This exhibition is the largest ever of Leonardo da Vinci’s studies of the human body. Leonardo has long been recognised as one of the great artists of the Renaissance, but he was also a pioneer in the understanding of human anatomy. He intended to publish his ground-breaking work in a treatise on anatomy, and had he done so his discoveries would have transformed European knowledge of the subject. But on Leonardo’s death in 1519 the drawings remained a mass of undigested material among his private papers and their significance was effectively lost to the world for almost 400 years. Today they are among the Royal Collection’s greatest treasures.
Italian Cinema London presents
Nanni Moretti Retrospective
Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 April
Italian director Nanni Moretti, president of the jury for this year’s Cannes Film Festival, highlights include The Son’s Room, winner of the Palme d’Or in 2001, and The Caiman, inspired by anti-Berlusconi feelings it is believed that this film influenced the outcome of the 2006 Italian General Election.
Ha fatto sognare i bambini di tutto il mondo con le sue canzoni indimenticabili. Ma lo scioglilingua di “Mary Poppins” è stato anche un difficile banco di prova per tutti gli adulti. Robert B. Sherman è morto a Londra all’età di 86 anni. E con lui scompare anche la leggenda di “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”: la canzone tratta appunto dal film della Disney.
Alberto Burri (1915-1995) revolutionised the artistic vocabulary of the post-war art world. During the 1950s his celebration of humble materials such as sacking and tar created a new aesthetic, rich in expressive power, that was later to prove decisive for artists associated with the Arte Povera movement.
Despite his importance, this exhibition is the first major retrospective of the artist’s work to be held in the United Kingdom. It offers a comprehensive overview of Burri’s achievement through works spanning four decades: from rare, figurative pieces of the late 1940s to the ground-breaking abstract works for which he is best known.
Ciné Lumière is proud to host the second annual edition of the Italian Film Festival, with its new evocative title Cinema Made in Italy, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and Cinecittà Luce. The launch week, from 8 to 15 March, will feature no less than 13 outstanding films at Ciné Lumière, most of them UK premieres, a wildly diverse selection that ranges from the science fiction drama The Last Man on Earth to the bittersweet teen romance Summer of Giacomo. Eight films have been chosen by Paolo Mereghetti, one of the foremost film critics, and two by Adrian Wooton, Chief Executive of Film London. For the rest of the month, screenings of Italian films on the theme of sport, in honour of the Olympic year, will take place in the Georgian splendour of the Italian Cultural Institute itself.
Julius Caesar in Italian, performed by I Termini Company
Where else but from Rome for Julius Caesar? In a sparse new translation by prizewinning playwright Vincenzo Manna, Andrea Barraco’s Julius Caesar is set in a dreamlike yet contemporary Rome. The production opened in the ancient, haunting theatre in Gualtieri in the north of Italy, and will perform at the prestigious Teatro di Roma prior to the Globe in London.
For students studying Italian, the chance to hear them spoken in performance by native speakers, would be hugely beneficial, as well as providing a fascinating cultural exchange as a playwright intrinsically English is interpreted and adapted by a different culture.
In occasione della riedizione aggiornata del bestseller mondiale Il nome della rosa, e della pubblicazione in inglese de Il Cimitero di Praga, Umberto Eco in conversazione con Richard Dixon.
Bruno Beltrame has let it all hang out, for quite a while. All that’s left of his old talent as a writer is just enough to ghost-write ‘other people’s books’. His passion for teaching has given way to a tiresome routine of tutoring equally apathetic students, including fifteen-year old Luca, who is as ignorant as the others, but vivacious and irreverent.
Date: Friday, March 09, 2012 – Saturday, March 10, 2012
Opening times: Fri 9 Mar 6.30pm; Sat 10 Mar 4.30pm
Venue: Ciné Lumière 17 Queensbury Place, London SW7 2DT
Vogue Talents was developed out of the scouting activity undertaken by Vogue Italia; it has its own dedicated section on Vogue.it featuring also fashion videos and photo shooting entirely made by up-and-coming young professionals. The Italian Cultural Institute and Vogue Talents will present the brands of eight talented designers at the Italian Institute’s elegant Belgravia address in London.
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