Istituto Di Cultura - Londra

Con Paolo Leoncini (moderatore), Federico Casari, Mariachiara Leteo, Emanuele Trevi. Il 13 novembre 1918 Emilio Cecchi approdava a Londra, corrispondente del quotidiano romano “La Tribuna” diretto da Olindo Malagodi.In occasione del centenario del suo arrivo, questo incontro riflette su alcuni degli aspetti pi&ugra...

In occasione dell’approssimarsi dell’anniversario dei 500 anni dalla morte di Raffaello, l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura celebra il grande artista. In programma in Istituto, una serie di incontri tra curatori, artisti e critici (italiani e britannici) e una mostra fotografica per indagare le connessioni ...

The idea of the contemporary as a form of historical time and periodizing concept has been at the very counterpoint of recent discourses around art. Conceived for the occasion of Nicola Guastamacchia’s first exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute, 2018 (manifesto) questions how an object may depict presents for...

Curated by Marco Delogu Through the works of twenty authors and their personal research this exhibition explores portrait photography in Italy, with a great number of unpublished photographs and some renowned ones picturing subjects looking straight into the camera, silently aware of being portrayed. From this strong connection...

A theatrical tour-de-force, Don’t You Dare! is an outrageously funny & deeply moving one-woman show combining the irrepressible energy of Commedia dell'Arte with storytelling and biting political satire. It's 1601: a famous actress accused of mesmerising her audiences, stands trial for witchcraft. As the trial ...

In collaboration with the Society of Analytical Psychology. Chair: Martin Schmidt After experiencing September 11 in New York, I started studying paranoia as a collective phenomenon. Among mental illness, only paranoia can literally make history, as it did through Hitler and Stalin. Paranoia can take hold of events directly...

Presentazione del libro di Benedetta CibrarioNe discute con l’autrice Emanuele Trevi L’ufficiale piemontese Prospero Carlo Carando di Vignon, di stanza a Londra, sposa Anne Bacon, figlia di un ricco mercante di seta. Quando, dopo essere stata vittima del vaiolo, Anne arriva a Torino, è una donna molto div...

In the first part of the gig Simona Severini will accompany her intense and touching voice with the acoustic guitar in an intimate series of songs. After her pianist Giovanni Guidi will delight London’s public with one of his inspiring solo performances. The concerts are organized with the support of MiBACT and S...

Renzo Piano:The Art of Making Buildings. A lecture by Boris Hamzeian exploring the creation and later transformations of one of the twentieth century’s most significant buildings – the Pompidou Centre in Paris. Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano were relatively unknown when, in 1971, they saw off competition ...

Dal 13 ottobre 2018 al 13 gennaio 2019, le Sale dell’Antico Ospedale Spagnolo del Castello Sforzesco di Milano ospiteranno la mostra “VESPERBILD. Alle origini delle Pietà di Michelangelo”. Il percorso si propone di illustrare la fortuna italiana del tema del Vesperbild (‘immagine del vespro&rsq...

A tasting tour of the best Italian Extra Virgins and its cultivars An event organised by Antonio Tomassini As part of the events within the 3rd edition of the Week of the Italian Cuisine in the World, the Italian Cultural institute will host a walk around tasting of Extra Virgin Olive Oils and other Italian wines and...

The Italian Cultural Institute presents the book “Italian Literature in Translation Volume II: Theatre”, a publication including excerpts of works by Italian playwrights never previously translated into English. The book includes texts by Lucia Calamaro, Linda Dalisi, Liv Ferracchiati, Marcello Fois, Tahar Lamri, ...

Giuseppe Verdi is part of the Italian DNA. His melodies have been adopted as unofficial national anthems and his name incorporated into a political slogan. He also served as a Senator in the then recently unified Italian State. Our second Italian concert in the Academy Voices: Trascending Borders series explores his operatic...

Performance di Daria Deflorian e Antonio Tagliarini (50’)Con introduzione e dibattito moderati da Monica Capuani Curata e moderata da Monica Capuani, “Contemporary” è una serie di incontri – conversazioni, letture e performance dal vivo – che presenta al pubblico inglese un’au...