Wynn Las Vegas

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Wynn Las Vegas Welcomes Popeye by Renowned Artist Jeff Koons LAS VEGAS, JULY 11, 2014 – Wynn Las Vegas welcomes Popeye by acclaimed American artist Jeff Koons, as part of the resort’s continued appreciation and commitment to public art. At 6 feet 5 inches tall and more than 2,000 pounds, the mirror-polished stainless steel Popeye stands proudly in the Wynn Esplanade. Click here to view the Wynn Las Vegas MNR. SOURCE: Wynn Las Vegas, WYNN LAS VEGAS AND ENCORE HOTEL, 3131 Las Vegas Blvd., South Las Vegas, NV 89109, WynnLasVegas.com

Italian Cultural Institute Events Reminder and Additional Events

Italian Cultural Institute Events                                               Reminder and Additional Events              Don Camillo and Peppone: Two Emilio-Romagnans in the Little World of Giovannino Guareschi Monday, July 14th, 6:o0pm Italian Cultural Institute Participants:  Andrea Raos, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute Alan Perry, Professor at Gettysburg College, will present the book "The Little World of Don Camillo" Silvia Bartolini, President of the Consulta degli Emiliano-romagnoli nel mondo                Free and open to the public. Presented in English.  A reception, featuring gastronomical specialties from Emilia-Romagna, will follow, courtesy of Italian Art of Living.   RSVP: please click here.                   The History and Protagonists of Italian Emigration to the United States Tuesday, July 15th, 6:o0pm Italian Cultural Institute  Speakers: Paolo Battaglia, co-author of the book "Explorers Emigrants Citizens. A Visual History of the Italian American Experience from the Collections of the Library of Congress."   Silvia Bartolini, President of the Council of Emilia-Romagnans in the World Matt Hancock, Vice President of the Association of Emilia-Romagnans in Illinois  Video Screening: "Wandering off the Beaten Track ...the Treasure of Emilia Romagna." Presented by Enrico Belgrado, President of the Association Italian Art of Living.  Free and open to the public. Presented in English.         A reception, featuring gastronomical specialties from Emilia-Romagna, will follow, courtesy of Italian Art of Living.   RSVP: please click here.                Milan Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International Program: Welcome Reception for Italian Youth Soccer Team Sunday, July 20th, 5 - 6:30pm Chicago Cultural Center 78 E Washington St, 5th Floor, Millennium Park Room   The Milan Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International is proud to sponsor the Collegio Gallio youth soccer team from Como, Italy in their participation in the first annual Chicago KICS Cup International Youth Soccer Tournament that will take place July 19-26, 2014. To welcome the team to Chicago, the Milan Committee will host this reception before the Opening Ceremony of the tournament in Millennium Park at 7:30 pm.  Presented in collaboration with the Italian Consulate General of Italy of Chicago and the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago. Free and open to the public. For more details, please click here.       "Dormant Beauty" (Bella Addormentata)  by Marco Bellocchio  Friday, July 18th  Davis Theater 4614 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago     Cinema Made in Italy is bringing its next film from a master Italian director to Chicago. DORMANT BEAUTY, the latest film by Italy's master director MARCO BELLOCCHIO, opens in Chicago at the Davis Theatre on July 18th. Starring Toni Servillo and Isabelle Huppert, DORMANT BEAUTY shows converging stories connected by a unique emotional thread.    For more details, please click here.        Istituto Italiano di Cultura 500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450 Chicago, IL 60611 (312) 822-9545 (312) 822-9622 (fax) www.iicchicago.esteri.it

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Civil Disobedience to Direct Action

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Art Market Hamptons

Art Market Hamptons opens for its fourth season at Bridgehampton Historical Societyfrom July 10 - 13, 2014. Art Market Hamptons welcomes Hamptons finest residents and visitors to our exclusive fair. Our cathedral tents welcomed over 9,500 visitors last year and we anticipate an even larger turnout this year. BENEFIT PREVIEW RECEPTION LongHouse Reserve is this year’s beneficiary for the Benefit Preview Reception taking place on the evening of July 10th. This magical evening will be curated and designed byNorwood, one of Manhattan's most exclusive members only club. Musical performances, specialty cocktails and transformative interiors will greet our first access visitors. Make sure to purchase a Benefit Preview VIP Pass to attend this special event. Click here to purchase your ticket today! ROBERTA'S, RED HOOK LOBSTER POUND, VAN LEEUWEN  Art Market Hamptons food vendors this year will be three of Brooklyn's best gourmet food experiences, Roberta's, Red Hook Lobster Pound and Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream. Roberta's will dish up their signature pizzas and special dishes from their mobile pizza oven while Red Hook Lobster Pound will serve their delectable lobster rolls and other seafood delights, and for the sweet finish, Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream will be scooping out the finest ice cream made. Make sure to visit all three vendors while you enjoy the art on view. EXHIBITORS Art Market Hamptons is a highly selective fair that presents galleries whose programs and history meet the highest levels of excellence. We are thrilled to have returning and new galleries for Art Market Hamptons 2014 and look forward to presenting the best of modern and contemporary art to the Hampton's elite collectors and art enthusiasts. To preview images and to see a full list of galleries participating, click here. We look forward to seeing you at Art Market Hamptons 2014!

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Art Everywhere

Please Join Us to Celebrate the Launch of with special guests Maxwell L. Anderson, Eugene McDermott Director, Dallas Museum of Art Donna De Salvo, Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Programs, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Douglas Druick, President and Eloise W. Martin Director, Art Institute of Chicago Michael Govan, CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Deborah Ziska, Chief of Press and Public Information, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Richard Reed, Founder, Art Everywhere UK Monday, August 4, 2014 9:30 AM Regal Cinema 42nd Street247 West 42nd Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues) Breakfast and Remarks Viewing to Follow in Times Square RSVP by Wednesday, July 30, to Katherine Slovik, Polskin Arts & Communications Counselorsslovikk@finnpartners.com | 212 715 1594 Come see great works of American art on digital billboards in Times Square as Art Everywhere US, a nationwide celebration of America’s artistic legacy, is launched on August 4. The largest outdoor art exhibition ever conceived, Art Everywhere US is organized through a collaboration among five major museums—the Art Institute of Chicago, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York—and the Outdoor Advertising Association of America. A total of 58 artworks from the five participating museums, curated with the help of the American public, will pop up through the month of August on as many as 50,000 displays nationwide, including static and digital billboards, subway platforms and trains, buses and bus shelters. Image credit: Art Everywhere US Times Square rendering, featuring Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Can (1964, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Robert H. Halff through the Modern and Contemporary Art Council, © 2014 Andy Warhol Foundation / ARS, NY / TM Licensed by Campbell's Soup Co. All rights reserved.) and George Tooker’s The Subway(1950, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, © George Tooker, courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, NY).

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