Arts & Culture
Marina Isgro joins the Hirshhorn as Associate Curator, Media and Performance art.
Marina Isgro joined the Hirshhorn as Associate Curator in March 2020 and is responsible for the Museum’s collection of media and performance art. Prior to joining the Hirshhorn, she served as Nam June Paik Fellow at the Harvard Art Museums, where she curated Nam June Paik: Screen Play (2018) and contributed to Crossing Lines, Constructing Home: Displacement and […]
A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600–1750 (Postponed)
National Gallery of Art Celebrates Extravagant Baroque Style of 17th- and Early 18th-Century Genoa on View May 3 Through August 16, 2020 . Washington, DC—The visual arts in Genoa at the beginning of the 17th century exhibited extraordinary diversity and richness. The city’s enormous wealth enabled its artists and their patrons to create an exuberant expression of the baroque […]
Jazz Singer Roberta Gambarini delights audience at the Embassy of Italy
Great success on December 12, for the duo Roberta Gambarini and Jeb Patten wo performed at the Embassy of Italy. The Italian jazz singer and local pianist delighted the embassy guests with a program of jazz music, with some great American and Italian classics, interpreted in an innovative and engaging way. Alongside some improvisations, the […]
THE ITALIAN EMBASSY IN DC AND SAVE VENICE PARTNER TO SUPPORT THE RECOVERY OF VENICE
From the 12th to the 17th of November, Venice was devastated by severe weather. Flooding in the city reached an unprecedented level. The people of Venice, its artistic and cultural heritage and its businesses have been severely affected. The Government of Italy has declared a state of emergency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and […]
Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence at the National Gallery of Art
Verrocchio’s First Comprehensive Exhibition Explores His Innovation in Renaissance Art and Culture at National Gallery of Art, September 15, 2019 through January 12, 2020 The National Gallery of Art presenting Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence, the first-ever monographic exhibition in the United States on Andrea del Verrocchio (c. 1435–1488), the innovative artist, painter, […]
“Verrocchio: sculptor and painter of Renaissance Florence” (15 settembre 2019 – 12 gennaio 2020). Prima retrospettiva USA su Andrea del Verrocchio alla National Gallery of Art
L’arte italiana continua a stupire Washington. La prossima apertura della prima retrospettiva americana su Andrea del Verrocchio “Verrocchio: sculptor and painter of Renaissance Florence” (15 settembre 2019 – 12 gennaio 2020) alla National Gallery of Art, una delle più prestigiose istituzioni museali degli Stati Uniti, avvia una nuova stagione da protagonista per la cultura italiana […]
Plans Unveiled for the Robert Facchina Italian American Museum of Washington D.C.
At a recent brunch for the Founders of Casa Italiana, Fr. Ezio Marchetto, as the Chairman of the Casa Italiana Sociocultural Center, Inc., updated guests on the organization’s future programs and projects, and unveiled the plans for the new Robert Facchina Italian American Museum of Washington DC (IAMDC). The mission of the museum is to […]
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