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    Symposium

    Competing Truths: Art and the Objects of History after the Council of Trent

    Fri, Nov 15, 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm »
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    Concert

    Magdalena Baczewska & Cassatt String Quartet

    Schumann: Piano Quintet Op. 44
    Brahms: Piano Quintet Op. 34

    Wed, Nov 20, 7:00 pm »
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    Concert

    RESONANT CITY: VENICE

    Madrigals for cello, choir, and city by Andrea Liberovici.
    Wick Simmons, cello;
    Fractio Modi, vocal quartet

    Tue, Dec 3, 7:00 pm »
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    Exhibition thru January (weekdays)

    “Full of Enthusiasm”: American Buyers Captured by Italian Fashion in the 1950s

    Gallery hours 9:30–4:30 (Mon–Fri)»
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    Deadline December 2

    Fellowships 2020-2021

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The Italian Academy of Columbia University

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FEATURED EVENTS

International Observatory for Cultural Heritage, Exhibition
  • Thu, Oct 3, 2019
    9:30 am     to Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 4:30 pm

"Full of Enthusiasm": American Buyers Captured by Italian Fashion in the 1950s

Extended through January. In 1951, entrepreneur Giovanni Battista Giorgini launched Italian fashion designers in the American market with parties and runway shows in his villa in Florence. Within...
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Symposium
  • Fri, Nov 15, 2019
    3:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Competing Truths: Art and the Objects of History after the Council of Trent

This is a two-day symposium to be jointly held at the Italian Academy and The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library on November 15 and 16. The event will bring together scholars and museum...
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Concert
  • Wed, Nov 20, 2019
    7:00 pm

Magdalena Baczewska and the Cassatt String Quartet

Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 Brahms: Piano Quintet in f minor, Op. 34 On Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 7:00 PM, esteemed pianist (and Director of Columbia’s Music Performance...
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Concert
  • Tue, Dec 3, 2019
    7:00 pm

RESONANT CITY: VENICE

This work includes ambient sound digitally recorded in Venice to evoke that mysterious, fragile city. The recordings by Liberovici are accompanied by solo cello and vocal ensemble, in a composition...
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