The Great Escape Festival 2023 Launch Event
Thursday 27 April, 6pmItalia Music Export presents The Great Escape Festival 2023 Launch Event Special guest System Olympia Italy is the Lead Country Partner at the Great Escape Festival 2023 (10-13 May, Brighton), a showcase of 500 emerging artists from all over the world performing at several venues in Brighton, plus a pop-up festival site […]
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Illustra una storia di Gianni Rodari, with Judi Abbott
Monday 24 April, 5.30pm Illustra una storia di Gianni Rodari, with Judi Abbot Creative workshop for primary school aged children at SIAL.school, Holland Park, London W11 4UH An event organised by SIAL.school in collaboration with ICI London for FILL, Festival of Italian Literature in London In Italian How do you make a […]
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Modern Luck. Narratives of Fortune in the Long Twentieth Century
Wednesday 24 April, 5pm Modern Luck. Narratives of Fortune in the Long Twentieth Century By Robert Gordon At the University of Manchester, Samuel Alexander Building (Room A7), Oxford Road Supported by ICI London Robert S.C. Gordon, Serena Professor of Italian at the University of Cambridge, will present his latest work entitled […]
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FILL – Festival of Italian Literature in London 2023
Saturday 22 April, from 10.30am FILL – Festival of Italian Literature in London is back at the Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill Supported by ICI London Aptly titled ‘Safe words’, the new edition of FILL is faithful to its vocation as an observatory of the big issues of our time, but there are changes as well. […]
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The Art of Collecting and the Futurist Avantgarde
Friday 21 April, 6pm The Art of Collecting and the Futurist Avantgarde A round table about Futurist books, with Dr Günter Berghaus (University of Bristol) and Giacomo Coronelli (Libreria Antiquaria Pontremoli, Milan). Introduction and chair by Valentina Mirabella (British Library). The book was an extraordinarily powerful object for the Italian Futurists: a medium to convey radical […]
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An evening with Oplepo: surprises, inventions and literary acrobatics!
Thursday 20 April, 6.30pm An evening with Oplepo: surprises, inventions and literary acrobatics! OPLEPO (OPificio di LEtteratura POtenziale, Workshop of Potential Literature) is the Italian correspondent of the French OULIPO which was founded in 1960 by writer Raymond Queneau and mathematician François Le Lionnais. Both groups include writers and mathematicians who believe that […]
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Distrust Everything by Lorem (moniker for Italian artist Francesco D’Abbraccio)
Wednesday 19 April, 6.30pm Distrust Everything by Lorem (moniker for Italian artist Francesco D’Abbraccio) Live AV Screening followed by Q&A with Lorem At HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place, Manchester M15 4FN Supported by ICI London Images from a subconscious human and AI realm come alive in the UK premiere of […]
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Atlante delle citta’ incognite, by Mario Fortunato
Author – and former ICI London Director – Mario Fortunato reads selected passages from his latest book Atlante delle citta’ incognite (Bompiani). Claudia Peill will present a video showcasing the book’s illustrations. A sixty-something man who hates his name, and has begrudgingly accepted to take part to a reunion with old mates, finds himself capable […]
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L’arte della tastiera – the Art of the Keyboard: Clementi and Beethoven
Thursday 13 April, 6.30pm L’arte della tastiera – the Art of the Keyboard: Clementi and Beethoven A piano concert by Simone Alessandro Tavoni A musical journey that compares the world of two giant contemporary composers, Beethoven and Clementi, aiming to discover their similarities and differences in the craftsmanship of piano music writing. […]
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Natura Morta and other works by Paul Coldwell
Natura Morta and other works by Paul Coldwell 12 April – 31 May 2023 Free entrance: Monday to Friday, 10am – 5pm (Last entry: 4.30pm) A selection of prints by Paul Coldwell that explore the genre of still life, including a recent portfolio of etchings entitled The Studio, made during lockdown from small models […]
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