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  • Facts & Stories

    The Italian Cultural Institute of New York finally Gets a New Director

    R. C.(March 31, 2015)
    Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paolo Gentiloni, has just appointed the new directors of three major Italian Cultural Institutes: in London, Moscow, and New York. The director’s office at 686 Park Avenue will now be occupied by Giorgio Van Straten, award-winning author and manager of arts associations of the caliber of the Venice Biennale and of Agis (the Italian association for the performing arts), among others.
  • Facts & Stories

    The Italian Cultural Institute of New York finally Gets a New Director

    R. C.(March 31, 2015)
    Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paolo Gentiloni, has just appointed the new directors of three major Italian Cultural Institutes: in London, Moscow, and New York. The director’s office at 686 Park Avenue will now be occupied by Giorgio Van Straten, award-winning author and manager of arts associations of the caliber of the Venice Biennale and of Agis (the Italian association for the performing arts), among others.
  • Facts & Stories

    BOOKS. The State of a Nation Just Before “The Great Beauty”

    i. i.(June 24, 2014)
    First published in Italian in 2010, well before the world-wide success of La Grande Bellezza, this debut novel from one of Italy’s most famous movie directors is a brilliant cockeyed state-of-the-nation address that captures the brand of Italian modernity after the years of “Berlusconification.”
  • Art & Culture

    Columbia Opens its Doors to Three Italian Literary Promises

    Marcello De Marco(March 29, 2011)
    On March 23, at the Italian Academy of Columbia University, a conference tried to prove that, at least on some level, young people have to opportunity to succeed in Italy: three young and successful Italian writers presented their novels, acclaimed by both Italian critics and the public.