Albania- On show the masterpieces of the Italian Novecento
More than one hundred masterpieces revealing the artistic culture of the first half of the 20th Century make up the exhibition “Capolavori dell’Arte italiana del Novecento” (“Masterpieces of the Italian Art of the Novecento”). The exhibition will open at the National Gallery of Art in Tirana on 16 January with works from the Modern Art […]
Read more“BuscándoME”: an introspective journey across the images of Nerina Toci
The New Year will kick off in the sign of Italian art at the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Santiago of Chile. The “BuscándoME” exhibition, a soul-searching photographic journey by young Italian artist Nerina Toci and curated by art historian Katy Ferrante, will open at 8:30 p.m. on 3 January. The exhibition was brought to […]
Read morePortugal – Lisbon hosts course on Italian design
Design speaks Italian in Lisbon at the course entitled “L’italiano e la creativita’: il design e i suoi protagonisti” (“Italian and Creativity: Design and its protagonists”). The course, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon, will last until 13 February. The ten-day course will trace the history of some of the protagonists – architects, […]
Read moreUruguay – Post.Com stages postmodernity
“Post.com”, an experimental exhibition project on postmodernity and postmodern community models hosted at the Espacio Arte Contemporaneo in Montevideo, will be open until 5 March. The project is inspired to the theory of JF Lyotard on postmodernity whereby, after the end of great narrations, it would be better to focus on more modest “local” experiences […]
Read moreLebanon – Italy takes part in new edition of Photomed Beirut
The Photomed Beirut photographic show makes a comeback with the participation of the Italian Cultural Institute. The fourth edition of the famous show that started at Sanary-sur-Mer will feature the works of two Italian photographers, Sergio Strizzi and Paolo Ventura, and of a French photographer, Alain Fleischer. The show will open on 18 January at […]
Read moreBelgrade – Italian Cultural Institute to host a contemporary dance performance
The National Dance Foundation, directed by Aja Jung, with the contribution of the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Belgrade and in cooperation with the Italian choreographer Paolo Mangiola and the Croatian choreographer Stasa Zurovac, will present a contemporary dance performance featuring the Foundation’s young dancers. The show will be hosted at Mikser House in Belgrade […]
Read moreEthiopia – Saint Francis of Assisi and the Franciscans in engravings of the 16th and 17th centuries
The Italian Cultural Institute in Addis Ababa is displayng a series of 16th-17th century engravings from the Franciscan Museum of Rome. The exhibition will open with a lecture by the Director of the Museum, Father Yohannes Teklemariam Bache, on the “Cultural Heritage of the Franciscan Museum of the Historic Institute of the Capuchins (Rome)”. The […]
Read moreToronto – “Il tempo necessario”: mostra fotografica di Ljubodrag Andric
In occasione della mostra fotografica “Il Tempo Necessario” presso la Galleria dell’Istituto italiano di Cultura di Toronto, il prossimo 11 gennaio l’artista Lyubodrag Andric parlerà dei suoi lavori nel corso di una conversazione con Marta Braun, Graduate Program Director della Ryerson University. Una interessante occasione per scoprire di persona l’artista italo-canadese, le cui foto sono […]
Read moreItalian Graphics Design Exhibition in Copenhagen
On 19 January the Italian Cultural Institute in Copenhagen will host an exhibition entitled “Graphics Made in Italy ” that presents three decades of art and design of visual communication from the Fifties to the early Eighties through the stories of prominent designers and leading companies. The design of unique images to communicate ideas and […]
Read moreFrom New Haven the news that Italian research has identified a new mechanism regarding ALS
The Journal of Neuroscience, the prestigious scientific periodical of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, has published the results of a research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis carried out by the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”of Milan and funded by AriSLA, Italian Research Fondation. Moving from observations made previously, the study highlights an anomaly of the enzyme known […]
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