Artistic Director Ada Gentile presents the 32nd Festival of Contemporary Music Nuovi Spazi Musicali performed by the Ensemble Interface (Germany). Repertoire will include work of composers Dall’Ongaro; Gentile; Poppe; Trythall, FAAR'67, RAAR'70; and Rouse; as well as by Sean Friar, current Samuel Barber Rome Prize Fellow, and Lei Liang, current Elliott Carter Rome Prize Fellow.
Photo: Ensemble Interface; courtesy of Anna D'Errico.
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The first complete retrospective dedicated to the career of American photographer and art critic Milton Gendel (b. 1918) will take place in two exhibitions in Rome: Milton Gendel: a Surreal Life at the Museo Carlo Bilotti (Aranciera di Villa Borghese) from 5 October 2011 to 8 January 2012, and Milton Gendel: Portraits at the American Academy in Rome from 19 October to 30 November 2011. The retrospective traces Gendel’s work from his affiliation with the Surrealist exiles in New York in the 1940s through his long-time connection to Italy, where he has lived and worked for over sixty years.The exhibition is organized by Zetema Progetto Cultura with the patronage of the United States Embassy in Italy, the Embassy of Italy to the United States, and the American Academy in Rome, and is promoted by Roma Capitale, Assessorato alle Politiche Culturali e Centro Storico-- Sovraintendenza ai Beni Culturali. Both exhibitions are curated by Peter Benson Miller, Barbara Drudi and Alberta Campitelli.
Milton Gendel: a Surreal Life
at Museo Carlo Bilotti
Opening: Tuesday, 4 October, 2011, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Exhibition hours: open Tuesday through Sunday, 9:00am - 7:00pm; ticket office closes at 6:30pm; closed Mondays; ticket price 8 euros
Closing: Sunday, 8 January, 2012
Milton Gendel: Portraits
at American Academy in Rome
Opening: Wednesday, 19 October, 2011, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
AAR Gallery hours: open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 5:00pm - 8:00pm, free admisson
Closing: Wednesday, 30 November, 2011
Photo: Milton Gendel, Leo Castelli, 1982; courtesy of Milton Gendel.
The focus of this international conference is to study the role of memory and memorialization in the various areas of Roman culture: art, architecture, literature (including historiography), social history, and religion. Architect Daniel Libeskind will give the keynote address. The conference is part of the multi-year international project “Memoria Romana” directed by Karl Galinsky, RAAR’73, Floyd A. Cailloux Centennial Professor of Classics/University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and funded by a Max Planck International Research Award Project.
Image: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Veduta di Campo Vaccino, Views of Rome, Plate 82, 18 x 27.75 inches, etching, 1772.
Il principale obiettivo di questa conferenza internazionale è lo studio del ruolo della memoria e della commemorazione nei vari àmbiti della cultura romana: arte, architettura, letteratura e storiografia, storia sociale e religione. Sarà l’architetto Daniel Libeskind a impostare i lavori. La conferenza è parte del progetto internazionale pluriennale “Memoria Romana”, diretto da Karl Galinsky (già invitato nel 1973 all’Accademia per un periodo di residenza come esperto in studi classici), professore di studi classici presso la University of Texas at Austin, ed è finanziata da un Max Planck International Research Award Project.
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The first complete retrospective dedicated to the career of American photographer and art critic Milton Gendel (b. 1918) will take place in two exhibitions in Rome: Milton Gendel: a Surreal Life at the Museo Carlo Bilotti (Aranciera di Villa Borghese) from 5 October 2011 to 8 January 2012, and Milton Gendel: Portraits at the American Academy in Rome from 19 October to 30 November 2011. The retrospective traces Gendel’s work from his affiliation with the Surrealist exiles in New York in the 1940s through his long-time connection to Italy, where he has lived and worked for over sixty years.The exhibition is organized by Zetema Progetto Cultura with the patronage of the United States Embassy in Italy, the Embassy of Italy to the United States, and the American Academy in Rome, and is promoted by Roma Capitale, Assessorato alle Politiche Culturali e Centro Storico-- Sovraintendenza ai Beni Culturali. Both exhibitions are curated by Peter Benson Miller, Barbara Drudi and Alberta Campitelli.
Milton Gendel: a Surreal Life
at Museo Carlo Bilotti
Opening: Tuesday, 4 October, 2011, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Exhibition hours: open Tuesday through Sunday, 9:00am - 7:00pm; ticket office closes at 6:30pm; closed Mondays; ticket price 8 euros
Closing: Sunday, 8 January, 2012
Milton Gendel: Portraits
at American Academy in Rome
Opening: Wednesday, 19 October, 2011, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
AAR Gallery hours: open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 5:00pm - 8:00pm, free admisson
Closing: Wednesday, 30 November, 2011
Photo: Milton Gendel, Leo Castelli, 1982; courtesy of Milton Gendel.
