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The Case of the Missing Fasanella Painting

(02 03 2011) Laura E. Ruberto

How I uncovered that the City of Oakland, the Oakland Public Library, the Oakland Museum of California, and the Oakland International Airport have misplaced Ralph Fasanella’s...

Italianità alternativa

(25 01 2010) Joey Skee

The Italian-American “experience” is anything but singular.

Searching for the Ethnic Angle in John Baldessari’s Art

(19 08 2009) Laura E. Ruberto

On a visit to a retrospective of this California artist, I consider traces of the Italian immigrant background in his work.

An Epic of Mediterranean Culture

(23 12 2008) Joey Skee

Sixty-six years ago, the Museum of Modern Art exhibited a Sicilian-American bootblack’s decorated shoeshine kit, contributing to the museum director’s eventual dismissal.

Lace in the Crystal City

(28 08 2008) Joey Skee

An exhibition presents women’s domestic needlework in Corning, New York.

Bedazzled by Filomeno

(06 01 2008) Joey Ski

Allegory and needlework meet in the sumptuous work of visual artist Angelo Filomeno.

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