A Zoom webinar with Dr. Dagmar Korbacher, Director, Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin State Museums and Dr. Furio Rinaldi, Curator, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. To mark the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death, the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, in collaboration wit...
Read moreOur series of silent movies, in collaboration with the Film Programs of the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, continues with a screening of Ma L’Amore Mio Non Muore (Love Everlasting), the classic 1913 film by Mario Caserini, restored in its full glory by the Cineteca di Bologna. Dealing with a story ...
Read moreLocated in Turin, Italy, Museo Egizio — the world’s oldest museum dedicated to ancient Egyptian culture — is home to the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities outside of Egypt. For nearly two centuries, Museo Egizio has led the way in bridging our knowledge of ancient Egypt — bringing this wo...
Read morePLEASE NOTE: This event was originally scheduled for May 5, 2020 and it has been rescheduled to September 28, 2021. Original tickets will be honored. Please contact Ticketmaster or The Howard Theatre for more information. Event Rescheduled | A Message from Zucchero: "Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic it is with ...
Read moreThe tandem Fabrizio Bosso and Julian Oliver Mazzariello returns to Washington through our virtual stage in partnership with the DC Jazz Festival. A tandem they have been riding together for most of their musical careers, and artistically pedaling together towards shared goals. A long history of m...
Read moreOur virtual stage reopens for an intimate performance with trumpeter Paolo Fresu, one of the greatest jazz artists in Italy with a thriving career spanning over 30 years. Fresu will be accompanied by bandoneonist Daniele di Bonaventura. The repertoire of this extraordinary duo features original ballads, improvisati...
Read more“Il Viaggio”, the title of this concert, represents the long journey from Naples to Rome, from the Middle East to Africa and Latina America, that Tiziana Tosca Donati – aka Tosca on stage – will take us on. Singer, actress, and performer, Tosca has a brilliant solo career and she also colla...
Read moreThis year, Italy marks the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, the master poet known as the Father of the Italian language. On February 3rd we presented “Dante’s Others”, our first commemorative event on Dante, a special presentation by Prof. Teodolinda Barolini. In this webinar, Prof. B...
Read moreWhen Michelangelo the Younger commissioned a 5-month pregnant Artemisia Gentileschi to paint the Allegory of Inclination on Casa Buonarroti’s ceiling, the fee was three times that of her male counterparts. Her allegorical depiction represented just one of many 'virtues' painted to commemorate the qualities of ‘th...
Read moreThe Eternal City has been a source of inspiration for artists of all times. On March 11th, we had a one-of-a-kind historical, artistic, and emotional virtual tour of Rome as seen through the creations of Bvlgari. During this webinar, art historian and curator Costantino D’Orazio guided us through the city&...
Read moreAmong the best Italian musicians of their generation, with a repertoire ranging from Baroque to contemporary music, Francesca Dego (violin) and Francesca Leonardi (piano) have been performing together worldwide for more than ten years. To continue our celebrations for Women’s History Month, the virtuoso duo d...
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