online > Chigiana International Festival & Summer Academy
Accademia Chigiana continues its efforts to promote the importance of music with “OurSounds, Music over the distance”, the sixth International Festival & Summer Academy that started on July 5th and will continue until September 3, 2020. The festival features three sections: Live Concerts, From the Archives and Beyond the Silence: 18 live events and 22 […]
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online > “Raffaello as a Poet, the Complexity of an Artist”, Lecture by Stefano Jossa, Royal Holloway, University of London (IIC MONTREAL WEBINAR SERIES)
A Zoom webinar with STEFANO JOSSA, Royal Holloway, University of London. The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal, in collaboration and the Italian Cultural Institutes in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Toronto and Washington D.C. are pleased to present the conference, by Prof. Stefano Jossa entitled: “Raffaello as a Poet, the Complexity of an Artist”. The event […]
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online [in Italian]> “La più bella del mondo. Perché amare la lingua italiana”, Lecture by Stefano Jossa, Royal Holloway, University of London (IIC MONTREAL WEBINAR SERIES)
A Zoom webinar with STEFANO JOSSA, Royal Holloway, University of London. The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal and the Italian Cultural Institutes in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Toronto and Washington D.C. are pleased to present the lecture by Stefano Jossa (Royal Holloway, University of London), entitled: “La più bella del mondo. Perché amare la […]
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Fare Cinema: The Italian Movie Industry | June 15 – 21, 2020
“Fare Cinema” is a series of special events dedicated to Italian film industry professionals, highlighting their talent around the world. The initiative, organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Anica and Luce Cinecittà is also promoted by the network of […]
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online > The Art of Healing – Rediscovering Historical Women Artists from Florence
Are we the ones really preserving art through conservation or is it a mutual relationship where art preserves us as well? The concept of displaying art in hospitals may seem to be a modern idea, but humanists truthfully believed that art and beauty possessed intrinsic healing powers for both the body and the soul. A […]
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online > #Raffaello500 – Raphael’s Frescoes
The series of webinars offered by the network of Italian Cultural Institutes of US and Canada on the occasion of the Raphael 500 celebrations continues with a conversation on the execution technique and materials employed by Raphael on his fresco paintings, in comparison with the most up-to-date scientific investigations carried out during recent restorations. Most […]
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online > Raphael’s Dream
Raffaello Sanzio, one of the geniuses of the Renaissance, died in Rome on April 6th, 1520. On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of his death, while we wait for cultural spaces to reopen so to be able to admire works of art in person again, the network of the Italian Cultural Institutes (IIC) in […]
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Strega Prize 2020
Now in its 74th Edition, the prestigious Premio Strega started in 1947. The books chosen by the “Amici della Domenica”, the historical jury once made of 170 friends that met at the Bellonci house on Sunday, hence the name, is now made of over 400 members from the world of culture: writers, journalists, scholars, artists, […]
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online > EU Open House = HomeWithEU
The implications of COVID-19 have postponed in-person programs but EU Open House lives on! Join the European Union Delegation and all EU Member States as we bring activities from all over Europe across the Atlantic and into your home. To kick off #HomeWithEU, the European Union Delegation to the United States will be going live on […]
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online > Accordi Disaccordi: Hot Italian Swing
As part of the DCJazzFest from Home Series, we are very happy to welcome back a group dear to our audience and friends: Accordi Disaccordi! Joining us from their respective homes in Italy to our new digital stage, Accordi Disaccordi, an Italian trio with a gipsy jazz repertoire, will perform for us what they define […]
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