Prof. Donald Jensen discusses the impact of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s visit to Washington, D.C., on July 27-28, 2023, with journalist Claudia Flisi, Washington correspondent, the US-Italy Global Affairs Forum.
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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 […]
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 […]
Paolo Gentiloni, EU Commissioner of Economy, spoke with the US-Italy Forum while in Washington D.C. (at the Johns Hopkins, SAIS), on April 13, 2023. He remarked on EU support for the Covid Recovery Program and EU cohesion with Ukraine, among other headline topics.
The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC presents Going through Hell: The Divine Dante, a look at how the poet’s masterwork has influenced artists down the ages. Drawing from the Gallery’s own collection, this intimate exhibition opens with a large allegorical portrait of the artist sitting at […]
A major retrospective of Venice’s beloved artist Vittore Carpaccio is now open at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. The exhibition, Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice, is the first retrospective of his work outside Italy and runs from November 20, 2022 – February 12, […]
The Phillips Collection in Washington DC introduces America to the work of Italian artist, Giuseppe De Nittis in the exhibition, “An Italian Impressionist in Paris: Giuseppe De Nittis” on view Nov 12, 2022–Feb 12, 2023. De Nittis was from the City of Barletta in Puglia and many of the […]
Washington DC – Wednesday, 11 May 2022_
Prime Minister Mario Draghi receives the Distinguished International Leadership Award from the prestigious Atlantic Council
on May 11, 2022. US-Italy Global Affairs Forum correspondent Claudia Flisi was on site to report and offer reflections on the gala evening.
Above: Installation photography of Sargent, Whistler and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2021, Courtesy of Smithsonian American Art Museum; Photo by Albert Ting. Washington DC_The Smithsonian American Art Museum revisits Venice at the turn of the 20th-century in Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: […]
Note: As of July 12, timed passes will no longer be required The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC reopened its East and West Buildings and Sculpture Garden on June 18. Admission is still free but reserving a timed pass is required. Passes are released every Monday […]