Short Film Clip of Sabba’s Film Defending the Peninsula

 Here is a short film clip of the film Defending the Peninsula which was produced and directed by Charles Vincent Sabba. This is an exerpt of the hour long film that was one of the three finalists in the Russo Brothers Film Forum. Please subscribe to our Youtube channel after viewing this. There will be many new film shorts concerning art theft, art crimes and cultural property protection shown on this  channel very soon. 

Climate Activists, Keep Your Hands off Our Art

https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/arts/2022/10/26/climate-activists-keep-your-hands-off-our-art/ 

https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/arts/2022/10/26/climate-activists-keep-your-hands-off-our-art/

La Voce di New York

26 October , 2022

Climate Activists, Keep Your Hands off Our Art!

Unlike that of the US, the Italian Constitution makes sacred both Nature and art; they are both part of the human patrimony

By Charles Vincent Sabba

Read full article here:

Defending the Penninsula - A Film by Charles Vincent Sabba

 

The Russo Brothers: Two of America’s greatest directors, producers and screenwriters. 

Our film for the Russo Brothers Italian American Film Forum Grant is finally done and submitted.

It is still not released publicly yet. We will release it on Sept 30 after the Russo Brothers Italian-American Film Forum completes the judging process and picks the 3 runner ups. After that you will be able to view it on our Articolo 9 Consulting VIMEO account. 

This has been a busy 5 months since we received the grant back in April. We did 2 U.S. coasts: Malibu/Pacific Palisades, California and New York and Boston; then 2 Italian coasts: Cerveteri, Roma and Fano. We interviewed archeologists, cultural patrimony experts, two mayors in Italy and the lawyer in Fano, Italy who is fighting to get the Lisippo Bronze of Fano repatriated to Italy (currently held by the Getty Villa)! In this film we cover the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Robbery and Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Italian art purchasing habits through Bernard Berenson, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Euphronious Krater case, and the current legal and moral battle bewreeen the Italian Government and the Getty Villa for the ownership and return of the Lisippo di Fano (which the Getty calls the Getty Bronze). The Russo Brothers chose 7 grant awardees out of 280 applications. Below is a description of our competition (it is going to be hard to beat the kid with the pizzas!🤣). But winning isn’t important, We Are honored to be in the top 7 and very happy to have an opportunity  to spread our message about Article 9 of the Italian Constitution as well as the battle for the Lisippo Bronze.

The recipients of the 2022 grant awards were:

 

Charles Vincent Sabba, whose film “Defending the Peninsula” investigates art theft and antiquities looting in Italy and how law enforcement in both the USA and Italy work to protect the artistic and cultural patrimony of Italy’s 70% share of the world’s great art.

Philip Amara, whose yet untitled film examines the history and contributions Italian Americans have made to the comic book medium which has spawned so many of today’s blockbuster films.

 

Stefano Da Fre`, whose film, Stolen Dough, recounts the billion-dollar legal battle begun by a 13-year-old Italian immigrant against one of the largest pizza chains in America.

 

Agata De Santis, whose documentary film, Rossi & Company, explores the history of the 112-year-old Italian American gift shop in NYC’s Little Italy, and the struggle its 71 year old proprietor is having to keep its storied doors open.

 

Rose Lytle, whose documentary film, Speak American, focuses on the challenges facing younger Italian Americans today to preserve and perpetuate our culture.

 

Charles Marsala, whose film, de Pinedo’s 1927 Four Continents Flight, explores the aeronautic accomplishments of the Italian who crossed the Atlantic two months before Lindbergh.

 

Anthony Palmiotto, whose narrative film, The Football Wedding, highlights a

long-forgotten Italian American wedding tradition through a nostalgic romantic comedy.

 

Patricia Santangelo, whose documentary film, Lucky Corner, celebrates the life and accomplishments of the family’s patriarch, Alfred E. Santangelo, one of the Italian American community’s earliest political champions.

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This grant is an amazing opportunity and it is extremely generous of the sponsors. The Russo Brothers Italian American Film Forum is sponsored by four entities: the National Italian American Foundation, the Italian Sons and Daughters of America, the Russo Brothers and AGBO.

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Charles Vincent Sabba, artist and art world investigative reporter, inside the Gardner Museum in Boston

 Charles Vincent Sabba, artist and art world investigative reporter, inside the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.

Charles Vincent Sabba’s Intro

  Charles Vincent Sabba’s introduction filmed in the library of Salmagundi Club located at 47 5th Avenue, New York.

Articolo 9 Consulting’s Art World Reporting You Tube Channel

Il Lisippo di Fano, property of the people of Fano, Italia; currently exhibited at the Getty Villa, Pallisades Park, California. 

Articolo 9 Cosulting’s Art World Reporting YouTube Channel: Art World Investigative Journalism and Reporting. This is the investigative journalistic video channel of Articolo 9 Art Consultation. Here you can find daily news and important info on the protection of artistic and cultural patrimony, criminality in the global art market, and other signifcant areas such as art markets, exhibitions, artists and cultural events.

https://youtube.com/channel/UCaNGj_8xCYaR3p71fRwk3JQ

Basquiat Portait in Basquiat Exhibition at NAHMAD Contrmporary, N.Y.

 Brett as a Negro, acrylic on tiling glued on plywood, painted by Jean Michel Basqiuat in 1982, in the private collection of Brett De Palma.

Back in the early 1980s, the outstanding artist Brett De Palma ran in a circle of very creative friends from the Transavanguardia, such as Jean Michel Basquiat, Francesco Clemente, Sandro Chia and Enzo Cucchi, to name only a few. In 1982, The late Jean Michel Basquiat painted this portrait of Brett and wrote the title himself. Basquiat traded the painting with De Palma for one of his artworks. The painting is currently included in the exhibit: Jean Michel Basqiuat: Art and Objecthood which is at NAHMAD Contemporary until June 6, 2022. Of the portrait, De Palma states cheerfully: “Forty years later I find myself with myself. I haven’t changed a bit.”

NAHMAD Contemporary is located at 980 Madison Avenue, New York, third floor.