Inclusivity, innovation and sustainability in gardens. A conversation with Malcolm Anderson (RHS) and designers Jo Thompson and Giulio Giorgi
Thursday 14 March, 6pm On the occasion of the Italian Design Day 2024 Inclusivity, innovation and sustainability in gardens. A conversation with Malcolm Anderson (RHS) and designers Jo Thompson and Giulio Giorgi Three speakers, Malcolm Anderson, Head of Sustainability at the Royal Horticultural Society, Jo Thompson, a renowned garden designer who lives between the UK […]
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The Great Game of Satellites by Frediano Finucci
Monday 11 March, 6pm The Great Game of Satellites (Ed. Paesi) by Frediano Finucci The author in conversation with Michele Groppi (King’s College) and Zeno Leoni (King’s College), chaired by Antonello Guerrera (La Repubblica) Not only soldiers, ships or drones. The conflict in Ukraine has been fought even in Space with mutual attacks on civilian […]
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Nome in codice: Renata by Alessandro Carlini
Friday 8 March, 6pm. Nome in codice: Renata. Storia di Paola Del Din, combattente della Resistenza e agente segreto (ed.UTET) by Alessandro Carlini. Conversation between the author and Giuliana Pieri. Paola Del Din will join in live stream for a greeting. On the occasion of The International Women’s Day ICI London presents Nome in codice: […]
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Journey to Italy #3 | Il Posto by Ermanno Olmi
Journey to Italy Series – Lombardy Il Posto Thursday 7 March 2024 In Italian with English subtitles Il Posto Director : Ermanno Olmi Cast: Sandro Panseri, Loredana Detto, Corrado Aprile Drama/1961/1h 33min/b/w When young Domenico ventures from his small village to Milan in search of employment, he finds himself on the bottom rung of the […]
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THE ITALIAN LIBRARY #4. Why do we read so many crime novels?
ICI London is delighted to invite you to the next event of The Italian Library, a collaboration with Italian books unquestioned authority Ornella Tarantola, formerly manager of the Italian Bookshop. In our beautiful Montale Library, Ornella talks about books and writers, music and Sanremo, star signs and podcasts, Gadda, and Virginia Woolf. The fourth event […]
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America in Italian Culture 1866-1943 by Guido Bonsaver
Thursday 29 February, 6pm America in Italian Culture: The Rise of a New Model of Modernity, 1866-1943 (Oxford University Press) by Guido Bonsaver Book presentation and conversation between the author and Professor David Ellwood When America began to emerge as a world power at the end of the nineteenth century, Italy was a young nation, […]
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Sculpture and the Venice Biennial. A talk with Cristina Beltrami, Barbara Musetti, Debora Rossi and Marie Tavinor
ICI London is thrilled to present a talk on Sculpture and the Venice Biennial. The panel explores the volume La scultura alla Biennale di Venezia (1895-1914). Una presenza in ombra (Zel Edizioni), an in-depth study on sculpture by international artists between the 19th and 20th centuries presented at the first eleven editions of the Venice […]
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Superimposing – a performance by Deflorian / Tagliarini
Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 February, 6pm Superimposing A performance by acclaimed duo Deflorian / Tagliarini, part of an overall project inspired by Federico Fellini’s 1986 film Ginger and Fred, conceived for a limited number of spectators. The title of the work is inspired by the collection of poems by Andrea Zanzotto and his need […]
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THE ITALIAN LIBRARY #3. Michela Murgia: a life between words and activism. A talk with Filomena Campus and Lorenzo Terenzi
ICI London is delighted to invite you to the next event of The Italian Library, a collaboration with Italian books unquestioned authority Ornella Tarantola, formerly manager of the Italian Bookshop. In our beautiful Montale Library, Ornella talks about books and writers, music and Sanremo, star signs and podcasts, Gadda, and Virginia Woolf. The third event […]
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Journey to Italy #2. La notte di San Lorenzo (The Night of the Shooting Stars)
On the occasion of the BFI retrospective dedicated to the Taviani Brothers, organised together with Cinecittà, the second film of the series “Journey to Italy” is focused on Tuscany. Thursday 15 February 6.00pm La notte di San Lorenzo (The Night of the shooting stars) by Fratelli Taviani In Italian with English subtitles Director:s Taviani Brothers […]
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