THE ORIGINS OF BOTANICAL GARDENS: THE FRUITS OF SCIENCE AND ART
The exemplary case of the Orto Botanico of Padua Symposium The Italian Cultural Institute presents a symposium for the opening of the exhibition “Wild Medicine: Healing Plants Around the World,. Featuring The Italian Renaissance Garden”, on view from May 18 to September 8 at the New York Botanical Garden. Speakers: Todd Forrest, New York Botanical […]
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WILD MEDICINE: HEALING PLANTS AROUND THE WORLD, FEATURING THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE GARDEN
Discover how cultures around the world rely on plants for everything–from food and medicine to cosmetics–through a stunning re-creation of Europe’s first botanical garden in Padua and surprising displays of healing plants featuring research by several NYBG experts. Explore a fascinating presentation of rare books and manuscripts known as herbals, as well as engaging science […]
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LUDOVICO EINAUDI – IN A TIME LAPSE TOUR 2012 Usa and Canada
LUDOVICO EINAUDI – IN A TIME LAPSE TOUR 2012 Usa and Canada
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H2CU
Italy and US: strategy for joint acedemic collaborations Workshop During 2013, the Year of Italian Culture in the USA, the Honors Center of Italian Universities (H2CU) presents a series of events – meetings and conferences – that will show theresults of the ten years of the H2CU activity in the US while outlining the strategy […]
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LIVING PONTI STYLE
Experiments in domestic living and architectural spaces in which to live and work. Gio Ponti’s residences The exhibition presents a collection of furniture and a series of letters, family photographs, and videos that exemplify the modernity of Gio Ponti, a key figure of 20th century design. Architect and designer, founder of “Domus” and “Stile” magazines […]
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PETITE GEMS: Salvatore di Vittorio & Chamber Orchestra of New York
PETITE GEMS: Salvatore di Vittorio & Chamber Orchestra of New York
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ITALY AFTER THE ELECTION: AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE
A conversation between Maurizio Molinari (American Correspondent, La Stampa) and Sergio Fabbrini (Director, School of Government of LUISS, Rome). Following its general election, Italy still finds itself at an impasse; the formation of any stable governing majority appears nearly impossible. At the same time, the country is in the midst of one of its most […]
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THE HOME OF HEARTBEATS
Book presentation and exhibition Seguso Seguso, the renowned Murano Company producing glass since 1397, along with the Italian Cultural Institute host a very special evening on Thursday, May 9 from 6 pm – 8pm with Mr. Giampaolo Seguso, Murano glass artist, poet and philosopher. Giampaolo Seguso is the 22nd generation of the Seguso glassmaking dynasty, […]
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THE HOTEL COLORS
Written by Eliza Bent Directed by Anna Brenner
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TIME IS NO MONEY.
IDLENESS, WORK AND SLOWNESS IN MIDDLE-EUROPEAN LITERATURE. A lecture by Claudio Magris Claudio Magris, celebrated writer and expert of Middle-European literatures, was born in 1939 in Trieste, a town at the crossing of Italian, German and Slavic cultures. Always interested in the social and ethical function of literary writing, Magris is among the most eloquent […]
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