Washington, October 31, 2024 – Italian Ambassador to the United States, Mariangela Zappia, inaugurated the “MOSAICO. Italian Code of a Timeless Art” exhibition last night in Washington, together with Aaron Myers, Director of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. This marks the launch of the first traveling multimedia exhibition dedicated to Italian mosaics.
“Italian mosaics represent one of Italy’s most significant and enduring contributions to art history—not simply as decoration, but as a lasting language that has spanned centuries to become an essential part of our cultural heritage. Mosaics are a bridge between East and West, joining traditions that range from the Roman and Byzantine Empires to contemporary Italy and beyond, even reaching the United States, where Italians introduced the art of mosaics from New York to Saint Louis,” commented the Ambassador.
The exhibition, conceived and produced by Magister Art—a cutting-edge Italian company specializing in the use of new technologies to promote cultural heritage—takes visitors on a 2,000-year journey through Italy, uncovering the images, symbols, techniques, and materials of some of the country’s most celebrated and representative mosaics. From Rome to Pompeii, through Ravenna, Palermo, Monreale, and other Italian cities.
The chosen venue, Dupont Underground, is a unique cultural space located in the heart of Washington. Repurposed from an old subway tunnel, it is now at the forefront of the capital’s cultural scene. The exhibition, open to the public free of charge, will run until the end of January 2025, after which it will travel to Salt Lake City and subsequently to Miami, in coordination with the network of Italian Cultural Institutes in the United States.
