Istituto Di Cultura - New York

When it comes to Dario Argento, the stylist supreme of horror cinema, one might first think of an insidious mood, of piercingly intense colors, of a scrap of haunting music or a set piece in which the camera sets off on its own inexplicable course or an act of violence at once shocking, sensuous, and beautiful. Argento,...

Young Italians, is a group exhibition featuring works by twelve contemporary Italian artists,  curated by Ilaria Bernardi, and jointly organized by the Italian Cultural Institute of New York and Magazzino Italian Art. Young Italians was conceived as a 50th anniversary tribute to the show of the same name, which took p...

Italian writer Enrico Pellegrini presents his latest novel Something Great and Beautiful, the event will be introduced by director Tod "Kip" Williams, while his wife, the actress Gretchen Mol, will read from the book. Enrico Pellegrini was born in Turin, Italy, in 1971. While pursuing a successful career as a lawyer, he...

Performances of Lorenzo Da Ponte's L’Ape Musicale (The Musical Bee) by the Teatro Lirico of the city of Cagliari L’Ape Musicale (The Musical Bee), Lorenzo Da Ponte’s final libretto and the first Italian opera conceived and staged in the United States, returns to New York 188 years after its debut The fam...

The first concert of the series "Giovani Interpreti Italiani - Young Italian Performers" features Quartetto Noûs.  Formed in 2011, the Quartet has rapidly established itself as one of the most interesting chamber music ensembles of its generation. Its immersive performances are the result of a professional train...

In celebration of the five hundredth anniversary of the artist's birth, the curators of three Tintoretto-themed exhibitions in the US, discuss the artist’s prolific career and their curatorial choices. Jacopo Tintoretto (1518 – 1594) was one of the preeminent Venetian painters of the sixteenth century, reno...