In Celebration of Antonio Canova and his Cavallo Colossale
Monday 8 June, 6.30pm ICI London and Venice in Peril Fund present In Celebration of Antonio Canova and his Cavallo Colossale A talk by Barbara Guidi and Christopher Baker One of the last projects of the great Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova (1757–1822) was a monumental gesso horse (Cavallo Colossale), commissioned as part of a planned […]
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The Italian Library #29: Vorrei trascorrere una domenica da uomo. Alba de Céspedes oggi.
Tuesday 9 June, 6.30pm The Italian Library #29 Vorrei trascorrere una domenica da uomo. Alba de Céspedes oggi. In Italian Ornella Tarantola in conversation with Olga Campofreda about Alba de Céspedes: elegant, ironic, and supremely intelligent, in her long and intense journalistic career Alba de Céspedes “made her voice heard” on women with the same […]
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Paradiso by Michele Masneri
Wednesday 10 June, 6.30pm Paradiso by Michele Masneri The author in conversation with Antonello Guerrera Michele Masneri talks about his latest book Paradiso, recently out in the English translation by Richard Village with Foundry Editions. A darkly comic journey through ambition, illusion, and the eternal city During one of the hottest summers anyone can remember, […]
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Once Upon a Time in Italy #1: the 80s. Separate Rooms by Pier Vittorio Tondelli
Thursday 11 June, 6.30pm Once upon a time in Italy… the 80’s: Separate rooms by Pier Vittorio Tondelli Claudia Durastanti in conversation with Jeremy Atherton Lin Chair: Jennifer Burns Reading by Chiara Goldsmith The eighties in Italy were a decade of surfaces: glossy, loud, deliberately amnesiac. Beneath them, other stories were being lived in silence. […]
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The Future of Cosmology
Tuesday 16 June, 12 noon ICI London and International Balzan Foundation present The Future of Cosmology A dialogue between Joseph Silk (2011 Balzan Prizewinner for the Early Universe) and Paolo de Bernardis (2006 Balzan Prizewinner for Observational Astronomy and Astrophysics). Opening remarks by Francesco Bongarrà, Director, ICI London; Nicolò Biscottini, First Secretary, Italian Embassy; and […]
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The Days of the Constituents
Monday 22 June, 6.30pm The Days of the Covstituents with Fabrizio Castaldi, Secretary General of the Camera dei Deputati, and Marzia Maccaferri (Queen Mary University of London) Chair: Nicoletta Manzione, UK Correspondent for RAI A talk dedicated to the Camera dei Deputati’s podcast project “The Days of the Constituent Women”, which recounts the contribution of […]
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The Italian Library #31. Avviso al popolo! Storia di Venezia
Wednesday 24 June, 6.30pm The Italian Library #31. Avviso al popolo! Storia di Venezia Ornella Tarantola in conversation with Claire Judde de Larivière and Etta Carnelli talks about Venice during the years after 1520 In Italian In 1520, due to heavy rains, abandoned waste in the streets of Venice washed into the canals, endangering the […]
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Premio Paganini 2026
Thursday, 25 June, 6:30pm Premio Paganini 2026 After the great success of the London initiatives in October 2024—culminating in the extraordinary concert with the London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano, and Paganini’s famous “Cannone” violin, in the presence of King Charles III—the Premio Paganini returns to London with two concerts at the Italian Cultural Institute in […]
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Book O’Clock with Gloria Danili – Match Point Junior Special
Saturday 27 June, 3pm at the Victoria Library, 160 Buckingham Palace Rd, London SW1W 9TR Book O’Clock with Gloria Danili: Match Point Junior Special In Italian BOOK O’CLOCK is a book club for children aged 4 to 11 and their families, promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute in London. It aired online from September 2021 […]
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The Italian Library #30. Premio Strega. Who is going to win?
Wednesday 1 July, 6.30pm at ICI London, Casa Italia, 4-5 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6JP THE ITALIAN LIBRARY #30– PREMIO STREGA. Who is going to win? Last event before the summer break in our series The Italian Library. Ornella Tarantola will talk to us about the Premio Strega 2026, while we anxiously await the proclamation […]
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