Mary’s News from New York
Pietro arrived at JFK at dawn on Tuesday, July 1st. On Wednesday afternoon, he met Toby and me in the lobby at MOMA to view the beautiful work of D’Artagnan in the group show called “Glossolalia.” On entering the third-floor gallery, Pietro had the face of a delighted child. He was so moved at the triumph of his friend. Ele D’Artagnan is identified on the wall label as Michele Lombardi-Toscanini. Eviva!!! If ever an occasion called for prosecco, this was it! So we indulged.
Today is the last day of the exhibit at MOMA, and Kate, Toby’s sister, arrives in New York from Chicago, just in time. It was Kate who first encouraged Pietro to bring D’Artagnan to New York and find a gallery. So it is her triumph, too. Pietro is now working toward a show in Venice in 2011 to mark D’Artagnan’s hundredth birthday, in the city of his birth.
