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"Meet the New Italian Women of New York" is part of a series of events organized and supported by the Consulate General of Italy in New York. A group of successful Italian women will share their experiences and advice to the younger generations. The panel includes: Mariafrancesca Carli (Managing Director at BDT & Company), Giorgia Lupi (co-founder and design director at Accurat), Simona Margarito (Executive Vice President at DEVRIES GLOBAL), Geraldina Polverelli (Vice President at Industria Superstudio e Executive Producer at Fabrizio Ferri Photography).

Gladstone Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of historical works realized by Italian artist Mimmo Rotella from 1953 to 1962. Representing a sea change in the artist’s practice, the compositions on view are some of the first examples of Rotella’s pioneering décollage and retro d’affiche techniques, methods that would become integral to Rotella’s artistic pursuit of continually engaging with mass media’s own promotional materials.

Deemed a "Paradise of Exiles" by the British poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, Italy attracted not only 19th-century Romantics, but also many of photography's earliest practitioners, who traveled to the peninsula in order to capture its monuments and distinctive topography. At the same time, Italians adopted daguerreotypes and paper negatives as a means to represent their own cultural patrimony during a period of political upheaval. 

On March 28, 1947, bus driver William Cimillo pulled out of the Bronx depot of the Surface Transportation Corporation and instead of beginning his daily route as he had done for 16 years, Cimillo drove his bus south to Florida. He attributed his mad dash to “a little spring fever.” In hindsight, we can see the Italian American philosophy of “menefreghismo” at play. Cimillo was heralded as a folk hero upon his return to New York City. Come celebrate the 70th anniversary of William Cimillo’s small act of resistance.

Perpetuating the Tradition of Excellence of the Aldine Press and Bodoni.

A conversation with Jane Siegel, Alex Goren, Paolo Valesio, and Eleonora and Elisa Tallone, moderated by Ennio Ranaboldo

This event marks the donation by Alexander Goren of an almost complete collection of books printed by the Tallones to the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University

Terra dei Fuochi / Land of Fires is an environmental performance project blending modern dance, music and documentary theatre to tell the story of Campania Felix, an area in Italy north of Naples that suffered devastating loss of life due to a toxic waste disaster and scandal. Accompanying the performance will be panel discussions with local environmentalists regarding land and water contamination issues facing our global community.