Magazzino Italian Art Opens Its New Pavilion With a Blowout Party

Over the weekend, the museum and research center hosted more than 700 guests on its bucolic grounds in Cold Spring, New York, to celebrate the opening of its long-awaited Robert Olnick Pavillion. Named after founder Nancy Olnick’s late father, the gallery bolsters Magazzino’s footprint by an additional 13,000 square feet of exhibition and education space, along with a café helmed by celebrated Lodigiani chef Luca Galli. Guests beat the late-summer heatwave with Aperol and Campari spritzes and enjoyed a first look at the pavilion’s three special exhibitions of works by Mario Schifano, Ettore Spalletti, and Carlo Scarpa. Guests enjoyed fresh mozzarella and apéro prepared by Galli and live music throughout the evening. Notables in attendance included Giorgio Spanu, Adam Weinberg, Miguel Quismondo, Nazy Nazhand, Martin Margulies, Patrizia Leonelli Spalletti, Stefania Bortolami, Vittorio Calabrese, and more. Photo credit: Bre Johnson/BFA.