SPECIAL SCREENING: DANTE’S INFERNO AND DANTE’S HELL DI BORIS ACOSTA
On the occasion of Dante’s 750th anniversary, the IIC presents a special screening of Dante’s Inferno – Abandon All Hope, and Dante’s Hell Animated.Director Boris Acosta and film cast will participate into a Q&A moderated by Prof. Massimo Ciavolella, Director of the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.A special thanks to Pasquini Coffee and Ventura […]
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BOTTICELLI, TITIAN AND BEYOND
MASTERPIECES OF ITALIAN PAINTING FROM GLASGOW MUSEUMS This exhibition explores the evolution of Italian painting over five centuries, from late Medieval works of the 14th century to Impressionist pictures of the 19th century, featuring some of the greatest masters of these periods, including G. Bellini, S. Botticelli, F. Guardi, L. Signorelli, and Titian.More at http://www.sbmuseart.org/exhibitions/botticelli.web This […]
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MEET THE CURATOR: DENNITA SEWELL, PHOENIX ART MUSEUM
Dennita Sewell, Curator of Fashion Design at Phoenix Art Museum since January 2000, has organized exhibitions on topics ranging from motorcycle jackets to contemporary designers drawn from the Museum’s comprehensive collection, international fashion houses and private collections. Currently on view through March 6, 2016 are The White Shirt According to Me. Gianfranco Ferré, and the […]
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FABRIZIO LELLI: JEWISH REFUGEES IN APULIA
Athe end of WWII, more than 250,000 Jewish refugees lived in DP camps in Germany, Austria and Italy which were set up under the aegis of the UN and the Allied Forces, with the support of international Jewish organizations. Since 2000, Fabrizio Lelli has been collecting documents and personal testimonies from former refugees in the […]
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HOLOCAUST REMBEMBRANCE DAY
The Italian Consulate General, the Italian Cultural Institute and the American Jewish Committee Los Angeles organize a public reading of the names of the 8,000 Italian Jewish victims of the Holocaust. The reading will take place simultaneously in several locations around L.A.
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MIRELLA BENTIVOGLIO: SELECTED WORKS 1966-2012
Artist, poet, art critic, art historian, and curator Mirella Bentivoglio ((1922 – ) is internationally recognized as one of the key figures in the Concrete and Visual Poetry movements in Italy. She explores the relationship between language and image through works on paper, installations, sculpture, and performance.
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WAR AND ITALY: ITALIAN IDENTITIES THROUGH WAR
The conference seeks to examine the experience of war as a seminal factor in the formation of identity within the Italian context and the ways this critical and highly complex issue has been treated in literature and film.Professors Selena Daly (University College Dublin) and Gabriele Pedullà (Università Roma Tre) are keynote speakers.
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PRESENTATION OF THE PBS SPECIAL “THE ITALIAN AMERICANS”
Special preview screening of the highly anticipated documentary “The Italian Americans” scheduled for nationwide PBS release in early 2015.
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MARINETTI IN NEW YORK
Massimiliano Finazzer Flory’s tribute to Futurism and its founder arrives in LA. “It’s the story of a great man who didn’t bow to the pressures of his time […] Without him there the Futurism that is today appreciated and acclaimed all over the world wouldn’t have existed.
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MARIO CANALI AT BRIAN MARKI FINE ART
Join Ruta Lee with Anna Maria Alberghetti and The Thalians, in concert with the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles for a Preview and Fundraiser Exhibition by artist Mario Canali.Benefits The Thalians’ Operation Mend, at UCLA mental health services for our Wounded Warriors; U.S. military personnel injured while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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