Mario Schifano Exhibition, Valentino Madison Avenue, Mezzanine Floor.       Mario Schifano A special project in collaboration with Maison Valentino.       Magazzino Italian Art is pleased to present a special project in collaboration with Maison Valentino at their newly opened Valentino Madison Avenue Flagship store.  Featuring five stunning, large-scale paintings by Mario Schifano, the presentation exemplifies the seamless union of two companies deeply committed to cultivating a dynamic synergy between the art world and fashion. Much like Schifano himself, who skillfully bridged the creative energies of Rome and New York, the exhibition serves as a vibrant conduit connecting Italy to the bustling heart of New York City.  In Mario Schifano’s world, images cease to function as we conventionally perceive them, forcing us to reconsider their meanings. His work prompts an analysis of functions, customs, social roles, cultural and political contexts, all imprinted on his canvases in real-time. With Schifano, questions about the new frontiers of creation arise. It’s a philosophical exercise linked to the experience of life, urging us to analyze real and widespread behaviors, in contrast to the more specialized or elitist ones. The excitement surrounding the unveiling of Magazzino’s new Robert Olnick Pavilion is magnified by this extraordinary project, an extension of the exhibition, Mario Schifano: The Rise of the ‘60s, currently on view at the museum in Cold Spring, New York.  The exhibition serves as a tribute to contemporary Italian painting, marking yet another meaningful step in Valentino’s dialogue with the arts. Valentino will collaborate with Magazzino Italian Art for a series of exhibitions featuring works by renowned Italian artists. Alongside engaging talks will be hosted in the new Valentino store in the upcoming months. This initiative is designed to celebrate the rich tapestry of Italian excellence in art and fashion while underscoring the profound significance of cross-cultural dialogue. Art and fashion are not isolated domains but interconnected facets of cultural expression. Over the years, projects under the Valentino On Canvas brand pillar have shone a light on contemporary and emerging painters and sculptors. Recently, Valentino has conversed with the art world on an even more global scale, collaborating with contemporary artists for Frieze in Singapore and Seoul. In May of 2023 on the occasion of the new Paris Flagship Store opening, Gioele Amaro, who partnered with the Maison for Valentino Re-Signify, was invited to exhibit within the newly redesigned Valentino Avenue Montaigne boutique.  Now, through the brand’s new collaboration with Magazzino Italian Art, Maison Valentino further explores the Italian contemporary art sector, pushing the global narrative on the art providing educational opportunities for the public to encounter Italian art, culture, and creativity. Visitors can see the Mario Schifano exhibition at Valentino during store hours, Monday–Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays from 12 to 5 p.m. at 654 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10065.       Read more

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Magazzino Italian Art: Saturday Feb. 25, 2023, 12 PM Pensiero Plurale: Present Memories: On the Politics of Image-Making

Dawit Petros, Istruzioni (Transits, Trajectories, Invisible Networks), Part III, Serigraph on Arnhem paper, 22x30 in. (56x76 cm), 2021. Courtesy the artist.

Pensiero Plurale: Present Memories: On the Politics of Image-Making The fourth iteration of Pensiero Plurale, curated by Ilaria Conti.

In conjunction with Black History Month, Magazzino Italian Art is pleased to present Present Memories: On the Politics of Image-Making, the fourth iteration of Pensiero Plurale, a series of programs conceived and curated by Ilaria Conti centered on issues of cultural and social justice, intersectional thinking, and the arts across Italy and the United States.    Present Memories explores the politics behind some of the incomplete or fictitious narratives that continue to shape historical memories and present-day identities in connection to Italy. The invited speakers, Dawit L. Petros, Teresa Fiore, and Mistura Allison, will discuss strategies to question and critically rethink such processes of knowledge-formation through visual and material culture. Learn more about the program here. Program   Dawit L. Petros, in conversation with Teresa Fiore | 12:00 p.m. Lunch | 1:15 p.m. Mistura Allison | 2:15 p.m.   When booking your ticket, please note the additional add-ons. You can book a seat on our shuttle if you are coming by train. We will be offering our guests a boxed lunch option. When booking your ticket, please choose between the meat and vegetarian option as lunch orders are limited.  Tickets

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Magazzino Italian Art's 2023 Program Highlights Magazzino Italian Art campus. Photo by Jacobo Mingorance. Magazzino Italian Art is pleased to announce a new slate of programs for the upcoming year. The calendar will highlight a program series curated by Ilaria Conti on diversity in art and culture across Italy and the United States, a lecture series on new scholarship in the study of the Arte Povera movement curated by Dr. Roberta Minnucci, Magazzino Italian Art 2022-23 Scholar-in- Residence, a project by Arcangelo Sassolino in collaboration with The Art Newspaper, a cross-genre concert by Jog Blues, and the sixth iteration of the Cinema in Piazza film series presented in partnership with the Cold Spring Film Society and Artecinema, Naples. Magazzino’s summer programs will culminate in the September opening of the museum’s second building: the Robert Olnick Pavilion. The Robert Olnick Pavilion is designed by the renowned Spanish architects Alberto Campo Baeza and Miguel Quismondo. The pavilion will expand the extensive facilities of the main building, providing an additional 13,000 square feet of exhibition space, a wing devoted to decorative arts, ceramics, and jewelry, a multipurpose room with auditorium capabilities, and a combined cafe and bookshop on the mezzanine. Magazzino Italian Art will present two inaugural exhibitions and a special project in the new pavilion about Mario Schifano, Carlo Scarpa, and Ettore Spalletti. Expanding public programs into the new space, the museum will host three study days at the pavilion dedicated to Mario Schifano, Carlo Scarpa, and Ettore Spalletti. This year marks a milestone for Magazzino with the opening of the Robert Olnick Pavilion, allowing the museum to host more temporary exhibitions, expand educational initiatives for younger visitors, and continue to offer a wide range of both indoor and outdoor events across both spaces on campus. Magazzino's programming leading up to the opening of the Robert Olnick Pavilion in the fall will include important collaborations with international artists and institutions to highlight the diversity of Italian culture, not just in its visual identity, but also in the realms of music, film, research, and performance. The museum’s community has been growing since the opening in 2017 and Magazzino is excited to build an even larger platform to welcome everyone to the newly expanded campus.

Pensiero Plurale Present Memories: On the Politics of Image-Making February 25, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. Magazzino Italian Art Dawit Petros, Istruzioni (Transits, Trajectories, Invisible Networks), Part III, Serigraph on Arnhem paper, 22x30 in. (56x76 cm), 2021. Courtesy the artist. In conjunction with Black History Month, Magazzino presents Present Memories: On the Politics of Image-Making, the fourth iteration of Pensiero Plurale, a series of programs conceived and curated by Ilaria Conti centered on issues of cultural and social justice, intersectional thinking, and the arts across Italy and the United States. Present Memories explores the politics behind some of the incomplete or fictitious narratives that continue to shape historical memories and present-day identities in connection to Italy. The invited speakers will discuss strategies to question and critically rethink such processes of knowledge-formation through visual and material culture. The full-day, in-person event features a morning program with artist Dawit L. Petros and scholar Teresa Fiore and an afternoon session with curator Mistura Allison. Tickets can be purchased here.

Arte Povera: Artistic Tradition and Transatlantic Dialogue Lecture Series March 18 – April 30, 2023 Magazzino Italian Art  The Politics of Labor in Postwar Italian Art lecture series, curated by Katie Larson, Magazzino’s 2021-22 Scholar-in-Residence. Photo by Alexa Hoyer. The fifth annual spring lecture series brings together some of the leading scholars of Arte Povera who present new perspectives on postwar Italian art. The 2023 Lecture Series, curated by Dr. Roberta Minnucci, Magazzino’s 2022-23 Scholar-in-Residence, will address research topics which are strictly interconnected with Arte Povera’s relationship with the past and its artistic exchanges with the United States. Participants for the 2023 season will feature Dr. Laura Petican, Dr. Marin R. Sullivan, Dr. Raffaele Bedarida, and Dr. Roberta Minnucci. Contributions from the selected scholars will shed light on crucial aspects of postwar Italian art including: the legacy of the Baroque and the influence of the Italian artistic tradition on more recent practices (Dr. Laura Petican, Independent scholar); the role exhibitions of Italian art in the U.S. had in influencing the way Italian art was interpreted at home (Dr. Raffaele Bedarida, Associate Professor of History of Art at the Cooper Union, New York); sculptural projects made by foreign and Italian artists during the 1960s and 1970s (Dr. Marin R. Sullivan, Lecturer, Department of History of Art and Architecture DePaul University, Chicago); the reinterpretation of classical antiquity and art history in Arte Povera (Dr. Roberta Minnucci, art historian specializing in Italian art of the 1960s and 1970s, with a PhD from the University of Nottingham). Please find the lecturers and dates below. March 18, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. Dr. Marin R. Sullivan | Lecturer, Department of History of Art and Architecture DePaul University, Chicago Tickets April 1, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. Dr. Roberta Minnucci | Magazzino Italian Art 2022-23 Scholar-in-Residence  Tickets April 15, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. Dr. Laura Petican | Independent scholar Tickets April 30, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. Dr. Raffaele Bedarida | Associate Professor of History of Art at the Cooper Union, New York Tickets

Arcangelo Sassolino A Project in Collaboration with The Art Newspaper May 13, 2023  Magazzino Italian Art  Arcangelo Sassolino. Photo by Agostino Osio. This talk and presentation, in collaboration with The Art Newspaper, will present the work of artist Arcangelo Sassolino whose sculptures and installations explore mechanical behaviors and properties of force. The event, culminating in a lunch, will feature curators and critics including Chiara Parisi, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Francesco Manacorda, and both indoor and outdoor sculptures and installations on loan to Magazzino.

Artists' Writings: The Case of Salvo and Barbara T. Smith May 24, 2023 Online Event Benedizione di Lucerna, 1970/75, black and white photograph on aluminium, 43.3x34.6 in. (110×88 cm). Courtesy Gerd De Vries Collection, Berlin. On the occasion of the publication of IO SONO SALVO (NERO Editions, 2023), Lisa Andreani, member of the Archivio Salvo, will be in dialogue with Pietro Rigolo, Associate Curator at the Getty Research Institute and co-editor of the newly published memoir of performance artist Barbara T. Smith (The Way to Be, Getty Research Institute 2023). The conversation will focus on artists’ autobiographical writings and their significance, and will be moderated by Magazzino Italian Art 2022-23 Scholar-in-Residence Roberta Minnucci. This project is supported by the Italian Council (10th edition, 2021), a program to promote Italian contemporary art in the world by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture.

Jog Blues June 10, 2023 Magazzino Italian Art   Jog Blues at Magazzino Italian Art, June 11, 2022. Photo by Alexa Hoyer.   The second iteration of the Jog Blues concert at Magazzino will bring together masters of jazz, blues, and Indian classical music in a 21st-century mix; creating an experience drawing from deep traditions while also swinging towards the future. The band, featuring Andy Biskin (clarinet, bass clarinet), Ikhlaq Hussain (sitar), Jake Charkey (cello), Joel Bluestein (electric guitar), Jonathan Rose (bass, harmonica), Mir Naqibul Islam (tabla), and Siddartha Mukherjee (vocals), is named after the Indian midnight raga and the blues.

Cinema in Piazza July 22-23, 2023 | August 19-20, 2023 Magazzino Italian Art Cinema in Piazza, Design is One: Lella & Massimo Vignelli, screening, June 18, 2022. Photo by Alexa Hoyer. Cinema in Piazza is the sixth iteration of Magazzino Italian Art’s annual outdoor film series, presented in partnership with the Cold Spring Film Society and Artecinema, Naples, coinciding with Upstate Art Weekend. Each screening will feature a speaker related to the film program—speakers to be announced later this spring.

Mario Schifano Exhibition September 2023 Magazzino Italian Art - Robert Olnick Pavilion Mario Schifano in his studio in New York, 1964 © Archivio Mario Schifano. On the occasion of the inauguration of the Robert Olnick Pavilion in September 2023, Magazzino Italian Art will open an exhibition dedicated to the Italian artist Mario Schifano, presented in partnership with the Archivio Mario Schifano, Rome and the participation of several important private collections. The solo exhibition, curated by Alberto Salvadori, will shed light on one of Italy’s most significant artists.

Ettore Spalletti Project September 2023 Magazzino Italian Art - Robert Olnick Pavilion Ettore Spalletti. Photo by Werner J. Hannappel. This project, dedicated to the work of Ettore Spalletti, has been conceived and organized in close collaboration with the artist’s Estate on the occasion of the opening of the Robert Olnick Pavilion. Conceived by Fondazione Ettore Spalletti, Benedetta Spalletti, and Alberto Salvadori in collaboration with the architect Alberto Campo Baeza, the special project emerges from a deep dialogue with the architectural space: it will feature four large works installed in a room designed to take in natural light in a unique way, dynamically framing the pieces on view.

Carlo Scarpa Exhibition September 2023 Magazzino Italian Art - Robert Olnick Pavilion Carlo Scarpa. A selection of Murano glass designed by Carlo Scarpa from the Olnick Spanu Collection will be on display in the design gallery of the Robert Olnick Pavilion and will be curated by Marino Barovier.

Arte Povera Exhibition September 2023 Magazzino Italian Art Arte Povera, ongoing exhibition at Magazzino Italian Art, Cold Spring, N.Y. Photo by Marco Anelli/Tommaso Sacconi. A new display of the works from the Olnick Spanu Collection will also extend to all the galleries of the warehouse building via an annual rehanging, with a focus on the work of Michelangelo Pistoletto. Artists from the Olnick Spanu Collection include Giovanni Anselmo, Alighiero Boetti, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Luciano Fabro, Jannis Kounellis, Marisa Merz, Mario Merz, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Giuseppe Penone, Pino Pascali, Giulio Paolini, and Gilberto Zorio.

Carlo Scarpa Study Day Lecture October 14, 2023 Magazzino Italian Art - Robert Olnick Pavilion Carlo Scarpa with the glass master Arturo Biasutto saying “Boboli,” Murano, 1943. Photo Archivio Storico Luce. This Study Day will include a selection of presentations and conversations in conjunction with the exhibition on Carla Scarpa’s Murano glass from the Olnick Spanu Collection.

Ettore Spalletti Study Day Lecture October 28, 2023 Magazzino Italian Art - Robert Olnick Pavilion Ettore Spalletti. Photo by Azzurra Ricci. This Study Day will include a selection of presentations and conversations in conjunction with the special project dedicated to Ettore Spalletti in the Robert Olnick Pavilion.

Mario Schifano Study Day Lecture November 18, 2023 Magazzino Italian Art - Robert Olnick Pavilion Mario Schifano © Archivio Mario Schifano. The Study Day will include a selection of presentations and conversations in conjunction with the Mario Schifano exhibition in the Robert Olnick Pavilion.

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In Focus: Jannis Kounellis as Mentor at Magazzino Italian Art !

Photo by Claudio Abate © Archivio Claudio Abate.

In Focus: Jannis Kounellis as Mentor A program dedicated to the legacy of Jannis Kounellis as a prolific professor and mentor.

Magazzino Italian Art is pleased to host In Focus: Jannis Kounellis as Mentor, to shed light on an aspect of the Arte Povera artist's life as a mentor and professor that is rarely discussed.  Conceived by Dr. Francesco Guzzetti, Magazzino Italian Art’s former Scholar-in-Residence 2018-19, In Focus: Jannis Kounellis as Mentor will look specifically at the impact of Kounellis during his time as a professor of sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf from 1993 to 2001, and later in the early 2000s, holding workshops throughout Europe. The program will feature a presentation by Guzzetti, followed by a conversation with artist Calixto Ramírez. A video of an interview with Michelle Coudray and Bruno Corà, respectively president and member of the scientific committee of Archivio Kounellis in Rome, will also be screened. Join us at Magazzino next week on Saturday, November 12, 2022, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. with a reception following the program. Tickets are available here.  About the speakers About Francesco Guzzetti Francesco Guzzetti is tenure-track assistant professor of modern and contemporary art at the University of Florence. He graduated at University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, from which he holds a PhD in Art History. His research revolves around Italian art from the early postwar years to the 1980s, with special focus on the relationship with the United States. He received fellowships and grants from: CIMA (Center for Italian Modern Art), New York; Bibliothèque Kandinsky - Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Harvard University; Magazzino Italian Art Foundation, Cold Spring, NY; The Morgan Library & Museum, New York. He has published in several scholarly journals and exhibition catalogues, including the catalogue of the recent exhibition of Giuseppe Penone at Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris (2021-2022), and participated in international conferences and study days. He curated exhibitions, such as Facing America: Mario Schifano 1960-1965 (CIMA, New York, 2021). He is currently working on a book manuscript about the relationships between Arte Povera and American art in the early 1970s. About Calixto Ramírez Calixto Ramírez is a Mexican artist born on the border of Reynosa with Hidalgo, Texas who has led a semi-nomadic life. This relationship to movement, has consciously and unconsciously influenced his way of understanding reality and has informed his capacity to use that experience as a tool to produce images, objects, spaces or gestures that propose new narratives. Calixto studied at the National School of Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking “La Esmeralda,” Mexico City, and spent a semester in a school exchange program with the National University of Colombia, Bogotá. In 2013 Jannis Kounellis invited him to live and work in Italy which gave him an opportunity to immerse himself in the European art scene, specifically in Italy. In 2019 Calixto returned to north Mexico. He has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards such as FONCA´s grant “Contigo a la distancia,” (2018), and the “Level 0 Prize” in Art Verona, Italy (2105); as well as a completed residencies around the world, including the residency program at Fundación Marcelino Botín in Spain (2009). He has exhibited at the Museo Jumex, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Museo de Arte Moderno (Mexico), Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Museo de la Cd. De México, Museo de Arte de Sonora, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Tamaulipas, Museo de Arte Raúl Anguiano, Escuela Superior de Música y Danza de Monterrey, Nave Generadores and Fototeca de Nuevo León, Fondazione MEMMO, Fondazione smART, Museo del Novecento in Naples, and the National Art Gallery of Tirana. He currently lives and works in Monterrey, México.

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Cinema in Piazza, 2021. Photo by Alexa Hoyer.

Lights, Camera, Action: Cinema in Piazza returns for its 5th year A weekend of films and community in Magazzino's central courtyard

This weekend, June 17-19, 2022, Magazzino Italian Art presents Cinema in Piazza, partnering once again with the Cold Spring Film Society and Artecinema for our annual film series. We are excited to welcome guests back to the museum’s central courtyard to enjoy light refreshments, engaging panel discussions, and a selection of film screenings, as outlined below. Melissa McGill: Red Regatta June 17, 2022 | Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are sold out for this event.  This film by Venetian filmmaker Giovanni Pellegrini follows artist Melissa McGill’s independent public art project, Red Regatta, which was presented in collaboration with Associazione Vela al Terzo Venezia and co-organized by Magazzino Italian Art, curated by Chiara Spangaro with project manager Marcella Ferrari and support from Mazzoleni. The screening will be followed by a conversation with the artist Melissa McGill and Magazzino’s Curatorial and Programming Assistant, Chiara Mannarino. In conjunction with the film screening, there will be a book launch of the 200-page volume, Red Regatta. Published by Marsilio and designed by Beatriz Cifuentes of New York studio Waterhouse Cifuentes Design, the book features McGill’s personal reflections, as well as essays by Chiara Spangaro tracing the artist’s body of work and Silvio Testa, who reveals the secrets and history of the vela al terzo tradition in the lagoon.  Design is One: Lella & Massimo Vignelli June 18, 2022 | Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Tickets available here. Italian-born Lella and Massimo Vignelli are among the world’s most influential designers. Their work covers such a broad spectrum that one could say they are known by everybody, even those who don’t know their names. Through the scope and integrity of their work, they have influenced the world of design for over 40 years. The film brings us into the work and everyday moments of the Vignellis’ world, capturing their intelligence and creativity, as well as their humanity, warmth, and humor.  Prior to the screening, director Kathy Brew will be in conversation with designer Beatriz Cifuentes, a longtime associate of the Vignellis, who is featured in the film. They will discuss what it was like to work with the Vignellis and how their design philosophy, discipline, and practice carries on in Cifuentes’ own design practice with Waterhouse Cifuentes Design and as a design consultant for Magazzino Italian Art.  Swept Away June 19, 2022 | Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Tickets available here. In celebration of the career and legacy of Lina Wertmüller, we will screen her noteworthy film Swept Away. There will be an introduction by Dr. Elizabeth Alsop in which she will share information about the production, contemporary reception, and legacy of Swept Away, and situate the film within the broader context of Lina Wertmüller’s career. Dr. Alsop will also offer comments on some of the film’s most salient and controversial themes, drawing on the work of leading critics and film scholars. About Artecinema Artecinema is an international festival of films on contemporary art established in Naples in 1996, curated by Laura Trisorio which, for several years, has been awarded medals from the President of the Republic of Italy. Each year the festival presents a selection of some thirty documentaries from all over the world about the most important artists, architects and photographers of the last fifty years. Artecinema is one of the most anticipated events of the sector and provides an opportunity for a learning experience as well as social gathering and cultural exchange. www.artecinema.com  About Cold Spring Film Society  The Cold Spring Film Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit volunteer-run arts organization based in Cold Spring, NY dedicated to fostering goodwill, community fellowship and appreciation of the moving image arts by screening enjoyable films in local venues. Their annual outdoor Summer Film Series at Dockside Park provides an evening of free entertainment in the village’s unique outdoor spaces for people of all ages. In addition to their Summer Film Series, CSFS also programs an indoor Winter Film Series and partners with other local organizations like Boscobel House & Gardens, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, Butterfield Library and the Haldane schools to provide additional screenings and film enrichment programs throughout the year. For more information or if you’re interested in helping out at screenings, please visit coldspringfilm.org or check us out on facebook/coldspringfilm or twitter/coldspringfilm and instagram @coldspringfilm.

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