{"id":5541,"date":"2023-10-12T20:46:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T18:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/?p=5541"},"modified":"2023-10-12T20:48:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T18:48:21","slug":"press-release-the-grand-italian-vision-farnesina-collection-at-the-united-nations-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dalla_rappresentanza\/2023\/10\/press-release-the-grand-italian-vision-farnesina-collection-at-the-united-nations-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESS RELEASE &#8211; \u201cTHE GRAND ITALIAN VISION \u2013 Farnesina Collection\u201d at the United Nations in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u201cTHE GREAT ITALIAN VISION \u2013 Farnesina Collection\u201d at the United Nations in New York <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Curated by Achille Bonito Oliva<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>From October 13 through October 27 2023, at the United Nations Headquarters <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Inauguration \u2013 United Nations Headquarters \u2013 October 12, 6pm <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On display now through October 27th, 2023 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CONSULATE GENERAL OF ITALY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PERMANENT MISSION OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RESIDENCY OF ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An exciting journey through the history of Italian art from the twentieth century to our times begins on Thursday October 12 at 6pm at UN Headquarters in New York with the official opening of the UN exhibition of the <strong>\u201cThe Great Italian Vision &#8211; Farnesina Collection\u201d (<\/strong>&#8220;La Grande Visione Italiana. Farnesina Collection&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition is in display at the United Nations\u2019 Delegates Entrance and on the Curved Wall.<\/p>\n<p>The Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, will cut the inaugural ribbon and open the event with his welcoming remarks, followed by the United Nations USG for Operational Support Atul Khare, the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, Professor Fabio Finotti, and the art critic and exhibit curator Achille Bonito Oliva.<\/p>\n<p>The project landing in New York offers a grand tour of Italy\u2019s creativity through 71 works selected from the extraordinary art collection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic.<\/p>\n<p>The works, which speak to the rich cultural heritage of Palazzo della Farnesina in Rome, are in display at several of Italy\u2019s institutions in New York. The exhibit is making stops at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations, the Residency of Italian Ambassador to the United Nations, the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, and the Consulate General of Italy. New York is one of the numerous locations touched this year by the exhibit in its international journey. The collection has already travelled through Asia stopping in Singapore, Tokyo, New Delhi and Seoul, before landing on US soil.<\/p>\n<p>More in detail, 26 out of the 71 works in New York are on display at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, 17 at the General Consulate of Italy, 6 in the hall and waiting room of the Permanent Mission of Italy to the UN and 3 at the Residence of the Permanent Representative of Italy to the UN. The UN Headquarters will exhibit 15 works, in display at the Delegates\u2019 Entrance and on the Curved wall.<\/p>\n<p>At the Delegates\u2019 Entrance visitors will admire \u201cUnique Forms of Continuity in Space\u201d (1913) By Umberto Boccioni, \u201cThe Etruscan\u201d (1976) by Michelangelo Pistoletto and \u201cJupiter et Antiope\u201d (2016 &#8211; 2021) by Giulio Paolini; \u201cHermes\u201d (2007) by Vettor Pisani, \u201c\u00a0Pinguino Camouflage\u201d N\u00b0X1, N\u00b0X2 (1987 \u2013 2005) by Maurizio Mochetti, \u201cAll the steps taken in my life have brought me here, now\u201d (2005) by Alberto Garutti, \u201cUntitled\u201d (1996) by Vanessa Beecroft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSantuary\u201d (1986) by Mario Schifano, \u201cJourney to Italy\u201d (1955) by Achille Perilli, \u201cCleoPatria\u201d (1998) by Luigi Ontani, \u201cLin-sat\u201d (1987) by Sergio Lombardo, \u201cQuadro celeste\u201d (1994) by Gianni Dess\u00ec and \u201cUntitled\u201d (2022) by Domenico Bianchi, will be on display on the Curved Wall.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, one of Francesco Clemente\u2019s great works will be on display exclusively at the New York\u2019s exhibit. The artist generously offered the Wings of Desire V, 2023 as a tribute to the exhibit \u201cThe Great Italian Vision \u2013 Farnesina Colelction\u201d and the institution hosting it.<\/p>\n<p>A preview of the project was offered with an opening at the Consulate General of Italy in New York on 18 September, when Italy\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani was visiting to participate in the High Level Week of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition will be on display at the UN Headquarters from October 13 to 27.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE GREAT ITALIAN VISION \u2013 FARNESINA COLLECTION. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Achille Bonito Oliva \u2013 General Curatore <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paola Marino \u2013 Exhibition Executive Developer <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Simona Rossi \u2013 \u00a0Exhibition Executive Coordinator <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anna Fresa \u2013 Exhibition Project<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cTHE GREAT ITALIAN VISION \u2013 Farnesina Collection\u201d at the United Nations in New York Curated by Achille Bonito Oliva From October 13 through October 27 2023, at the United Nations Headquarters Inauguration \u2013 United Nations Headquarters \u2013 October 12, 6pm \u00a0 On display now through October 27th, 2023 ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK CONSULATE [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5542,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5541\/revisions\/5542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}