Notizie Recenti

Catherine E. Bonesho, the 2018 Emeline Hill Richardson Rome Prize Fellow in Ancient Studies who just finished her PhD in classical and ancient Near Eastern studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, has joined the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles.

An exhibition by the artist Nico Vascellari, a 2008 Italian Fellow, opens tomorrow at MAXXI in Rome.

Corinna de Fonseca-Wollheim (2018 Resident) explores the “uncompromising lucidity” of death in the music of Michael Hersch (2001 Fellow), whose composition I hope we get a chance to visit soon will premiere at the Ojai Music Festival.

The Fellows’ spring trip to Sardinia inspired Rosetta S. Elkin, 2018 Rome Prize winner in landscape architecture, to delve into the implications of “plant blindness” on our understanding of everything from landscape to climate change in an article for Frank News.

Keith Krumwiede, a 2018 Rome Prize Fellow, was just named dean of architecture at the California College of the Arts. He begins the new position in August.

Rashwan Abdelbaki, a 2017 Affiliated Fellow, has work in (Dis)Figured, a three-person exhibition at Montoro12 Contemporary Art in Rome, on view until May 15.

The Architectural League has recognized the work of Bryony Roberts, a 2016 Rome Prize Fellow in historic preservation and conservation, with a 2018 League Prize.

Metalscapes, a solo exhibition of work by Mary Gillis, a 2016 Visiting Artist, opens tomorrow, May 4, at K. Oss Contemporary Art in Detroit.

Marsèlleria will screen works by Italian artists from May 3 to 5. Included are the 2018 Italian Fellow Rä di Martino and Simone Bertuzzi and Simone Trabucchi of Invernomuto, who will join the Academy as Italian Fellows in September.

On May 1 David I. Kertzer (2000 Resident, AAR Trustee) will discuss his new book The Pope Who Would Be King with Alexander Stille (2009 Affiliated Fellow) at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York.

Today Kunsthaus Baselland in Switzerland opened a solo exhibition of work by Rochelle Feinstein, a 2018 Rome Prize Fellow.

Richard Rezac’s first solo museum show in Chicago since 1990 opens on April 21 at the Renaissance Society. Rezac is a 2007 Rome Prize Fellow in visual arts.

Architectural Digest has identified the Marchesi Antinori Chianti Classico Cellar, owned by AAR Trustee Alessia Antinori, as one of “16 Spectacular Green Roofs around the World.”

Rä di Martino, 2018 CRT Italian Fellow in visual art and winner of the ACACIA Prize, has a solo exhibition at the Museo del Novecento in Milan, opening on April 9.

Karl Kirchwey, 1994 Fellow and 2010–13 Heiskell Arts Director, is the editor of Poems of Rome, an anthology of verse about the Eternal City. Poets span the centuries: from Horace and Ovid to Adrienne Rich and Jorie Graham.

Doug Argue’s first solo show at Marc Strauss Gallery in New York opens on April 8. Argue was a 1998 Fellow in visual arts.

The Los Angeles Times has reviewed photographs by Catherine Wagner, a 2014 Fellow, that were inspired by Giorgio Morandi. Her exhibition at Gallery Luisotti in Santa Monica ends on March 31.

A terrific San Francisco Classical Review article highlights the work of two Fellows, Doug Argue and David Lang, and two Residents, Laurie Anderson and Brenda Way.

Afro Kismet, a solo exhibition of new work by Fred Wilson (AAR Trustee), opens tonight at Pace Gallery in London.

The Archaeological Institute of America has given the 2018 James R. Wiseman Book Award to Gilbert J. Gorski (1998 Affiliated Fellow) and James E. Packer (1964 Fellow) for The Roman Forum: A Reconstruction and Architectural Guide.