Italian art

February 15 at The Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA)

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles announced on August 11 that it will return to Italy the sculptural group of a "Seated Poet and Sirens", a group of life-size terracotta figures also known as Orpheus and the Sirens....

A small temporary exhibition will be on view until May 22 at Rome’s Borghese Gallery. “Guido Reni and Rome: Nature and Devotion” is the first exhibition dedicated to Reni in the last 30 years. Reni's Reni's Aralanta and Hippomenes.Photo: Wikipedia...

During the Renaissance in Italy, there was a rebirth of the ancient Greek notion that "man is the measure of all things." For Leonardo da Vinci, an innate curiosity and close observance of nature remained the  central theme throughout his...

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...

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...

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 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. "Unrelenting" by Francesco...

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...