Jelly Baby sculptures displayed in London’s Marble Arch The Jelly Baby sculpture will be displayed at Marble Arch until April 2011 A family of colourful jelly baby sculptures standing up to 10.5ft (3.2m) high is set to brighten up London’s West End. Westminster Council has given the go-ahead for the unique art installation in central London’s Marble Arch. The Jelly…
3rd December 2010 – The Italian Bookshop – 18.45 An evening with Simonetta Agnello Hornby as she discusses her latest novel, La Monaca. We are pleased to announce that the best-selling author, Simonetta Agnello Hornby, will present her latest work, ‘La Monaca’. This remarkable historical novel opens in Messina on 15th August 1839 and follows the protagonist Agata who finds herself…
Works by Leonardo da Vinci, Monet and Picasso and study pieces by lesser-known Hungarian artists come to London in this stunning collection of 16th- to 20th-century art. Dates: 25 September 2010 to 12 December 2010 Times: 25 Sep – 12 Dec 2010 Mon – Thu, Sat, Sun 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM; Fri 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM Venue: Royal…
One of the greatest works by Italian master Antonello da Messina (1430 ca, 1479) will be for the first time on display in England at the Italian Cultural Institute in London. Date: Friday, November 05, 2010 – Sunday, January 30, 2011 Opening times: Mo-Fri 10am – 8pm; Sa-Su 10am- 4pm exc. Holidays Venue: Istituto italiano di cultura, 39 Belgrave Square,…
Life-affirming story of the troubles of a fishing family on the coast of Sicily, based on the novel by Giovanni Verga. An impressive contemporary adaptation of the noted 19th-century Italian novel The House by the Medlar Tree by Giovanni Verga, about the trials and tribulations of a fishing family in Sicily, which takes the original story (also the source for…
Against Mussolini (22 September- 19 December 2010) brings together works produced in Italy and abroad throughout the Fascist era (1922- 43), but focuses particularly on the period immediately after the dictator’s fall from power following Italy’s disastrous Second World War campaign. from Estorick Collection Italian Art 39a Canonbury Square London N1 2AN
Dates: 12 November 2010 Times: 12 Nov 2010 6:30 PM Venue: The O2 Bocelli has recorded over 20 pop and classical albums and sold over 65 million albums worldwide and is known as ‘the fourth tenor’.
Paolo Conte returns to the UK for one London concert. His records are good but his live shows are great. If you don’t know him, you should – imagine the voice of Tom Waits and the soul of Cole Porter inhabiting the body of craggily handsome Italian poet, painter and singer-songwriter. ( from London Jazz Festival )
Emotive story of a blue collar builder, trying to buck the odds and become a success whilst beset by corruption and compromise. BFI London Film Festival Friday 15th October, Saturday 16th October and Monday 18th of October
An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Italian artist, Pordenone Montanari, will take place at the Italian Cultural Institute in London from 21st September 2010. A series of over fifty of Montanari’s witty, modernist works, selected from a much larger cache of paintings and drawings found in a remote villa in the Piedmont region of Italy, will be displayed, on…
