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This edition: Maria Lai. A Journey to America

Episode Details

Original tape date: March 20, 2025. First aired: April 27, 2025.

In this episode of Italics, we visit Magazzino Italian Art Museum in Cold Spring to speak with Paola Mura, the museum’s artistic director and curator of Maria Lai. A Journey to America—the first U.S. retrospective dedicated to one of the most significant Italian artists of the 20th century.This exhibition provides an in-depth look at Maria Lai’s (1919–2013) groundbreaking six-decade career, featuring nearly 100 works. Maria lai was a visionary Italian artist known for her textile art, sculpture, and community-driven projects. Her art explored memory, language, and cultural identity, leaving a lasting impact on contemporary art.

Guest List

Paola Mura Artistic Director, Magazzino Italian Art Museum

Cav. Anthony Julian Tamburri, PhD. Host, Italics

  • About this series

  • Italics, Television for the Italian American Experience is a monthly presentation in the CUNY Presents timeslot that features prominent Italian Americans in the arts, business, government, sports, academia, and more. Each episode explores various aspects of the Italian diaspora, Italian-American history and traditions, contemporary Italian-American life, and takes a projected look at the future of the Italian-American community.

    Italics is hosted by Anthony Julian Tamburri, Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College/CUNY and Distinguished Professor of European Languages and Literatures.

    Italics is now in its third decade serving the Italian-American community and those interested in Italian-American history and culture. Italics is co-produced with the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute.

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