Written by CIMA’s Spring 2021 intern, Clara Apostolatos.
On Friday March 19th, CIMA members were given a walking tour of the David Zwirner Gallery’s current exhibition Albers and Morandi: Never Finished, led by the exhibit curator David Leiber and CIMA Founder and President Laura Mattioli. This exhibit explores the visual resonances and contrasts between two…
Continue reading >>MEET OUR SPRING 2021 INTERN: CLARA APOSTOLATOS
How did you first become interested in Art History?
I became interested in art history during my first semester at Columbia University when I enrolled in a ‘Masterpieces of Western Art’ course that surveyed the canon of western art—from classical architecture of Ancient Greece to the gestural paintings of Abstract Expressionism. I found myself drawn…
Continue reading >>Laura Mattioli and David Leiber walk through ‘Albers and Morandi: Never Finished’
CIMA President and Founder Laura Mattioli walks through the ongoing exhibition Albers and Morandi, Never Finished at David Zwirner in NYC; Watch the video here: 
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MEET OUR NEW FELLOW: VIRGINIA MAGNAGHI
What made you become interested in Art History?
My interest didn’t come so soon, certainly not as a vocation. After high school, I had the great opportunity to start my Bachelor in Humanities in Venice, and the city was in a sense the one who guided me towards art history, in an immersive and powerful…
Continue reading >>For the holidays: CIMA Staff picks the best Italian treats
In anticipation of the opening of Facing America: Mario Schifano, 1960–1965 we extend greetings to our community by offering up a few of our favorite things to inspire your holiday season…
Meet our Fall 2020 Fellow: Carlotta Vacchelli
What made you become interested in Art History?
My passion for Art History started when I visited the Tate Modern as a teenager, and it never abandoned me. I still clearly remember the aesthetic shock I perceived when I saw their collection: a sense that all these inexplicably, uncannily beautiful masterpieces were somehow talking…
Continue reading >>A different Summer, by Ilaria M. P. Barzaghi
A different summer. Actually, for many of us, in Italy and elsewhere in the world, this summer was not so different from other ones, if we were lucky enough to survive the first months of the Covid-19 pandemic without tragic loss in our families. We just have to wear masks, avoid crowds, and be more…
Continue reading >>Franco Baldasso’s pandemic video reportage
After March 13, 2020, when CIMA was forced to close its doors due to the public health crisis, we called on past fellows to reflect on their experience at CIMA, what they were currently working on, and how they were dealing with the strict lockdown.
Enjoy Franco Baldasso’s testimony in two parts here.
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Continue reading >>Marino Marini: Arcadian Nudes, a video experience
CIMA’s exhibition which was intended to be on view through June 13th, 2020, was closed to the public prematurely on March 13th, 2020, due to the COVID-19 public health crisis. Behind closed doors we shipped back to our generous lenders these female nudes at the end of last month.
For those of you who were…
Continue reading >>Two Reliefs – The Three Graces and Composition, by Fall 2020 Fellow, Claudia Daniotti
Written by CIMA Fall 2020 Fellow, Claudia Daniotti.
Among the artworks featuring in the exhibition Marino Marini: Arcadian Nudes, two bronze reliefs are displayed side by side. Not only do they encapsulate perfectly the theme of the show, that is, the representation of the female body, but also exemplify a key feature in Marini’s artistic…
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