Then Mr. Di Modica negotiated with parks officials, and on Dec.
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Di Modica is currently suing SSGA for trademark and copyright infringement.
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Modica says it's now worth somewhere between $4 and $5 mil.
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Turns out, there is a secret — and her name is Gina Modica.
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Training a projectionist is "like giving somebody private lessons," Mr. Modica said.
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"We've had one case so far in the city," Mr. Modica said.
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Fearless Girl is great, but people are unfairly attacking Mr. Da Modica.
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Justice Deborah Stevens Modica sentenced him to 59 ⅓ to 66 ⅓ years in prison.
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"Charging Bull" sculptor Arturo Di Modica said "Fearless Girl" tarnishes the bull's positive message.
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Modica self-financed the sculpture and presented it as a gift to the city.
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"It's really bad," said an emotional Arturo Di Modica, 76, at a press conference.
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"As long as you don't touch your face, they will stay in place," Modica says.
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The artist who made it, Arturo Di Modica, delivered it with no notice — or permission.
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And now Mr. Modica trains newcomers like Mr. Locascio in the mechanics of showing film.
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The artist, Arturo Di Modica, said his statue's message had become negative with her there.
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Ahead, every makeup product Modica used on Brown for her first big night as the Bachelorette.
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In 1998, then-owner Jack Modica was sued for ejecting two black patrons from the Eagle.
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Mr. Modica had worked in commercial theaters before he arrived at the Jacob Burns in 20123.
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Tuesday, mimicking the surprise placement of the bull in 1989 by the sculptor Arturo Di Modica.
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In my opinion, Mr. Da Modica is absolutely correct that Fearless Girl completely changes his sculpture's meaning.
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The only potential obstacle: Arturo Di Modica, the artist who made the bull, doesn't want it moved.
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For starters, Modica says there are a few beauty rules of showbiz she had to learn early on.
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Wanderlust The Val di Noto region — which includes the towns of Ragusa, Modica and Noto — is bustling anew.
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But as an intellectual property lawyer, I will say that Mr. Da Modica has a valid legal argument.
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Consider the "Charging Bull" sculpture, symbolizing the bull market vigor of the financial markets, by Arturo Di Modica.
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If they had turned back, it "would have meant certain death at the hands of the Libyans", Modica said.
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"It was a whole new education," said Jesse Modica, who as the center's technical director is Mr. Locascio's boss.
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Well, it's the same product Modica once told us she steers clear of when shooting The Bachelor and Bachelorette: bronzer.
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CreditCreditAndrea Modica for The New York Times When you call John McPhee on the phone, he is instantly John McPhee.
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Mr. Modica said they are only 22012 years old, but the company that made them has gone out of business.
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"He's brought me on for every show after his first appearance as host of The Bachelor in 2002," Modica tells us.
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Instead of filing suit, then, Modica would do better to capitalize on the new tourism opportunities that "Fearless Girl's" addition creates.
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Arturo Di Modica, however, the sculptor behind Charging Bull, which Visbal's sculpture faces, has called for the more recent piece's removal.
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Thirty years ago, Mr. Di Modica placed the Charging Bull in front of the exchange in the middle of the night.
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" Modica agrees, adding, "The foundation easily lays down over problem areas if there are any; it just gives a beautiful, finished look.
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Diana Modica let her children, Charlie Baldwin, 0003, and Harriet Baldwin, 14, skip school to attend the Palo Alto rally last week.
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I'm sorry that Mr. Di Modica is not happy with the work—I asked him to join me at our sculptures twice.
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Modica says he always respected Reynolds for all the good he did in Florida, so he charged him relatives pennies in rent.
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In fact, Modica says he doesn't even recall the exact amount -- his accountant handles it -- but it was a super small sum.
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Arturo Di Modica, the creator of Wall Street's "Charging Bull," claimed that Kristen Visbal's "Fearless Girl" violates his artistic and commercial rights.
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The Bachelorette's makeup artist since the beginning, Modica has been behind the scenes blotting, touching-up, and reapplying like a beauty fairy godmother.
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The projectors running "Where's Poppa?" are older: They were originally used at Lincoln Center, Mr. Modica said, and probably date to the 29s.
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Mr. Siegel said that he and Mr. Di Modica have been discussing whether to go to court to keep the bull in place.
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Modica was nearly obliterated after a 1693 earthquake and consists of upper and lower areas, joined together by steep, narrow roads and staircases.
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"I don't have to worry about them being in rain or sweating off their makeup, unless of course they are really nervous," Modica says.
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I was born and raised in Sicily, so I wanted to use the ingredients from my land like the Modica chocolate and the almond.
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Siegel said they want the girl sculpture moved and for Di Modica to be awarded damages for the violation of his legal, statutory rights.
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Executives at the exchange didn't like it, however, and so Di Modica worked with the city to find a new placement for the bull.
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"The guy wanted publicity and he did it for publicity," Di Modica said about the attacker in an interview with the New York Post.
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Derek Danton and husband Robert Berk purchased the name from Jack Modica, the proprietor of the original Eagle on West 21st Street since 1970.
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Modica tells TMZ ... he bought Burt's pad with the intention of letting the legendary actor continue living there, because moving would have been traumatic.
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Di Modica began working on the bull in 1987, when the markets had a terrible crash and were desperately in need of some bullishness.
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Explain. — Does knowing that Arturo Di Modica spent his own money in the creation of "Charging Bull" change how you interpret the current situation?
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"I ask everyone that I work with not to tan their face because it's hard getting rid of that orange look with foundation," Modica says.
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If you're able to get touched up by the airbrush system again, Modica says that spraying on the lightest setting should blend any patches seamlessly.
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Mr. Modica learned the basics of projection after he was promoted to assistant manager at another theater in the chain a couple of years later.
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Mr. Di Modica said that "Fearless Girl" was an insult to his work, which he created after the stock market crashes in the late 1980s.
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Sculptor Arturo Di Modica is really pissed about the location of "Fearless Girl" and fired off a pretty threatening letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio.
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Di Modica has called the statue an "advertising trick" created by Boston-based financial firm State Street Global Advisors and its New York advertising firm McCann.
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I would have liked to spend more time traveling up and down the Ionian Sea coast, and to the inland mountain towns of Ragusa and Modica.
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If my visit to Noto was all about the food, my next stop, the mountainous and undulating city of Modica, was merely mostly about the food.
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Di Modica meant his bull to stand alone—now, it's as if Visbal and New York City have made a solo piece a diptych without his consent.
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In a letter sent through his lawyer, Arturo Di Modica claims that the new statue violates the Visual Artists Rights Act and illegally commercializes his own sculpture.
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Di Modica had protested, arguing that "Fearless Girl" changed the context of his original work, and the new statue was relocated , to just outside the Stock Exchange.
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If you're wondering whether you'll need to pack a setting spray or powder, both Modica and Gowers says airbrush makeup typically lasts without the help of additional products.
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Di Modica finished "Charging Bull" after the 1987 stock market collapse, and placed it in front of the New York Stock Exchange as a symbol of American resilience.
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The plan to move the bull has been underway for some time -- to the dismay of the artist Arturo Di Modica, among others -- but was finalized on Thursday.
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"When I use airbrushing on her, she loves how it looks and feels and how lightly and easily you're able to apply it," says Gina Modica, Brown's makeup artist.
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Di Modica calls the statue an "advertising trick" created by two corporate giants — State Street Global Advisors, the Boston-based investment giant, and McCann, its New York advertising firm.
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A key property of quantum mechanics—the physics theory of the smallest modica of matter—is that the tiniest stuff can take on both wave and particle properties simultaneously.
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"Now he has the benefit of both," Gregory Simmons, a tour guide, said of Mr. Di Modica, as he offered his group a knowledgeable explanation of the statues' confrontation.
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But in an interview with the New York Times, Fernando Luis Alvarez, a manager of the gallery that represents Di Modica, estimated that repairs could cost between $75,000 and $150,000.
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"For WTA, we hire a couple of makeup artists and hairstylists for touch-ups, but for the most part, the girls come camera-ready," explains the show's makeup artist, Gina Modica.
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"The idea of connecting the two statues together is the legal vulnerability that the city has had for 13 months," said Norman Siegel, a civil rights lawyer representing Mr. Di Modica.
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Now there is a plaque where she used to stand in Bowling Green, near the bull sculpture, whose creator, Arturo Di Modica, had been vocal about his displeasure with the Fearless Girl.
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He put it on the market in 2005, and it was priced all over the place -- as high as $15 million -- before he sold it in 2015 to Modica for $3.3 mil.
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"A fair offers the opportunity to see as much work as possible in a short amount of time," said Ashley Carr, a co-founder of the Modica Carr Art Advisory in New York.
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According to The Bachelorette's makeup artist Gina Modica, who hires the hairstylists for the women for those first few ceremonies, the men are completely on their own when it comes to their beauty routines.
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Before a big date, Modica sometimes reaches for lip stains and tints ("Armani has one that is good; so does Too Faced") but for the most part, she prefers to just use lip liner.
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The city's ruling to let the bronze depiction of a defiant girl remain until February 2018 just feet from the bull's flaring nostrils should be reviewed, said a lawyer for sculptor Arturo Di Modica.
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Knowing how open she's been about her acne struggle, we've been eager to check out the rest of Brown's routine — and the show's makeup artist, Gina Modica, delivered with a lengthy Instagram post this afternoon.
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Of all the relationships formed in The Bachelor and The Bachelorette's history, there is only one that's held strong since day one — and it's between host Chris Harrison and the show's makeup artist, Gina Modica.
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Di Modica is currently seeking damages from New York City, claiming that "Fearless Girl," which stands several feet in front of the bull, violates his artistic rights by transforming the meaning of his original work.
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If the bull were to be moved to the area in front of the stock exchange, it would be a return of sorts: Mr. Di Modica originally placed his artwork there under cover of night.
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The artist responsible for "Charging Bull," Arturo Di Modica, has requested that the new sculpture be taken down, drawing ire from some on social media who see "Fearless Girl" as a symbol for female empowerment.
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Attorney Norman Siegel told The Associated Press that Arturo Di Modica will explain at a news conference Wednesday exactly how he's challenging city officials who issued a permit for the bronze girl to stay until February.
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The television series has fueled a tourism renaissance on the island, with Italians and foreigners alike regularly flocking to the small and picturesque towns of Ragusa, Scicli and Modica where the fictional Montalbano conducted his investigations.
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"Men who don't like women taking up space are exactly why we need the 'Fearless Girl,'" Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted, taking sides against Mr. Di Modica and a bull that seems more raging than ever.
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Source photographs: Andrea Modica; Maria Mulas; Waring Abbott; William Ferris, William R. Ferris Collection/Wilson Library/UNC at Chapel Hill; Annie F. Valva; Giovanni Giovannetti/effigie; Lorain Historical Society, Lorain, Ohio; Getty Images; Photofest; Everett Collection.
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Di Modica had installed the massive bronze in front of the New York Stock Exchange after the 1987 stock market crash, without a permit in the middle of the night — as a symbol of America's financial resilience.
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Not included in the news release, which quoted the financial firm's president and various elected leaders: the artist Arturo Di Modica, who created the roughly 7,000-pound bronze bull and, in 1989, deposited it downtown without permission.
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FROM COINAGE: This Is How Much It Would Cost to Paint the White House (And More Crazy Facts) MarketWatch also reports that Di Modica could take legal measures to remove the fearless girl statue from its current location.
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Di Modica recently made an interesting case that "Fearless Girl," which unquestionably derives its meaning from direct interaction with his piece, not only negatively alters the meaning of his work, but also violates his rights as an artist.
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Italian-born sculptor Arturo Di Modica erected the "Charging Bull" statue in 1987 without a permit, in the middle of the night, outside the New York Stock Exchange, as a symbol of American resilience after the stock market crash.
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The bull's artist, Di Modica, had fought to have the statue removed, complaining that it was an advertising gimmick that changed the meaning of his 11-foot-tall, 7,100-pound bull statue from one of prosperity to one of a villain.
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Sculptor Arturo Di Modica installed the "Charging Bull" in the Financial District in 1989 as a work of guerrilla art to symbolize the "strength and power of the American people" in the wake of the stock market crash in 1503.
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The artist who created the bull in the late 1980s after the 1987 stock market crash, Arturo Di Modica, complained that the placement of the Fearless Girl in front of his statue turned his work into something it was not.
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As its cobblestone streets have become ever more crowded, though, the Val di Noto region — which is a two-hour drive south and includes the towns of Ragusa, Modica and Noto — and the nearby city of Syracuse are finding new life.
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Arturo Di Modica, the Italian-born sculptor of the Wall Street "Charging Bull," has previously accused New York City of violating his legal rights by installing "Fearless GIrl" without his permission, and is suing State Street Global Advisors for trademark and copyright infringement.
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The 7,100-pound (3,200 kg) bull itself originally appeared as guerrilla art, installed unofficially in front of the New York Stock Exchange by Di Modica in 1989 and intended to convey the fighting spirit of the United States and of New York.
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Mr. Matisse, 46, one of the artist's 14 great-grandchildren, runs the project with his sister, Anne-Maxence, 153, and the general manager, Eliana Di Modica, who previously worked with the French fashion labels Zadig & Voltaire and Lacoste and the retail chain Monoprix.
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Arturo Di Modica, the sculptor who created and clandestinely installed the 2,000-pound bovine monument to American resilience in Manhattan's Financial District in 1989, claims the recently installed "Fearless Girl" violates his copyright and trademark, and that it illegally commercializes his work.
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Mr. Di Modica was not pleased when "Fearless Girl" appeared nearly 30 years later, and in an emotional news conference last year threatened to go downtown and turn his bull around, so that it would no longer be facing the new statue.
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Mr. Siegel and other lawyers for Mr. Di Modica released letters they had sent to the mayor; Ronald P. O'Hanley, the president and chief executive of State Street Global; and Harris Diamond, the chairman and chief executive of McCann Worldgroup, State Street Global's marketing agency.
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Arturo Di Modica, the creator of the 7,000-pound bull sculpture, is near despair at what he sees as the intrusion into his space last month of the four-foot-tall girl with hands on hips as she confronts the bull in all his maleness.
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Grenada has not received the brunt of this year's hurricanes but Charles Modica, St. George's chancellor, said that when Hurricane Ivan hit in 2004, the school relocated to an osteopathic medical college in New York, among other places, and that students were able to complete the semester.
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Here's the backstory -- Burt sold his home in 23 to his friend and neighbor Charles Modica after years of money woes and a decade-long struggle to unload it, but Charles allowed him to stay there for the rest of his life ... similar to Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion.
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"Through 'Fearless Girl' — the statue of a young girl facing down a charging bull, State Street Global Advisors exploited the Charging Bull for commercial gains as part of an advertising campaign undertaken without the consent of Mr. Di Modica," reads a letter sent by the artist's lawyers to de Blasio, SSGA, and McCann, and forwarded to Hyperallergic.
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Italian artists: Federico Baronello | Letizia Battaglia | Giuseppe Buzzotta | Glauco Canalis | Gabriele Abbruzzese | Gabriella Ciancimino | Massimo Cristaldi | Flavio Favelli | Benoit Felici | Alice Guareschi | Carlo & Fabio Ingrassia | Filippo Leonardi | Cristina La Rocca | Loredana Longo | Liliana Moro | Ignazio Mortellaro | Francesco Nonino | Marinella Senatore | Massimo Vitali US and International artists: Marianne Bernstein | Cindi Ettinger | John Broderick Heron | Andrea Hornick | Jane Irish | Kelsey Halliday Johnson | Isaac Julien | David Scott Kessler | Zya Levy | Matthew Mazzotta & Sujin Lim | Andrea Modica | Petra Noordkamp | Serena Perrone | Alex Tyson | Lisa Wade | Midge Wattles | Steven Earl Weber Due South will be on view at The Delaware Contemporary from January 28 – April 30, 2017.
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