Friday, June 22, 2012 – Sunday, July 15, 2012 10am-8pm Italian Cultural Institute With a history dating back to 1930, Pininfarina is based on values of creativity, experience and innovation without forgetting tradition. It combines avant-garde style and technical solutions aimed at functionality. If Pininfarina is known worldwide for car design, Pininfarina Extra (specializing in product and interior design, architecture,…
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…
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. Read…
Sai cosa significa “la vuoi piantare” in italiano ? Studiare una lingua vuol dire conoscere anche le espressioni idiomatiche, i modi di dire. Facciamo pratica: Trova il significato di queste espressioni e poi clicca sul foglio delle risposte. Guarda anche un divertente video di un blogger italiano che immagina che i modi di dire siano veri. La vuoi piantare! Chiedere…
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…
Cinema Made in Italy Fri 9 – Thu 15 Mar For film and events click here 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…
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…
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. Date: Saturday, February 25, 2012 Opening times: 6.30pm Venue: Italian Cultural Institute Organised by: Italian Cultural Institute
Scialla – 2001 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,…