticosi intrecci di segni e di colori. I quadri di Giorgio Kiaris verranno esposti per la prima volta a New York presso la S. Artspace Gallery, 345 Broome Street. La “personale”, dal titolo, “Cromografie” sarà aperta al pubblico dal 9 ottobre 2013 al 31 ottobre 2013, dalle ore 18.00 alle ore 20.00
Matera. Candidate for European "Capitale of Culture" 2019
The competition is fierce: Torino, Venice, Bergamo, Ravenna, Urbino, Siena, PerugiAssisi (as they style themselves for this), Terni, L’Aquila, Amalfi, Bari, Brindisi, Catanzaro and Palermo. Against these “pezzi grossi” the city of Matera in Basilicata has put itself forward as a candidate for the title of European Capital of Culture for 2019.
Dante Ferretti: Design and Construction for the Cinema
This is the first time the Museum of Modern Art dedicates such a grand show to a set designer, an Italian one nevertheless. “I'm very happy to be here,” Dante Ferretti told i-Italy, “mostly because it was unexpected. I came to visit MoMA several times, to see different shows and never did I expect they would show my work while I am still alive,” he joked
Italy to face international pressure if crisis drags on
Italy could face pressure from international partners if the current political crisis persists and reverberates through the euro zone, Labour Minister Enrico Giovannini said on Sunday.
Changed the Way Americans Cook Italian Food
In his early days as a rising star chef, Mario Batali received a letter from Marcella Hazan after he had made risotto in a sauté pan on his television show, "Molto Mario."
Bringing the Music of Salento to HitWeek
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (GCS) introduced North American audiences to the power of Taranta for the first time in 2011. Now they are coming back, this is their fourth time in the States in 2013, for HitWeek (September 7 – October 30 in New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Toronto), the world's only music festival showcasing Italy's current scene on the global stage.
Manhattan is Waiting for Battiato
Iconoclastic Italian singer, songwriter and composer Franco Battiato returns to New York City after a four year absence for a concert appearance on Wednesday October 9 at Highline Ballroom
Narrating The Italian Contemporary Theater in New York
i-Italy interviews Diana Del Monte, curator of "Narrating Scene. Readings from Italian Storytelling Theatre", a theatrical project part of the year of the Italian Culture in the US. An interesting selection of theatrical works by Maricla Boggio, Laura Sicignano and Laura Curino were hosted at the Italian Cultural Institute for three consecutive Thursdays, starting from September 12th to September 26th.
The Changing Ethnic Factor of American Politics
A recent book on New York politics and the Italian-American ethnic factor was presented at Queens College on September 25 in a forum that included New York State Senators Tony Avella and Joseph Addabbo, two living examples of what the study attempts to investigate. A major finding of the book is that Italian-American candidates most move beyond simple strategies of ethnic identity and succeed only when they are able to appeal to broader segments of the areas they wish to represent.
The Voice's of Leopardi at Columbia University
Zibaldone amasses the unprecedented brilliance of Giacomo Leopardi into one groundbreaking, 2,500-page text. Widely regarded as Italy’s finest modern lyric poet, Leopardi spent years cultivating and refining his radical and incisive analyses of religion, philosophy, language, history, anthropology, translation, the natural sciences, literature, poetry, and love in his Zibaldone.
Luciano Vincenzoni, Screenwriter, Dies at 87
Luciano Vincenzoni, an urbane Italian screenwriter who worked with Billy Wilder, Dino De Laurentiis and other giants of film but to his dismay was best known for helping to write two spaghetti westerns starring a young Clint Eastwood, died in Rome.
Rossellini and Bergman’s Break From Tradition
“In the 10 days since she bore a son to film director Roberto Rossellini in Rome, actress Ingrid Bergman has become the center of a spirited controversy,” The New York Times noted on Feb. 12, 1950. Indeed, Bergman’s decision to leave behind both Hollywood and her husband, Dr. Petter Lindstrom, to make a low-budget film in Italy with the most audacious filmmaker of the day had already touched off shock and outrage in the American press
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