“Enchanting Architecture”, the story of the IIC building in Stockholm
“Enchanting Architecture” is the title of a historical publication about the construction of the Italian Institute of Culture’s home in Stockholm, one of the most representative Italian buildings abroad, designed and furnished in the Fifties by Gio Ponti at the initiative of the engineer and industrialist, Carlo Maurilio Lerici, who also contributed significantly to financing […]
Read moreItaly to be guest of honor at the book fair in the United Arab Emirates
Italy will be the guest of honor at the 2022 edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF), one of the top book fairs in the world for number of exhibitors (1600, from 83 countries) and number of volumes exhibited, but above all for number of agreements relative to sales of translation rights. Italy’s participation […]
Read moreLusaka: webinar on ‘’Art and Energy’’
The Embassy of Italy in Zambia has organised an event on “ART and Energy” today, in Lusaka, addressing two themes: how to build a renewable future for Zambia and what kind of energy comes from art. With the participation of the Zambian Minister of Energy, Hon. Peter Kapala, and the Secretary General of the Common […]
Read moreToronto: Artemis Danza in Dante’s Inferno
For the first time the Italian Cultural Institute of Toronto presents a show by the Italian contemporary dance company Artemis Danza, as part of the programme of events and celebrations for the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death. The dancers will accompany the audience on an extravagant journey into Dante’s Inferno with choreographic scenes dedicated […]
Read moreParis and Berlin: 3 days to remember Andrea Zanzotto
As part of the initiatives for the centenary of Andrea Zanzotto’s birth, the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris is organising a conference from 25 to 27 November. The aim is to project the literary and intellectual figure of a writer who is too often reduced to a local Italian and Venetian matrix on to the […]
Read moreA lecture in Moscow about Venetian banquets in the 18th century
In 18th-century Venice, festivities and banquets were so sumptuous that nowadays we consider that period one of the liveliest epochs of Venetian culture. On November 26, thanks to an initiative of the Italian Institute of Culture in Moscow, Ekaterina Igošina, art historian and director of the scientific library of the A.S. Puškin State Fine Arts […]
Read moreLondon: Dante’s Inferno illustrated by Botticelli
For the first time in London, on 16 November, it will be possible to admire a decorated example of the first edition of the Divine Comedy, printed in 1481 in Florence, with 20 engravings based on drawings by Sandro Botticelli. To conclude the celebrations for the Year of Dante, the Italian Ambassador in London, Raffaele […]
Read moreTunis: staging contemporary Italian dance
The Italian Cultural Institute in Tunis presents the first Italian Contemporary Dance Platform, “D’accordo”, at the Tunis Opera House, a project that aims both to present contemporary dance to the Tunisian public and to create opportunities for sharing artistic expertise. The event, organised in partnership with the Tunis Opera House, which has included it in […]
Read moreFrom November 16, Dakar can enjoy the music and popular theater of southern Italy
The Italian Institute of Culture in Dakar has organized a series of events in collaboration with Bayaal 221, to introduce the music and popular theater of the Campania region and southern Italy, featuring the work of the artist Luca Rossi, considered one of the finest Italian interpreters of this sector and one of the most […]
Read moreWebinar from Chicago: “A Brief history of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce”
“A Brief History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce” is the title of a webinar organised for Wednesday 17 November (10 am in the USA and Canada) by the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago, in collaboration with the local Italian Cultural Institute. The lecture will be given by Massimo Montanari, who will present his essay […]
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