Past Events

Marking the third annual collaboration between Magazzino Italian Art and Ascend Center, this year will offer a virtual retreat that benefits RxArt and the Philipstown Behavioral Health Hub. This 15-minute meditation and breath work class led by Melia is available on Magazzino Da Casa as a precursor for a 65-minute heart-focused gentle yoga and meditation journey that you can register for here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/ascendcenter

Curated by 2020-21 Scholar-in-Residence Teresa Kittler, Magazzino Italian Art Foundation presents Arte Povera: Art of Collaboration, a four-part lecture series featuring Professor Lucia Re, Research Professor in the Department of Italian at UCLA; Dr. Sharon Hecker, Independent Scholar and Curator, Milan; and Dr. Leslie Cozzi, Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings & Photographs at The Baltimore Museum of Art. Teresa Kittler will also present a lecture on her findings researching the work of Arte Povera artist Alighiero Boetti's approach, paying close attention to his relationship with his wife, the feminist art critic, Sauzeau-Boetti.

Magazzino Italian Art presents a four-part lecture series Arte Povera: Art of Collaboration curated by 2020-21 Magazzino Scholar-in-Residence Teresa Kittler. In the second lecture of the series, Mutually Impressed and Distanced: Luciano Fabro’s Creative Collaborations with Women, Dr. Sharon Hecker, Independent Scholar and Curator, Milan, examines Luciano Fabro’s creative collaborations with women through photographs, videos and unpublished letters related to his art.

Magazzino Italian Art presents a four-part lecture series Arte Povera: Art of Collaboration curated by 2020-21 Magazzino Scholar-in-Residence Teresa Kittler. In the fourth lecture of the series, Communion and Prophylaxis: Mario and Marisa Merz, Dr. Leslie Cozzi, Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings & Photographs at The Baltimore Museum of Art, discusses the early sculpture and later work on paper of Mario Merz and Marisa Merz, lynchpins of the Turinese Arte Povera milieu.