“Se esisto è anche perché il 5 maggio del 1945 fu liberato il campo di sterminio di Mauthausen dove mio padre fu deportato.
Al loro arrivo i soldati americani non si aspettavano l’orrore che si parò davanti ai loro occhi: i vivi sopravvissuti avevano l’aspetto di scheletri ricoperti di pelle. Le SS avevano pensato bene,…
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Written by CIMA spring intern, Elisa Pellegrini
Laura Mattioli, the president of CIMA, decided to open this space in SoHo to promote public appreciation and advance the study of modern and contemporary Italian art in the United States and internationally. Laura believes that twentieth century Italian art is too little known outside Italy, and that…
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Written by CIMA intern, Elisa Pellegrini
On April 2nd CIMA Members were invited to join us for a private tour of the exhibition Lucio Fontana: On the Threshold at The Met Breuer. Our tour was be led by Iria Candela, the Estrellita B. Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art in The Met’s Department of Modern and Contemporary…
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Written by CIMA Spring intern, Elisa Pellegrini.
On March 19th, CIMA members were invited to visit the exhibition entitled Hilma af Klint: Painting for the Future, on view through April 23, 2019 at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The group had the chance to attend a private tour led by the curatorial assistant David Horowitz.
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written by 2018-2019 CIMA intern, Jiayi Gu
Undefeated by the bone-chilling morning on March 5th, 2019, CIMA members, fellows and staff gathered at the Whitney Museum of American Art, awaiting an in-depth tour of “Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again” guided by the exhibition’s curator Donna De Salvo (Deputy Director for International Initiatives…
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After introducing our spring interns, we would like to take a moment for Caterina Caputo, and Carlotta Castellani, our Spring 2019 fellows, to introduce themselves. Also staying with us through May is Erica Bernardi, extending her fellowship from winter 2018 into spring 2019.
– What is your favorite artwork from the Metaphysical Masterpieces show at…
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written by spring intern, Elisa Pellegrini
– Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today –
On February 6th, 2019, CIMA members were invited to visit the exhibition entitled Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today, curated by Denise Murell. The exhibition was hosted by the…
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Read on to learn about our new interns for the season. Nicole Boyd (Fall-Spring intern) and Jiayi Gu (Fall-Spring intern) will be staying through the end of our exhibition. Meet Scott Fischbein, Elisa Pellegrini, and Marta Rossena .
How did you first become interested in art history?
I’m from NYC and my parents are big art lovers,…
Written by Joanna Zotti, CIMA fall 2018 intern.
On December 4th, 2018, CIMA members, fellows, and staff were warmly welcomed for a private morning tour of the Dia Art Foundation’s exhibition dedicated to Andy Warhol: Shadows, displayed at a specially built-out gallery space at Calvin Klein, Inc.’s headquarters (205 West 39th street, in Manhattan). The…
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Written by CIMA fall intern Nicole Boyd.
For audiences in Italy and the US alike, the term “neorealism” most often brings to mind cinematic masterpieces, affecting films of the mid-twentieth century – such as Roberto Rosselini’s Roma città aperta (Rome, Open City) and Vittorio de Sica’s Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves) – that portray…
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