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James Cohan Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of an exhibition entitled Flavio and Palermo (in the summer) by Italian painter and conceptual artist, Manfredi Beninati on February 17, 2007 and running through March 17. For Beninati’s second solo exhibition in New York, he will include new paintings, sculpture and installation. This body of work is dedicated to the artist’s brother, Flavio. Beninati is best known for work that addresses the nostalgia for childhood through the lens of memory.

ALIGHIERO E BOETTI ALBERTO BURRI PIER PAOLO CALZOLARI ENRICO CASTELLANI LUCIO FONTANA JANNIS KOUNELLIS FAUSTO MELOTTI MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO MARIO SCHIFANO Vivian Horan Fine Art is pleased to present “Italian Visions: 40 Years of Art,” a group exhibition featuring 9 artists connected to the Arte Povera movement which demonstrates the artists’ shared focus upon concept and materials, attentiveness to the world and humanity, as well as poetic, political and historical concerns.

L’artista italobrasiliano Umberto Nigi espone le sue opere presso le Nazioni Unite. Nato in Italia e da cinque anni in Brasile, Umberto Nigi conserva il ricordo della sua terra natale e la sua pittura è stata influenzata dal movimento dei post-macchiaioli. Negli anni ’60 e ’70 la sua arte aveva un carattere espressionista, con un marcato richiamo sociale, poi, dopo anni di viaggi durante i quali ha assimilato le culture di Paesi dei cinque continenti, si indirizza maggiormente verso l’astrattismo sviluppando un linguaggio lirico contundente e sensuale.

Helen Del Guidice's paintings of Romany women and children - her "Rom Madonnas" series - are stirring portraits which force us to contemplate these women and children in their ongoing poverty and marginalization. Del Guidice has captured the tenacious individualism of her subjects, with both despair and love etched in their faces. They are no longer "beggars," but cherished individuals--cherished by the artist, if not by the world that segregates them.

La Magnani! Arrives Off-Broadway March 22nd at Arclight Theatre La Magnani! a one-woman show celebrating the life of Anna Magnani, one of Italy's most revered actresses, written and performed by Theresa Gambacorta, starts March 22nd at The Arclight Theatre. With her irreverently messy black hair and eyes whose dark circles framed a vibrant and haunting expression unmatched in its intensity, Anna Magnani carved out an extraordinary cinematic career that defied the glamorous image of her rivals. Her unique way of simultaneously communicating strength and volatility made her a screen icon.

The collection of works depicts the mercureal nature of solitude: solitude can be heavy or light, joyful or anxious, liberating or alienating. We can choose solitude or endure it. We can experience and face it alone, or with others. Solitude is an essential part of our lives. Yet nobody teaches us how to experience it. In their works, Agostini, Ahn and Ferreira emphasize the fact that solitude is inseparable from our history and humanity. Each of their works approaches solitude from a different angle.

Beatrice Barbalato is the author of Vincenzo Cerami: le récit et la scène , LLN, PUL-Presses Universitaires de Louvain, 2005; Sul palco c'è l'autore. Scrivere, Filmare, interpretare: Carmelo Bene, Ascanio Celestini, Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto De Simone, Mario Martone , PUL, 2006. The musical tale La Gatta Cenerentola by Roberto De Simone represents the pinnacle of contemporary Neapolitan dramaturgy. This piece constitutes a synergy between the traditional and antique which still exists today in Neapolitan culture, presented in an ironic context.

Opening March 23 Quad Cinema 34 W. 13th St., New York The filmmaker will be present for all evening shows, Friday through Sunday Tickets available at 777-FILM #636 or from www.moviefone.com The untold story of Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti - anarchists whose trial for murder divided the nation and stirred the conscience of the world. Featuring the voices of John Turturro and Tony Shalhoub, and interviews with Howard Zinn, Arlo Guthrie and Studs Terkel.

This course examines key texts in the first Cantica of the Divine Comedy, which presents the heaven-bound human soul of its author as it faces the horror and temptation of sin. The approach is more concerned with art than with theology the focus is on a detailed examination of the text. The Princeton University Dante Project will be available as a resource. Robert Hollander, an emeritus professor of European literature at Princeton University, has written many books and articles about Dante and directs both the Dartmouth University and the Princeton Dante projects

On April 17, the Associazione Premio Grinzane Cavour, in association with Compagnia di San Paolo, will present Philip Roth with the Grinzane-Masters Award. For many years at the center of the world literary scene, Philip Roth has been successful in writing with the same intensity stories that speak to all of us, from "Portnoy's Complaint" to "Everyman".