We The Italians: Magazzino Italian Art: The Home of Contemporary Italian Art in the United States

The journey of discovering Italy in the United States has taken us and will continue to take us just about everywhere, but it is clear that the American state where there are the most people, institutions and events representing our country is New York. But New York is not just Manhattan, nor is it just the five boroughs that take the name New York City.

Today we move an hour's drive north of Manhattan, where an extraordinary institution that tells and shows Postwar Italian art has sprung up. It is called Magazzino Italian Art and is directed by a talented young Italian, Vittorio Calabrese, who started out from Irpinia (in the Campania region) and now is the Director of one of the most important centers representing Italian art in the United States. We welcome him, grateful to be able to tell our readers through him about this magnificent institution.