The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington plays host to an unusual and rare exhibition of drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. Imagining the Future. Leonardo da Vinci: In the Mind of an Italian Genius showcases 12 of the master’s drawings from The Codex Atlanticus, the world’s […]
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The artistic mind at work is the subject of Canova: Sketching in Clay, now on view at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. The exhibition provides a unique look into the working process of Antonio Canova, Italy’s preeminent sculptor during the Napoleonic era, as he went […]
From Washington DC_ During this interview, Dr. Jensen and Julie discuss about Russian disinformation campaigns in Italy. With his expertise, Dr. Jensen sheds light on tactics, techniques, and strategies adopted by the Kremlin to disrupt Western liberal democracies, with a focus on the Italian political landscape. Dr. Donald […]
A once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of Botticelli is taking place at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia). Botticelli and Renaissance Florence brings together works by the renowned master from the Uffizi Gallery and antiquities from Mia’s collection to illustrate the profound influence the cultures of ancient Greece and classical Rome […]
The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC has announced a major retrospective of Venice’s beloved artist, Vittore Carpaccio. The exhibition, Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice will run from November 20, 2022 – February 12, 2023 and is the first retrospective of his work outside Italy. […]
American journalist Claudia Flisi interviews the Swiss correspondent in Washington DC Andrea Vosti about his new book. America First America First is a new book about the Trump administration, written by Andrea Vosti, a Swiss journalist who recently returned to Ticino after six years (2013 al 2019) as US […]
Crystal balling the next four years: Crystal balling the next four years: US and EU journalists discuss “what happens now” SEE AGAIN THE LIVE STREAMING November 18, 2020 6 pm CET (noon EST)_The US-Italy Forum has invited a group of Italian and American journalists to speculate on what […]
Americans yearning to travel to Italy can visit online through Travels with a Curator. This series of videos by the Frick Collection takes viewers through tours of places connected to their collection. Narrated by Xavier F. Salomon, Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, (pictured above) each […]
An Exclusive Interview with David C. Unger, Adjunct Professor at JHU SAIS Europe by Ishai Richetti, Us-Italy Global Forum. For months universities have been working online with positive and negative results. Also Transatlantic relations have been affected by the coronavirus: Hear what a Senior American Academic living in […]
Buying tickets in advance, social distancing and mandatory masks. These are some of the new rules as museums, science centers and historical sites reopen across the US. Regional museums, especially children’s museums, have been among the first to open. Larger venues such as the Smithsonian Institution and the […]