At the Estorick collection works by artists including Filippo de Pisis, Fortunato Depero and Giorgio de Chirico, the collection of Alberto Della Ragione provides an extraordinarily comprehensive overview of Italian Modernism. Masterpieces from the Alberto Della Ragione collection in the exhibition from the 12th January to the 3rd of April 2011
FRIDAY 21st JANUARY, 7PM original title: DOPO MEZZANOTTE directed by: Davide Ferrario cast: Giorgio Pasotti, Francesca Inaudi, Fabio Troiano, Francesca Picozza Venue: Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square London SW1X 8NX Martino is the night guardian of the Mole, the Turin Museum of Cinema. But for him it’s not just a job. From midnight on he considers himself the master…
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…
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
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…
Or2 is an innovative photo-reactive skin for external environments.Direct sunlight renders Or2’s surface coloured and opaque; thus the opaque surface filters the direct sunlight flooding its surroundings with coloured hues of soft light. At night solar energy captured on the surface during the day powers LEDs scattered on the surface, turning Or2 into a photovoltaic chandelier. Following the success of…
