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New York Art in Rome

Traduzione in italiano di seguito... Empire State. Arte a New York oggi   Empire State. New York Art Now Palazzo delle Esposizioni 23 April – 21 July 2013 Curated by Norman Rosenthal and Alex Gartenfeld ROME TO HOST LANDMARK EXHIBITION OF NEW YORK ARTISTS PALAZZO DELLE ESPOSIZIONI’S “EMPIRE STATE” WILL EXPLORE ISSUES OF URBAN POWER AND THE FUTURE THROUGH INTERGENERATIONAL SURVEY  Opening reception for the artist - 22 April 2013  Rome/New York. Opening at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, on April 23, 2013, “Empire State” explores the constantly shifting realities and mythologies of New York City as a “New Rome.” Filling the Palazzo’s exhibition spaces, this ambitious intergenerational survey presents the work of twenty-five renowned and emerging New York City artists – each in depth and with important new work being shown for the first time – and suggests how they might re-imagine the relationship between their community and the life of the city

Sophia Loren: A Living Legend

Born Sofia Villani Scicolone on September 20, 1934 in Rome, Loren endured much hardship during the first decade of her life. She was brought up in the poverty stricken Neapolitan suburb of Pozzuoli during World War II. She was raised by a single mother who received no support from her father. The odds were stacked against her until one beauty contest changed everything. Loren was just 14 years old when she placed as a finalist in the contest. She was spotted by film producer Carlo Ponti and her life changed forever. He became her mentor and under his supervision, Sophia enrolled in acting classes and shortly thereafter was taking small parts in films. She was originally credited in those films as "Sofia Lazzaro" because people joked her beauty could raise Lazzarus from the dead. It was clear just from those bit parts that Loren was a leading lady, and it wasn't long until she was a star carrying a movie on her own. Her first starring role came in 1953 in the Italian fil