Carlo Ginzburg and Saul Friedländer -Exile and Creativity Series
This series aims at highlighting the stories of many Italian artists, scientists, and intellectuals who were forced to leave Italy for political reasons, or after the proclamation of the racial laws, and moved to the United States. The focus of the conversations is on how their exile has changed their personal lives, and also influenced […]
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Santiago, Italia by Nanni Moretti
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT With the screening of Santiago, Italia by Nanni Moretti we begin a journey into the world of Italian documentary, a genre that represents one of the most interesting and innovative areas of contemporary Italian cinema. Works by directors such as Gianfranco Rosi or Roberto Minervini have been selected and […]
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Federico Faggin – Italian Creators of our Time Series
The second talk of the series is with Federico Faggin, an Italian physicist, inventor and entrepreneur, widely known for designing the first commercial microprocessor (1971) and leading the design group of the 4004 (MCS-4) project, during the first five years of Intel’s microprocessor effort. Most importantly, in 1968, while working at Fairchild Semiconductor, he had […]
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Michael Frank – Italian Journeys of American Writers Series
In this new series we will enjoy several conversations with American writers who will share their experiences of an Italian journey, be it real, imaginary, or metaphorical, but one that is personal and shows their bond with our country. The first encounter is with Michael Frank, whose talk is intriguingly titled “Making friends with Michele, […]
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Franco Modigliani – Exile and Creativity Series
This is the next to last encounter of the Series organized in collaboration with Centro Primo Levi and prof. Renato Camurri and it is dedicated to Franco Modigliani. On the occasion of the pubblication of Franco Modigliani, Rischio Italia (Donzelli 2018) Franco Modigliani (June 18, 1918 – September 25, 2003) was an Italian-American economist and […]
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Elena Favilli – 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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Giorno della Memoria Cerimonia della Lettura dei Nomi
Reading of the names of the Jews deported from Italy and the Italian territories. Please join us for this day-long ceremony and participate in the reading of the names of the women, men and children deported from Italy between 1943 and 1945. If you wish to reserve a time slot, contact rsvp.newyork@esteri.it You can also […]
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SPACIAL EXPLORATIONS-Lucio Fontana and the avant-gardes in Milan in the 50’s and 60’s
Spacial Explorations, curated by Francesco Tedeschi, presents a selection of artworks from the Intesa Sanpaolo twentieth century art collection comprising paintings and sculptures highly representative of Italian art, in particular that of the second half of the century. The exhibition, that accompanies Lucio Fontana: On the Threshold at the Met Breuer, includes two sections exploring […]
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The Two Amelia Rosselli – Exile and Creativity Series
The two Amelia Rosselli, whose lives and work will be discussed and celebrated in this talk, were, respectively, the mother and the daughter of the anti-Fascist leader Carlo Rosselli, founder of one of the earliest anti-Fascist movements, “Giustizia e Libertà”. Rosselli was considered by Mussolini “the regime’s most dangerous political opponent”. After evading custody in the […]
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Neri Marcorè
The multifaceted Italian artist Neri Marcorè (actor, dubber, imitator, TV presenter and singer) makes his New York debut with an evening dedicated to his region, the Marche. In a conversation with director Giorgio Van Straten, Marcorè will recall his entire career, from his first impersonations, to his acting performances, until his more recent successes as […]
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