Cristina La Porta

Cristina La Porta holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Columbia University. A former college professor of French and Italian Studies, she is currently a freelance art writer, editor, translator and lecturer. Her articles can be found in Fine Arts Connoisseur, American Arts Quarterly and VIA (Voices of Italian Americana, online magazine). She was a recipient of a PSC/CUNY grant for her interdisciplinary work on Antonin Artaud and Maria Izquierdo. A travelling grant from the American Academy in Rome resulted in an article, The Macchiaioli: Personal Topographies and Nationalism, published in La Rivista di Studi Italiani.

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Artiste Italiane: Italian American Museum exhibition in New York

In Manhattan’s “Little Italy”, the Italian American Museum’s exhibit, Artiste Italiane, coincides with International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month.

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