New Year Reflections
January 5, 2019, 3:00 - 5:00pm
On January 5, 2019, Magazzino hosted its first event of the new year in collaboration with Ascend. Many joined us for an afternoon of yoga, art and self-reflection with renowned yogi, teacher and author Elena Brower. Guests explored methods (from her best-selling book/journal, Practice You) for charting a personal course in the new year – one founded on physical, mental and emotional alignment.
Le Nuove Musiche Fra Passato E Futuro
Nicholas Tamagna
Magazzino Italian Art Foundation presented Le Nuove Musiche Fra Passato e Futuro, an hour-long concert program exploring the repertoire from Italy and the Italian diaspora over the course of the 20th century until the present, on December 14, 2018 from 7:00 - 9:00pm. Organized by renowned opera countertenor Nicholas Tamagna, the singer was joined by Inessa Zaretsky on piano to perform Le Nuove Musiche Fra Passato e Futuro, a contemporary composition that blends famous and forgotten, classic and avant-garde songs expressing the beauty of the Italian language and its rich poetic traditions.
Red Regatta (Coppa del Presidente della Repubblica)
Melissa McGill, Red Regatta
Red Regatta (Coppa del Presidente della Repubblica) by artist Melissa McGill (b. 1969) was on view at Magazzino Italian Art Foundation from December 2018 - April 2019. Red Regatta (Rossi Per Red Regatta) and The Campo Box (Ghetto Nuovo) are currently on view in the Research Center of Magazzino.
Cisitalia 202 Spyder Mille Miglia
December 13, 2018 - March 31, 2019
The Cisitalia 202 Spyder Mille Miglia, an influential Italian sports car designed in 1948, was on view at Magazzino Italian Art from December 13, 2018 through March 31, 2019, in conjunction with the exhibition, Arte Povera. Magazzino was pleased to showcase this unique opportunity to highlight the Italian genius in art and design through this display.
Jannis Kounellis Book Presentation and Conversation
December 1, 2018, 3:30 - 5:00pm
In celebration of artist Jannis Kounellis (1936 –2017) and the recent publication of the definitive monograph on his career, Jannis Kounellis, Magazzino Italian Art Foundation and Phaidon presented a reception and conversation on Kounellis' life, work and enduring influence. Curator and author of Jannis Kounellis Philip Larratt-Smith and art historian Bruno Corà discussed Kounellis' contributions to Arte Povera and beyond in a conversation moderated by Magazzino's new Scholar-in-Residence, Francesco Guzzetti on December 1, 2018 from 3:30-5:00 pm at Magazzino in Cold Spring, NY.
Diranno che li ho uccisi io (They Will Say I Killed Them), U.S. Film Premier and Panel Discussion
Danilo Correale
November 17, 2018, 4:00 - 7:00pm
Magazzino Italian Art Foundation presented the U.S. premiere of Danilo Correale's award-winning film Diranno che li ho uccisi io (They Will Say I Killed Them). The film draws from Correale's in-depth research into Italian cinema produced between the fall of fascism and rise of television culture in the 1980s and his subsequent discovery of screenplays that were never realized. Through the reconstruction of fragments of forgotten cinema, Correale investigates different film genres and themes of European colonialism, feminism, class, armed conflict, and religion. Following the film screening, Magazzino Italian Art Foundation hosted a panel discussion responding to the work with the artist, Danilo Correale, project curator and producer Martina Angelotti, artist, writer, and professor Evan Calder Williams, moderated by Italian film specialist Gianluca Pulsoni.
New Directions: Italian Contemporary Art in the United States
Panel Discussion, October 11, 2018, 6:00 - 7:00pm
Embassy of Italy, Washington, D.C.
On the occasion of the International Day of Italian Contemporary Art (October 11, 2018) organized by the Italian Contemporary Art Museum Association (AMACI), Magazzino Italian Art Foundation, the Embassy of Italy, and the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington, DC presented New Directions: Italian Contemporary Art in the United States, a dynamic conversation on the current state of contemporary Italian art with art historian and curator Ilaria Bernardi, artist Massimo Bartolini, and Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu, co-founders of Magazzino Italian Art Foundation, a museum in the Hudson Valley dedicated to exhibiting and advancing scholarship on post-war and contemporary Italian art. The panel took place from 6:00 - 7:00pm, doors opened to the public at 5:30pm.
Building Magazzino
Marco Anelli
Opening October 11, 2018, 7:00 - 8:00pm
Magazzino Italian Art and the Embassy of Italy, Washington D.C. presented the exhibition Marco Anelli: Building Magazzino, a three year photographic portfolio by Italian photographer Marco Anelli. The exhibiton featured large-format photographs depicting the different phases of construction alongside portraits of the local workers involved in the project and was opened to the public from October 11 until November 6, 2018 at the Embassy of Italy in Washington D.C. The opening reception took place on Thursday, October 11, 2018, from 7:00 - 8:00pm.
Young Italians
Opening September 25, 2018, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Italian Cultural Institute of New York
Magazzino Italian Art Foundation and the Italian Cultural Institute in New York presented Young Italians, a group exhibition featuring twelve Italian Contemporary artists, curated by Ilaria Bernardi. The opening of the exhibition took place on September 25, 2018 from 6:00 - 8:00pm. Young Italians was conceived as a 50th anniversary tribute to the show of the same name, curated by Alan Solomon, which took place at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston and the Jewish Museum in New York in 1968, featuring the work of twelve young Italian artists of that time. The exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute, which was on view from September 25 until November 1, 2018, featured twelve Italian artists, under the age of 40, all of whom were either born, grew up in or currently work in Italy. Also included were Italian artists who have moved to New York, in order to examine the extent to which Italian culture is present in their work and the interplay between exact location and displacement.
Rescheduled Film | 'Troublemakers—The Story of Land Art'
September 7, 2018, 7:00 - 10:00pm
For those who missed Cinema in Piazza, there was another chance to attend on Friday, September 7 at 7:00pm for Troublemakers – The Story of Land Art.