LEONETTA CECCHI PIERACCINI (1882-1977) – EXTRACTS FROM HER NOTEBOOKS
In the following weeks, we will publish some unedited extracts, in Italian, from the personal notebooks of painter Leonetta Cecchi Pieraccini. The student of one of the leading artists of the Macchiaioli group in Florence, Giovanni Fattori, Leonetta moved to Rome in 1910 when she married literary critic Emilio Cecchi. Emilio and Leonetta’s house became […]
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Il Circolo di Lettura – Serie autunnale 2020: IL TERZO GIORNO, di Paolo Nelli
ATTENZIONE! Date le circostanze eccezionali che stiamo attraversando a causa della pandemia dovuta al COVID 19, per motivi di sicurezza, l’incontro non avrà luogo presso la Biblioteca del nostro Istituto, ma sarà gestito online, tramite il programma per videoconferenze ZOOM. Tre noir sono stati proposti per per le discussione degli incontri autunnali del circolo di […]
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Association for the Study of Modern Italy (ASMI) Roundtable – Italian Mediterraneans, 1800 – Present
This year’s conference series considers the relation between Italy and the Mediterranean against the grain of methodological nationalism and transnationalism. The Mediterranean waxes and wanes as a region of scholarly investigation. In recent years it has reasserted itself in public debate: popular uprisings unsettled long-standing political regimes; economic crises generated widespread precarity and insecurity, nationalist […]
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“Atlantis”: a conversation about beauty, architecture, and travel – Book Presentation
Renowned architect Renzo Piano and his son Carlo in conversation with NYT architecture critic Michael Kimmelman and translator Will Schutt. A virtual journey around the world and an afternoon conversation about the book, Renzo Piano’s career and legacy, translation, architecture, and places. Hosted by Europa Editions in partnership the Italian Cultural Institutes in London, Los […]
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Tra prosa e poesia, Valerio Magrelli (IPT, Oxford)
Wednesday 2 December, 5,30pmItalian Poetry Day: Valerio Magrelli The Queen’s College, University of Oxford and ICI London host an online conversation between poet Valerio Magrelli and Roberto BInetti (St Anne’s College, University of Oxford) Drawing from his experience in London in 2014, Valerio Magrelli will analyse his transition from poetry to prose, which culminated in […]
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Memorie del Futuro by Paolo Jedlowski
The author in conversation with Anna Lisa Tota and Monica Massari Please note: this event will be held IN ITALIAN “Possiamo ricordare il passato. Possiamo immaginare il futuro. Ma cosa avviene quando ricordiamo un futuro che in passato abbiamo immaginato? Quando ricordiamo un’aspirazione irrealizzata, per esempio? O quando ricordiamo le promesse del “progresso”? Possiamo cadere […]
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1-31 December 2020 Artekino Festival
The fifth edition of the ArteKino Festival, will take place online in Europe from the 1st to the 31st of December 2020 and will present 10 European films in 10 European languages (French, German, English, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Hungarian and Dutch). The films will be available for free in 45 European countries on […]
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LEONETTA CECCHI PIERACCINI (1882-1977) – EXTRACTS FROM HER NOTEBOOKS
In the following weeks, we will publish some unedited extracts, in Italian, from the personal notebooks of painter Leonetta Cecchi Pieraccini. The student of one of the leading artists of the Macchiaioli group in Florence, Giovanni Fattori, Leonetta moved to Rome in 1910 when she married literary critic Emilio Cecchi. Emilio and Leonetta’s house became […]
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Book launch of Tim Parks, Italian Life: A Modern Fable of Loyalty and Betrayal (Harvill Secker, 2020)
Tim Parks in conversation with John FootChaired by Nicol Degli Innocenti (Il Sole 24 Ore)Introduced by Katia Pizzi (Director, ICI London) How does Italy really work? The bestselling writer on Italian culture sets out to answer the big questionFrom the bestselling author of Italian Neighbours, An Italian Education and Italian Ways, Italian Life is a […]
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Rose Island – special preview virtual screening
ICI London and CinemaItaliaUK have teamed up with Netflix to offer a preview screening of Rose Island, a film directed by Sydney Sibilia, with an all-star cast including Elio Germano, Matilda de Angelis, Fabrizio Bentivoglio and Luca Zingaretti.Based on incredible true events, ROSE ISLAND is a hilarious drama with a rebellious heart. It tells the […]
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