LIBERATION ANNIVERSARY
Film screening and panel discussion To commemorate the April 25 anniversary of Italy’s Liberation from Nazi Germany, the Italian Cultural Institute will host a film screening of Luigi Comencini’s “Tutti a casa”, featuring Alberto Sordi, and Guido Chiesa’s “Il partigiano Johnny”, based on the eponymous novel by Beppe Fenoglio. In addition to the anniversary of […]
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A STRADIVARIUS FOR THE PEOPLE
Concert Maestro Matteo Fedeli will bring a precious Stradivarius built in 1726 on tour in the USA for the first time.The project, entitled, “A Stradivarius for the People,” aims at providing the general public, as well as aficionados, an opportunity at a firsthand glance at these unique and rare instruments. Fedeli, creator of the project, […]
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ASSONANZE/DISSONANZE
From Medieval Times to “900 Exhibition The “Assonance/Dissonance” exhibition will showcase masterpieces of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, such as Giordano, Bassano, Cardi, Redi alongside works by twentieth century Italian artists, including Pistoletto, Mondino, Paladino, Chia and Clemente, courtesy of the Sperone Westwater collection. This juxtaposition of antique and contemporary art will bring to the […]
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Poetry and The City: Milo De Angelis: Milan Was Asphalt
Milan Was Asphalt: a book presentation (Theme of Farewell and After-Poems, The University of Chicago Press 2013) with the author Milo De Angelis and the translators, Susan Stewart (Princeton University) and Patrizio Ceccagnoli (University of Massachusetts Amherst). Poetry reading and discussion.
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LUCA LOMBARDI
Fast Times Slow Music? LECTURE Luca Lombardi is one of internationally most known Italian composers. On the occasion of the concert scheduled on April 12 at Alice Tully Hall, the IIC of New York is pleased to present Luca Lombardi’s conference about slowness in music.
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DISAPPEARING ACT V
European Film Festival Corpo Celeste This Festival is an official project of the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) as a celebration of the vitality of European cinema. Launched as an annual event in 2009, it instantly became popular for its unique, carefully selected film series, presenting films that have gained acclaim on the […]
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UPDATING BOUNDED RATIONALITY
1st Herbert Simon Society Conference The Herbert A. Simon Society brings together some of the most important economists critical of contemporary economic models and aims at reformulating economic theory by starting with the many non-neoclassical directions that have been developed in recent years. This workshop is focused on three themes that were identified as particularly […]
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GIOSETTA FIORONI: L’ARGENTO
The Drawing Center presents Giosetta Fioroni: L’Argento, the artist’s first solo exhibition in North America. Featuring over seventy drawings, thirty paintings, ten illustrated books, two films, and related ephemera, Giosetta Fioroni: L’Argento will not only expand our understanding of post-World War II Italian art but also enable a crucial reinvestigation of the pop aesthetic more […]
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“Fall in Autumn” – New York City Premiere
It is Caterina Rago’s approach of surrendering her body to powerful emotion that inspires her blazing choreography. Rago originally from San Lucido, Italy, felt the desire to share her life as a new Italian in NYC. She officially founded the Caterina Rago Dance Company in 2007 (between rehearsals and performances with the Martha Graham Dance […]
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NEW YORK PRIZE 2013
One Night only Exhibition of New York Prize 2013 Winnners Anna Franceschini and Francesco Arena.Anna Franceschini presents: For in and out, above, about, below, ‘Tis nothing but a Magic Shadow-Show / Act IIFrancesco Arena presents: One and 2974 persons RSVP: events.iicnewyork.esteri.it or aj211@columbia.edu
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