The Kaufmann case
Presentation of the book with the author Giovanni Grasso In conversation with Professor Federico Varese Based on a true story, the novel “Il caso Kaufmann” by Giovanni Grasso, published by Rizzoli, tells the story of a Jewish business man who was convicted to death during Nazism in Germany, accused of “racial contamination” felony. He was […]
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Wunderkit – London series with Gianluigi Ricuperati and Elisa Talentino
A talk with the artists Gianluigi Ricuperati and Elisa Talentino and curators Lea Iandiorio and Giulia Capodieci. Chaired by Emiliano Paoletti. Format by BASE Milano Elisa Talentino and Gianluigi Ricuperati. An illustrator and a writer, both from Turin, known for their multifarious creative processes: writing, illustration, motion pictures, essay writing and art curatorship. Many paths, many forms and the possibility to […]
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La piú bella del mondo – The most beautiful in the world #7
12 talks on the Italian language “The most beautiful in the world” is supposed to be a supermodel and yet in Italy the expression is more often than not used to define Italian language. Is Italian truly the most beautiful language in the world? It is commonplace, due to either italophilia or nationalism, but is […]
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Massimo Recalcati presents: “The Mother’s Hands: Desire, Fantasy and the Inheritance of the Maternal”
Massimo Recalcati presents his latest book “The Mother’s Hands: Desire, Fantasy and the Inheritance of the Maternal“, on the occasione of the publication of the English translation (Polity Press) In Italian with simultaneous translation in English Massimo Recalcati is well-known Lacanian psychoanalysts in Italy. He teaches at the University of Pavia and Verona. He is […]
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Unstitched World: an exhibition by Julie Polidoro
Maps are a logical sequence of coloured shapes, designed for the exploration and understanding of the world. The maps that I paint, not only give the wrong information but also say “All countries are the same size”. How to represent a geography able to create queries? Up to which point can I carve out the […]
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La più bella del mondo – The most beautiful in the world #6
12 talks on the Italian language “The most beautiful in the world” is supposed to be a supermodel and yet in Italy the expression is more often than not used to define Italian language. Is Italian truly the most beautiful language in the world? It is commonplace, due to either italophilia or nationalism, but is […]
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L’Amatore (The Amateur)
Screening of the documentary by Maria Mauti about the architect Piero Portaluppi Followed by a Q&A with the director Somewhere between a story and a biography, between architecture and a portrait of a city, Maria Mauti’s first work has the ambition – and the courage – to escape from usual categories and tread little beaten ground. […]
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Capitalism, Stem Cells and Graphene: three examples of excellent research in the UK funded by the European Research Council
An event in collaboration with the Italian Embassy of London, the European Research Council and AIS UK. Welcome greeting by HE Raffaele Trombetta, Italian Ambassador to the UK The Italian Cultural Institute is delighted to host three promising Italian researchers who will present in details the excellent results of their studies, funded by the European Research Council. […]
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The Italian exile. Lady Montagu, Lord Byron, Oscar Wilde
Talk by Masolino d’Amico What did Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762), George Gordon Lord Byron (1788-1824) and Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) have in common? Possibly, something to do with destiny. They all were original and gifted scholars, and they all enjoyed great social success which threatened to ruin them when, after a scandal, they had to […]
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Film-documentary “Alla ricerca di Europa” (“Looking for Europe”)
A film-documentary introduced by director Alessandro Scillitani (Italy, 2019, 63’). The film will be partly in Italian and partly in English with subs. The year 2019 is crucial for the destiny of Europe, with the Parliament elections in May and Brexit getting closer. Exactly when the foundations of the cohesion of the old continent seem […]
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