CIMA - Center for Italian Modern Art

CIMA, the Center for Italian Modern Art is a 501c3 public nonprofit exhibition and research center established in 2013 in New York City to promote public appreciation and advance the study of modern and contemporary Italian art in the United States and internationally. Each academic year CIMA presents in its spacious loft in SoHo an installation examining the work of modern Italian artists rarely exhibited in the U.S. The exhibitions serve as the theme for CIMA’s fellowship program, which aims to promote new scholarship and dialogue in the field through the support of emerging young scholars from around the world.

 

CIMA's new exhibition NANNI BALESTRINI: ART AS POLITICAL ACTION - ONE THOUSAND AND ONE VOICES will be on view February 22 - June 22, 2024.

Please note: CIMA will continue to monitor and abide by guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), New York State, and New York City for health and safety procedures that inform our operations. Visitors are encouraged to wear a mask during their visit. CIMA reserves the right to require masks during large gatherings. An inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public space where people are present. We cannot guarantee that you will not be exposed to COVID-19 during your visit to CIMA. Those visiting CIMA do so at their own risk of such exposure.

Upcoming (5)

GUIDED TOURS  •Fri & Sat in person • Nanni Balestrini primary image

GUIDED TOURS •Fri & Sat in person • Nanni Balestrini

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OPEN HOURS  • Fri & Sat in person • Nanni Balestrini primary image

OPEN HOURS • Fri & Sat in person • Nanni Balestrini

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Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Hilary Harkness primary image

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Hilary Harkness

Tue, May 7 • 6:00 PM

Free

Stile Olivetti: Between Art and Design primary image

Stile Olivetti: Between Art and Design

Fri, May 10 • 4:00 PM

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Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Tammie Rubin primary image

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Tammie Rubin

Tue, May 14 • 6:00 PM

Free

GUIDED TOURS  •Fri & Sat in person • Nanni Balestrini primary image

GUIDED TOURS •Fri & Sat in person • Nanni Balestrini

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OPEN HOURS  • Fri & Sat in person • Nanni Balestrini primary image

OPEN HOURS • Fri & Sat in person • Nanni Balestrini

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Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Hilary Harkness primary image

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Hilary Harkness

Tue, May 7 • 6:00 PM

Free

Stile Olivetti: Between Art and Design primary image

Stile Olivetti: Between Art and Design

Fri, May 10 • 4:00 PM

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Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Tammie Rubin primary image

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Tammie Rubin

Tue, May 14 • 6:00 PM

Free

Past (311)

Preserving Memories of War Captivity: Legacy, Museums and Repositories primary image

Preserving Memories of War Captivity: Legacy, Museums and Repositories

yesterday • 2:00 PM

Free

Italian Futurism and Bay Area Dada in the 1970s. A talk by Branden W Joseph primary image

Italian Futurism and Bay Area Dada in the 1970s. A talk by Branden W Joseph

Thu, Apr 18 • 6:00 PM

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Multipli Forti: Italian Literary Fiction Festival (3rd edition) primary image

Multipli Forti: Italian Literary Fiction Festival (3rd edition)

Fri, Apr 12 • 10:30 AM

Free

"Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion": a film screening at CIMA primary image

"Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion": a film screening at CIMA

Thu, Apr 11 • 7:00 PM

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A century of Visual Writing in Italy: Luigi Ballerini in Conversation primary image

A century of Visual Writing in Italy: Luigi Ballerini in Conversation

Thu, Apr 4 • 6:00 PM

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Computing the Unexpected: Nanni Balestrini's "Tape Mark I" primary image

Computing the Unexpected: Nanni Balestrini's "Tape Mark I"

Thu, Mar 14 • 6:00 PM

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“A new revolutionary art”:  Balestrini and the Great Revolt of the 1960s primary image

“A new revolutionary art”: Balestrini and the Great Revolt of the 1960s

Tue, Mar 12 • 6:00 PM

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Corrado Cagli Study Day primary image

Corrado Cagli Study Day

Thu, Jan 25 • 10:00 AM

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"Ariosto in the Machine Age": A book Presentation and Discussion primary image

"Ariosto in the Machine Age": A book Presentation and Discussion

Tue, Jan 23 • 6:00 PM

Free

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Juan Sánchez primary image

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Juan Sánchez

Tue, Jan 9 • 6:00 PM

Free

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Leslie Hewitt primary image

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Leslie Hewitt

Wed, Dec 13 • 6:00 PM

Free

Corrado Cagli and George Balanchine on Stage: An Artistic Collaboration primary image

Corrado Cagli and George Balanchine on Stage: An Artistic Collaboration

Tue, Dec 12 • 6:00 PM

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Preserving Memories of War Captivity: Legacy, Museums and Repositories primary image

Preserving Memories of War Captivity: Legacy, Museums and Repositories

yesterday • 2:00 PM

Free

Italian Futurism and Bay Area Dada in the 1970s. A talk by Branden W Joseph primary image

Italian Futurism and Bay Area Dada in the 1970s. A talk by Branden W Joseph

Thu, Apr 18 • 6:00 PM

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Multipli Forti: Italian Literary Fiction Festival (3rd edition) primary image

Multipli Forti: Italian Literary Fiction Festival (3rd edition)

Fri, Apr 12 • 10:30 AM

Free

"Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion": a film screening at CIMA primary image

"Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion": a film screening at CIMA

Thu, Apr 11 • 7:00 PM

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A century of Visual Writing in Italy: Luigi Ballerini in Conversation primary image

A century of Visual Writing in Italy: Luigi Ballerini in Conversation

Thu, Apr 4 • 6:00 PM

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Computing the Unexpected: Nanni Balestrini's "Tape Mark I" primary image

Computing the Unexpected: Nanni Balestrini's "Tape Mark I"

Thu, Mar 14 • 6:00 PM

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“A new revolutionary art”:  Balestrini and the Great Revolt of the 1960s primary image

“A new revolutionary art”: Balestrini and the Great Revolt of the 1960s

Tue, Mar 12 • 6:00 PM

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Corrado Cagli Study Day primary image

Corrado Cagli Study Day

Thu, Jan 25 • 10:00 AM

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"Ariosto in the Machine Age": A book Presentation and Discussion primary image

"Ariosto in the Machine Age": A book Presentation and Discussion

Tue, Jan 23 • 6:00 PM

Free

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Juan Sánchez primary image

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Juan Sánchez

Tue, Jan 9 • 6:00 PM

Free

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Leslie Hewitt primary image

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Leslie Hewitt

Wed, Dec 13 • 6:00 PM

Free

Corrado Cagli and George Balanchine on Stage: An Artistic Collaboration primary image

Corrado Cagli and George Balanchine on Stage: An Artistic Collaboration

Tue, Dec 12 • 6:00 PM

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CIMA, the Center for Italian Modern Art is a 501c3 public nonprofit exhibition and research center established in 2013 in New York City to promote public appreciation and advance the study of modern and contemporary Italian art in the United States and internationally. Each academic year CIMA presents in its spacious loft in SoHo an installation examining the work of modern Italian artists rarely exhibited in the U.S. The exhibitions serve as the theme for CIMA’s fellowship program, which aims to promote new scholarship and dialogue in the field through the support of emerging young scholars from around the world.

 

CIMA's new exhibition NANNI BALESTRINI: ART AS POLITICAL ACTION - ONE THOUSAND AND ONE VOICES will be on view February 22 - June 22, 2024.

Please note: CIMA will continue to monitor and abide by guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), New York State, and New York City for health and safety procedures that inform our operations. Visitors are encouraged to wear a mask during their visit. CIMA reserves the right to require masks during large gatherings. An inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public space where people are present. We cannot guarantee that you will not be exposed to COVID-19 during your visit to CIMA. Those visiting CIMA do so at their own risk of such exposure.

Events

GUIDED TOURS  •Fri & Sat in person • Nanni Balestrini primary image

GUIDED TOURS •Fri & Sat in person • Nanni Balestrini

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OPEN HOURS  • Fri & Sat in person • Nanni Balestrini primary image

OPEN HOURS • Fri & Sat in person • Nanni Balestrini

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Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Hilary Harkness primary image

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Hilary Harkness

Tue, May 7 • 6:00 PM

Free

Stile Olivetti: Between Art and Design primary image

Stile Olivetti: Between Art and Design

Fri, May 10 • 4:00 PM

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Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Tammie Rubin primary image

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Tammie Rubin

Tue, May 14 • 6:00 PM

Free

GUIDED TOURS  •Fri & Sat in person • Nanni Balestrini primary image

GUIDED TOURS •Fri & Sat in person • Nanni Balestrini

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OPEN HOURS  • Fri & Sat in person • Nanni Balestrini primary image

OPEN HOURS • Fri & Sat in person • Nanni Balestrini

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Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Hilary Harkness primary image

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Hilary Harkness

Tue, May 7 • 6:00 PM

Free

Stile Olivetti: Between Art and Design primary image

Stile Olivetti: Between Art and Design

Fri, May 10 • 4:00 PM

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Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Tammie Rubin primary image

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Tammie Rubin

Tue, May 14 • 6:00 PM

Free

Preserving Memories of War Captivity: Legacy, Museums and Repositories primary image

Preserving Memories of War Captivity: Legacy, Museums and Repositories

yesterday • 2:00 PM

Free

Italian Futurism and Bay Area Dada in the 1970s. A talk by Branden W Joseph primary image

Italian Futurism and Bay Area Dada in the 1970s. A talk by Branden W Joseph

Thu, Apr 18 • 6:00 PM

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Multipli Forti: Italian Literary Fiction Festival (3rd edition) primary image

Multipli Forti: Italian Literary Fiction Festival (3rd edition)

Fri, Apr 12 • 10:30 AM

Free

"Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion": a film screening at CIMA primary image

"Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion": a film screening at CIMA

Thu, Apr 11 • 7:00 PM

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A century of Visual Writing in Italy: Luigi Ballerini in Conversation primary image

A century of Visual Writing in Italy: Luigi Ballerini in Conversation

Thu, Apr 4 • 6:00 PM

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Computing the Unexpected: Nanni Balestrini's "Tape Mark I" primary image

Computing the Unexpected: Nanni Balestrini's "Tape Mark I"

Thu, Mar 14 • 6:00 PM

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“A new revolutionary art”:  Balestrini and the Great Revolt of the 1960s primary image

“A new revolutionary art”: Balestrini and the Great Revolt of the 1960s

Tue, Mar 12 • 6:00 PM

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Corrado Cagli Study Day primary image

Corrado Cagli Study Day

Thu, Jan 25 • 10:00 AM

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"Ariosto in the Machine Age": A book Presentation and Discussion primary image

"Ariosto in the Machine Age": A book Presentation and Discussion

Tue, Jan 23 • 6:00 PM

Free

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Juan Sánchez primary image

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Juan Sánchez

Tue, Jan 9 • 6:00 PM

Free

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Leslie Hewitt primary image

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Leslie Hewitt

Wed, Dec 13 • 6:00 PM

Free

Corrado Cagli and George Balanchine on Stage: An Artistic Collaboration primary image

Corrado Cagli and George Balanchine on Stage: An Artistic Collaboration

Tue, Dec 12 • 6:00 PM

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Preserving Memories of War Captivity: Legacy, Museums and Repositories primary image

Preserving Memories of War Captivity: Legacy, Museums and Repositories

yesterday • 2:00 PM

Free

Italian Futurism and Bay Area Dada in the 1970s. A talk by Branden W Joseph primary image

Italian Futurism and Bay Area Dada in the 1970s. A talk by Branden W Joseph

Thu, Apr 18 • 6:00 PM

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Multipli Forti: Italian Literary Fiction Festival (3rd edition) primary image

Multipli Forti: Italian Literary Fiction Festival (3rd edition)

Fri, Apr 12 • 10:30 AM

Free

"Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion": a film screening at CIMA primary image

"Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion": a film screening at CIMA

Thu, Apr 11 • 7:00 PM

Check ticket price on event

A century of Visual Writing in Italy: Luigi Ballerini in Conversation primary image

A century of Visual Writing in Italy: Luigi Ballerini in Conversation

Thu, Apr 4 • 6:00 PM

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Computing the Unexpected: Nanni Balestrini's "Tape Mark I" primary image

Computing the Unexpected: Nanni Balestrini's "Tape Mark I"

Thu, Mar 14 • 6:00 PM

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“A new revolutionary art”:  Balestrini and the Great Revolt of the 1960s primary image

“A new revolutionary art”: Balestrini and the Great Revolt of the 1960s

Tue, Mar 12 • 6:00 PM

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Corrado Cagli Study Day primary image

Corrado Cagli Study Day

Thu, Jan 25 • 10:00 AM

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"Ariosto in the Machine Age": A book Presentation and Discussion primary image

"Ariosto in the Machine Age": A book Presentation and Discussion

Tue, Jan 23 • 6:00 PM

Free

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Juan Sánchez primary image

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Juan Sánchez

Tue, Jan 9 • 6:00 PM

Free

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Leslie Hewitt primary image

Persisting Matters: An Artist Talk Series - Leslie Hewitt

Wed, Dec 13 • 6:00 PM

Free

Corrado Cagli and George Balanchine on Stage: An Artistic Collaboration primary image

Corrado Cagli and George Balanchine on Stage: An Artistic Collaboration

Tue, Dec 12 • 6:00 PM

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