CIMA is thrilled to announce that Christie’s is generously sponsoring one of our fall 2019 fellowships. Founded in 1766, the venerable auction house strives to leave a positive, enduring impact on society through cultural stewardship and arts advocacy. Moreover, the company has for many years allotted a great deal of attention to Italian art.
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Continue reading >>Meet Our Summer 2019 Intern!
As you may know summer is a bit slower for CIMA, our spaces are closed and we take time to prepare for the upcoming season and to do maintenance. This season we have only one intern: learn more about JD Calvelli by reading this blog post.
How did you first become interested in art…
Continue reading >>The Board of Directors shares this farewell from former Executive Director, Emma Lewis
“Dear CIMA community,
“Thank you for a wonderful year! It has been a pleasure to be part of this organization and its unique and beautiful vision. And it has been a privilege to get to know the extraordinarily interesting, vibrant and engaged people who make up the CIMA public — during tours of the amazing…
Continue reading >>A Home for Arte Povera: CIMA Members Explore Magazzino Italian Art
Written by CIMA 2018–2019 intern, Nicole Boyd
The early 2000s were pivotal years for Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu. During this time the couple – already longtime partners in life, as well as in art collecting – relocated to Rome for a year and fell head over heels for the Italian avant-garde movement known as…
Continue reading >>Una testimonianza da un Amico del CIMA: 5 Maggio / A testimony from one of CIMA’s friends: May 5
“Se esisto è anche perché il 5 maggio del 1945 fu liberato il campo di sterminio di Mauthausen dove mio padre fu deportato.
Al loro arrivo i soldati americani non si aspettavano l’orrore che si parò davanti ai loro occhi: i vivi sopravvissuti avevano l’aspetto di scheletri ricoperti di pelle. Le SS avevano pensato bene,…
Continue reading >>CIMA as ‘incubator for museums’
Written by CIMA spring intern, Elisa Pellegrini
Laura Mattioli, the president of CIMA, decided to open this space in SoHo to promote public appreciation and advance the study of modern and contemporary Italian art in the United States and internationally. Laura believes that twentieth century Italian art is too little known outside Italy, and that…
Continue reading >>MEMBER ONLY TOUR AT THE MET BREUER: ‘Lucio Fontana – On the Threshold’
Written by CIMA intern, Elisa Pellegrini
On April 2nd CIMA Members were invited to join us for a private tour of the exhibition Lucio Fontana: On the Threshold at The Met Breuer. Our tour was be led by Iria Candela, the Estrellita B. Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art in The Met’s Department of Modern and Contemporary…
Continue reading >>CIMA Members Visit The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future
Written by CIMA Spring intern, Elisa Pellegrini.
On March 19th, CIMA members were invited to visit the exhibition entitled Hilma af Klint: Painting for the Future, on view through April 23, 2019 at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The group had the chance to attend a private tour led by the curatorial assistant David Horowitz.
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Continue reading >>Members Only Tour Of Andy Warhol at the Whitney – Spring 2019
written by 2018-2019 CIMA intern, Jiayi Gu
Undefeated by the bone-chilling morning on March 5th, 2019, CIMA members, fellows and staff gathered at the Whitney Museum of American Art, awaiting an in-depth tour of “Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again” guided by the exhibition’s curator Donna De Salvo (Deputy Director for International Initiatives…
Continue reading >>CIMA’s Spring 2019 fellows
After introducing our spring interns, we would like to take a moment for Caterina Caputo, and Carlotta Castellani, our Spring 2019 fellows, to introduce themselves. Also staying with us through May is Erica Bernardi, extending her fellowship from winter 2018 into spring 2019.
– What is your favorite artwork from the Metaphysical Masterpieces show at…
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