Elena Favilli reads from Dr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest
Following the advice of British authorities on the Coronavirus we are sorry to announce that, in agreement with SIAL school, the event with Elena Favilli has been cancelled. Join Rebel Girls’ co-founder and author, Elena Favilli, as she reads from Rebel Girls’ newest book on environmentalist and Nobel Prize winner, Wangari Maathai. Dr. Wangari Maathai Plants […]
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Ginevra Panzetti & Enrico Ticconi – Harleking
Performance artists Ginevra Panzetti & Enrico Ticconi‘s absurdly entertaining show Harleking, explores how playing a fool can hide more sinister motivations. The duo take on the persona of the Harleking – a demon with multiple identities moved by an insatiable hunger – whose mode of communication has a specific hypnotic quality to create a fluid, […]
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Presentation of Crisalidi by Namsal Siedlecki
Namsal Siedlecki will be in discussion with Guido Santandrea, Artistic Director of Almanac Projects Namsal Siedlecki will talk about his work and his exhibition “Mvaḥ Chā”, part of the project “Crisalidi”, curated by Marcello Smarrelli, promoted by Pastificio Cerere Foundation in collaboration with Siddharta Art Foundation. The artist is one of the winners of the 2019 […]
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Science for Society – Precision medicine in cancer therapy
The Scientific Office of the Embassy of Italy in the United Kingdom, in collaboration with AISUK, presents the fourth Science for Society event: Precision medicine in cancer therapy. Charles Swanton and Alberto Bardelli will discuss cancer progression as an evolutionary process and explore how this way of looking at cancer may lead to more effective strategies for […]
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Aby Warburg Reading Group. The Afterlife of Classical Antiquity in the Italian Renaissance #1
First meeting. Life, First Teachers and Studies: Between Hamburg and Florence This regular seminar and reading group is devoted to the work of Aby Warburg (1866–1929), a prominent German art historian and cultural theorist who founded the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg, which later become the Warburg Institute. A lover of Italian art and culture, he called […]
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The Sound Between – Pinuccio Sciola: Art, Form and Sound
The Sound Between is dedicated to the renowned Sardinian artist Pinuccio Sciola and to the relations between sculpture, shape and sound in his works. Developed by Indòru – Boutique del Suono in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in London, Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission and Fondazione Pinuccio Sciola and funded by Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, […]
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The Italian Art of the Keyboard: Domenico Scarlatti
THE SERIES With the Italian Art of the Keyboard the Institute endeavours to raise the interest of a broader audience in an extensive repertoire that, despite the kaleidoscopic richness of its tunes, harmonies and feelings, is mostly ignored by concert halls and performers, with the exception of a bunch of challenging tiny masterpieces audaciously revived […]
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Fellini: A Definitive Film Season
The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great film-maker Federico Fellini (1920-2020). The official programme will commemorate and disseminate Fellini’s genius and heritage with a series of events held both in Italy and abroad. The BFI rounds off a two-month centenary celebration of the renowned Italian filmmaker with a special […]
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The Sound Between – Rooms to Explore: Candle and Jar tour
The Sound Between is dedicated to the renowned Sardinian artist Pinuccio Sciola and to the relations between sculpture, shape and sound in his works. Developed by Indòru – Boutique del Suono in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in London, Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission and Fondazione Pinuccio Sciola and funded by Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, […]
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Inferno Mittelbau Dora
To mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Italian Cultural Institute will screen the documentary “Inferno Mittelbau Dora” (2016, 54 mins), by Mary Mirka Milo. In Italian with English Subtitles. Mittelbau Dora was the last and most ruthless concentration camp built by the Nazis. The prisoners worked tirelessly in its underground tunnels to produce V2 missiles, the […]
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