Istituto Di Cultura - Los Angeles

Online video presentation by Massimo Ciavolella, Distinguished Professor of Italian Studies, UCLA Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies. Introduction by Silvia Chiave, Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles image:Francesca Bertini in Francesca da Rimini, 1910.

Ferruccio Farina, Director of the International Study Center Francesca da Rimini, will present his book Francesca Da Rimini Storia di un mito. Letteratura, arti visive e musica tra XIV E XXI secolo (Francesca Da Rimini History of a Myth. Literature, Visual Arts and Music between the 14th and the 21st centuries Maggioli...

On the occasion of the celebrations of the 7th centenary of the death of Dante Alighieri, it is possible to download the ebook Reading Dante: How, Why (Sinistesie), by Ambassador Raffaele Campanella, with a preface by the well-known Dante's Mirko Tavoni. The work is designed and written to make it easier to read the Co...

There is a new mouse-tastic treasure hunt dedicated to the beauties of Italy. The protagonist is Geronimo Stilton – the mouse journalist most loved by children all over the world. Born from an idea of Elisabetta Dami, Geronimo explores our country in a new 224-page book entitled Mille Meraviglie Viaggio alla scop...

Roman Frescoes from the National Archaeological Museum in Naples travel to North America for the first time. This historic presentation of painting in ancient Rome will be presented exclusively at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art before returning to Europe.  

Born into poverty and self-taught as a photographer, Mario Giacomelli (1925–2000) lived his entire life in Senigallia, along Italy's Adriatic coast. Soon after purchasing his first camera in 1953, he began creating humanistic portrayals of people in their natural environments and dramatic abstractions of the landsca...

The exhibit, curated by the 2021 Italian Design Ambassador in Los Angeles Mattia Biagi, explores the iconic creations by Italian designers and design companies. Bringing Italian design and culture to a wide public has always been one of Biagi’s goals since he moved to Los Angeles 18 years ago. His aim with this sho...

An online preparation course for intermediate students who have to take the Italian citizenship exam. Please note that previous knowledge of Italian at intermediate level is recommended to attend this course. Candidates at a lower level may contact us for other options. Sundays 11AM - 1PM For more info and to register...

Architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri presents the upcoming volume "Green Obsession: Trees Towards Cities, Humans Towards Forest) in an online conversation with Carlo Caccavale, Director of AIA Los Angeles, promoter of an annual conference on climate change. "Green Obsession", to be published in January 2022, retr...