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The Case of the Missing Fasanella Painting

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

Joey Skee*

“Who, or more precisely, what is an Italian American? To some self-appointed arbiters of italianità, the answer is: Roman Catholic, conservative, and indisputably heterosexual..

Searching for the Ethnic Angle in John Baldessari’s Art

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

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.