Stop the Pounding Heart by Roberto Minervini
This Italian Documentaries series evening is dedicated to the screening of Stop the Pounding Heart (Cannes Film Festival selection 2013) by Roberto Minervini, with an introduction by Dennis Lim. Documentary film is a genre that represents one of the most interesting and innovative areas of contemporary Italian cinema; Roberto Minervini is among the most distinguished directors, […]
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Design is One. Lella & Massimo Vignelli
On the occasion of the exhibition Italian Types, on view at the Institute from March 21 to May 2, we present a special screening of Design is One. Lella & Massimo Vignelli, a documentary by Kathy Brew and Roberto Guerra. Following the screening, co-director Kathy Brew, in a conversation with designer Jonathan Wajskol, will discuss the […]
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Project: Planet Clean-Up – Italian Creators of our Time Series
This conversation, part of the Italian Creators of our Time series, is with Luca Rossettini and Mauro Nardocci, the founders of two companies specializing, respectively, in cleaning the sky, D-Orbit, and the oceans, Seads (Sea Defence Solutions). The pollution of our planet is one of the most pressing and difficult problems our society is facing. […]
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Italian Types Lecture and Panel Discussion
The Italian Cultural Institute of New York and the Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography at Cooper Union are pleased to present a lecture and panel complementing the exhibition Italian Types: Graphic Designers from Italy in America. Panel participants include the exhibition curators and publication contributors: Patricia Belen, Alessandro Colizzi, Greg D’Onofrio, Melania […]
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Brian Pallas – Italian Creators of our Time Series
A creator is someone who invents something that was not there before: being a scientist, an artist, an entrepreneur. Italian history boasts many examples of famous creators, beginning with Leonardo da Vinci, whose 500th anniversary from his death is celebrated this year. Together with the journalist Maria Teresa Cometto we have organized a series of […]
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Sicily Jass The world’s first man in Jazz by Michele Cinque
Screening of Sicily Jass The world’s first man in Jazz by Michele Cinque, followed by Q&A with the director and author of the movie. A journey inside the Sicilian chromosome of jazz, forgotten by the official history; the incredible story of a Sicilian who became the world’s first man in jazz, Sicily Jass: The World’s First […]
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Italian Types Graphic Designers from Italy in America
An exhibition curated by Patricia Belen, Greg D’Onofrio, Melania Gazzotti. Italian graphic design has had a lasting influence on the American visual and cultural landscape. From Fortunato Depero’s move to New York City in 1928 to Unimark International’s corporate identity work of the 1960’s and 70’s, Italian graphic designers were living and publishing important work […]
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Italian Design Day – MILANO Contemporary
An evening dedicated to exploring contemporary Milan’s architecture and design, with Stefano Boeri, founder of the Stefano Boeri Architetti Studio and President of the Fondazione Triennale, in conversation with Peter Eisenman, American architect and theorist, founder of the Eisenman Architects firm based in New York. With a presentation by Noemi Bonazzi, contributing editor of the […]
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Beatrice Rana Pianist – A conversation
A conversation between Italian pianist Beatrice Rana and Harvey Sachs, writer and music historian, on the occasion of the young, yet renowned, musician’s piano recital at Carnegie Hall. At twenty-four Beatrice Rana has already enticed the admiration of the international classical music world, and won the interest of music associations, conductors, critics and audiences around […]
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Benjamin Taylor: Capri Revisited
The series Italian journeys of American writers continues with a talk by the writer Benjamin Taylor titled: “Capri Revisited”, a few thoughts on the history of an inexhaustibly rich and beguiling refuge. Benjamin Taylor is the author of a family memoir, The Hue and Cry at Our House. He has also published Proust: The […]
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