On display July 1 through August 30 Exhibition: Elizabeth Sollazzo Presents Her Works of Art Ms. Sollazzo is drawn to the elements that surround her in nature.The trees, flowers and the land both dry and of the sea capturing the transparency of color and of shapes that draw you in to appreciate your surroundings. Sponsored by Garibaldi-Meucci Museum. 420 Tompkins Avenue, Staten Island Contact: Carol Berardi 718-442-1608 slundegard@garibaldimeuccimuseum.org
On display through August 13 Paradise of Exiles: Early Photography in Italy This exhibition focuses on Italy's importance as a center of exchange and experimentation during the first three decades of photography's history from 1839, the year of its invention, to 1871, the year Italy became a unified nation. Paradise of Exiles highlights the little-known contribution of Italian photographers to the development of the new medium through some 35 photographs and albums drawn from The Met collection, along with 11 loans, including rare daguerreotypes and photographs related to the Risorgimento, the period of modern Italian unification. The Met Fifth Avenue 1000 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan Contact: 212-535-7710
On display through August 31 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Exhibition: Breaking Walls an emigrant/immigrant journey through Southern Italy: Paintings and Ceramics by William Papaleo "Over twenty years ago, William Papaleo, a third generation U.S. American with ancestors from Italy, moved to Naples to practice the art he had learned in the U.S. Papaleo is different from most Italian American artists who use Italy to set up a sense of the past and reconnect to it through travel. Their art, more oſten than not focuses on the family and their own reactions to retiring to the home of their ancestors. What you find in Papaleo's art is something new, something all other Italian Americans have not dealt with, and that is the role of the immigrant in today's Italy. It is through art like this work, that we can reach beyond the real, and sometime we even achieve the impossible." --from Distinguished Professor Fred Gardaphe's exhibition catalogue essay.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute/CUNY 25 West 43rd Street, Manhattan Contact: 212-642-2094
On display through August 31
Love in Venice This exhibition examines the literary, artistic, musical, and cultural aspects of Venice's seductiveness, including its beautiful courtesans, lavish festivals, lively carnivals, and libertine counterculture through diverse works that range from etchings by Tiepolo and a letter from Lord Byron recounting his amorous conquest, to wedding poetry and pop-up books that reveal the undergarments of Venetian prostitutes.
Presented by The New York Public Library.
The New York Public Library
476 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan
Admission: free; open to the public
Contact: 917-275-6975
www.nypl.org
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