Palermo Blossoms with Saint Rosalia
The photographic exhibition “Palermo Blossoms with Saint Rosalia” is coming to London as part of its international tour celebrating the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the relics of Saint Rosalia (July 1624), the patron saint of Palermo. The exhibition features 27 photographs selected through a photographic competition held on the occasion of the Festino […]
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The Future of the Antique: Interpreting the Sculptural Canon
10 – 12 December, Institute of Classical Studies & Warburg Institute The Future of the Antique: Interpreting the Sculptural Canon ICI London supports the conference, organised by the University of Buckingham and the Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, which marks the publication of the new, […]
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It could only happen in Palermo
Thursday 11 December, 6.30pm It could only happen in Palermo Marco Gambino in conversation with Ornella Tarantola retraces the life of his mother, Annamaria Tosini Annamaria Tosini was born in Palermo in 1930. Her life, from being a “capricious” child, second of five siblings, to becoming a wife and mother of two children, runs between […]
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Rosa Pietra Stella by Marcello Sannino
Wednesday 17 December, 6.30pm New Italian Stories Rosa Pietra Stella by Marcello Sannino This film is a sketch of everyday life and survival in Portici, the old multicultural part of Naples. The protagonist is 30 year old Carmela who scrapes together a living doing a range of odd jobs. Her situation becomes more complicated when […]
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Book O’Clock with Gloria Danili: Le regine litigiose by Marianna Baldacci
Sunday, 18 January, at 3 p.m. at SIAL.school, 154-156 Holland Park Avenue, London W11 4UH Book O’Clock with Gloria Danili presents Le regine litigiose by Marianna Balducci IN ITALIAN BOOK O’CLOCK is the book club for children aged 4 to 11 run by the Italian Cultural Institute in London. It began online in September 2021 […]
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