Current Exhibition

From Toscana to Sonoma

Recent works by Douglas Gayeton
July 8 – October 31, 2010

Award winning Italian-American photographer Douglas Gayeton returns to Arte ITALIA with a new exhibit consisting of 3 groups of photographs:

  • • Time spent studying Italy’s slow living culture in a 16th century convent in Tuscany
  • • Local businesses in and around Sonoma in 2009 and their impact on the world around them
  • • 2004 documentation of Ville Sbertoli, a mental institution in Pistoia, Italy that closed in the early 1980’s, leaving the contents of the building intact – including furniture, personal items and even medical records

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Previous Art Exhibitions

In Cerca di Una Nuova Vita

This fascinating exhibit documents the experience of Italian immigrants to California through three waves of immigration – 1850-1924, 1924-1970, and 1970-today.  The exhibit highlights their struggle, determination, creativity and ultimately, the cultural and economic contributions Italians have made in the development of California.

Opera dei Pupi of Sicily

Direct from Palermo (Sicily), Mimmo Cuticchio and his historical company bring their puppet theater to Reno, Nevada.  Full of magic and enchantment, the tales they come to tell us will be re-enacted with Sicilian pupi – marvelous 3-foot high wooden puppets – celebrating the rich and ancient traditions of this island culture.  The title of their performance is The Liberation of Astolfo from Alcina’s Island.

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Beffi Triptych

Exclusively sponsored by Arte ITALIA and exhibited at the Nevada Museum of Art, this magnificent altarpiece dates from the early fifteenth century.  The central panel of the Triptych celebrates the Madonna and Christ Child, while stories of the life of Mary and Jesus appear on either side.
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RAPHAEL - Life of an Artist

The extraordinary master painter’s life, work and influence on the American collector
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RAPHAEL: The Woman with the Veil

Renaissance master's oil on canvas to be hosted at the
Nevada Museum of Art
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Behind Barbed Wire

Angelo Spinelli's photo documentation on life and culture in a POW Stalag Camp
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Prisoners in Our Own Home

The Italian American Experience as America's Enemy Aliens
This groundbreaking exhibit from the Italian American Museum in New York City documents the treatment of Italian American's during World War II through stunning photographs and narrative texts.
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PANE AMARO

(Bitter Bread), a documentary film on the Italian American immigrant experience.
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SLOW: Life in a Tuscan Town

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Planting Roots, Reaping the Harvest

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Raphael: Woman with a Veil