From Venice to London 2024
ICI London proudly presents a selection of acclaimed films from the 80th Venice International Film Festival making their UK Premiere at London’s Curzon Mayfair and Curzon Soho as part of this special season. 7 – 12 February 2024 at Curzon Mayfair and Curzon Soho Created in 1932, the Venice Film Festival was the first film […]
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Due Partite/Two Rounds by Cristina Comencini
ICI London is pleased to support Cristina Comencini and her play Due Partite / Two Rounds (7/10 February at the Jermyn Street Theatre). “Thursday we play cards. Best day of the week. Sunday, I dream of Thursday”. Italy, 1960s. Claudia, Gabriella, Sofia, and Beatrice meet every week to play cards, discuss their marriages, and shuffle the […]
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Remembering Songs, of Jim C. Nedd
Tuesday 6 February, 6pm at Tenderbooks, 6 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4HE Auto Italia presents the UK launch of Jim C. Nedd’s monograph ‘Remembering Songs’ in partnership with Tenderbooks. Supported by ICI London ‘Remembering Songs’ is a compilation of photography exploring vivid, theatrical scenes of ceremonies and convivial environments across Colombia. Including parties, carnivals and […]
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SOPHIE KO | GEOGRAFIA TEMPORALE. Art Exhibition curated by Elena Re
ICI London is thrilled to launch the first art exhibition by artist Sophie Ko in the UK, Geografia temporale, curated by Elena Re in collaboration with Galleria de’ Foscherari in Bologna. Sophie Ko’s works will be presented on two different occasions, starting at ICI London and followed by an installation at the Estorick Collection Of Modern […]
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THE ITALIAN LIBRARY #2. Sanremo is always Sanremo. Piero Tarantola, Ugo Buizza and Susanna Paisio in conversation with Ornella Tarantola
ICI London is delighted to launch The Italian Library, a collaboration with Italian books unquestioned authority Ornella Tarantola, formerly manager of the Italian Bookshop. In our beautiful Montale Library, Ornella will talk about books and writers, music and Sanremo, star signs and podcasts, Gadda, and Virginia Woolf. The second appointment is on Wednesday 31 January […]
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Retrospective launch
Tuesday 30 January, 6pm Ghislandi & Gutenberg Ltd present the official launch of “Retrospective” “Retrospectrive”is the first released project by Ghislandi & Gutenberg Ltd. and it proposes itself as an “anthology of ideas” which gathers together the works of writers, artists, philosophers and creatives from many parts of the world. Every contribution has been published in […]
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WORKSHOP. Scrittura di Esperienza with Lea Melandri
In-person writing workshop led by Lea Melandri. Organised by ICI London and Autocoscienza Writing Group. What is the role of co-narration in feminist practices of consciousness-raising? In what way is it possible to develop new feminist practices through writing? What differences do exist between autobiographical writing and embodied affective writing? Scrittura di esperienza (Experiential Writing) […]
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TALK. Feminist education in Italy and beyond. Lea Melandri in conversation with Maddalena Fragnito
ICI London and the Collective Autocoscienza Writing Group are pleased to present the first public talk by Lea Melandri in the UK. Dedicated to key lessons from her long-standing career as a writer, feminist activist, and Chair of the Free University of Women in Milan, during the talk Melandri will discuss the acclaimed film Scuola […]
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Book O’Clock con Gloria Danili: Il suono del silenzio di Sara Galli e Candia Castellani
Thursday 25 January, 5pm at SIAL School, 154-156 Holland Park Avenue, London W11 4UH Book O’Clock with Gloria Danili presents Il suono del silenzio by Sara Galli, illustrated by Candia Castellani In ITALIAN BOOK O’CLOCK è un book club per bambini di età dai 4 agli 11 anni, promosso dall’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Londra, […]
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THE ITALIAN LIBRARY #1. La provincia è una cosa seria. Luca Bianchini in conversation with Ornella Tarantola
ICI London is delighted to launch a new collaboration with Italian books unquestioned authority Ornella Tarantola, formerly manager of the Italian Bookshop. In our beautiful Montale Library, every other Tuesday evening, Ornella will talk about books and writers, music and Sanremo, star signs and podcasts, Gadda and Virgina Woolf. We start on Tuesday 16 January […]
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