Meet the Curator: Victoria Surliuga, The White Magic of Ezio Gribaudo
Surliuga currently serves as an Associate Professor of Italian at Texas Tech University. She is a scholar of contemporary Italian poetry, modern and contemporary Italian art, Italian cinema as well as a poet and translator. She will briefly discuss the exhibition that she curated currently on view at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts in […]
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Respighi: John Adams and Leila Josefowicz in concert
Ottorino Respighi was, after opera master Giacomo Puccini, Italy’s most famous composer of the 20th century. He used the modern orchestra to evoke the world around him with cinematic sweep and Technicolor vividness. Creative Chair John Adams will conduct violinist Leila Josefowicz and the Los Angeles Philharmonic playing The Fountains of Rome and The Pines of Rome by […]
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Opera in the Park
The 18th annual event is a free concert of opera arias, in a celebration of great opera music with a professional orchestra conducted by Valery Ryvkin. The talented cast will perform arias and ensembles by Bellini, Donizetti, Puccini, Rossini, and Verdi. www.palmspringsoperaguild.org
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WorldFest Houston Panorama Italia
WorldFest features over 60 film premieres, with an emphasis on the American and International Independent feature films including the 11th Annual Panorama Italia. The section this year presents: The Invisible Player (2015, 94 min.) by Stefano AlpiniElementary Loves (2014, 94 min)by Sergio Basso, Second Spring (2015, 108 min.) by Francesco CalogeroWAX: We are the X […]
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Andrea Mammone: We Are The Future, On the rise of Europe’s far right
We are the future: On the rise of Europe’s far right The year 2016 opened up with the first congress in Italy of the Europe of Nations and Freedom political organization, notably the far-right group in the EU parliament, and then with a neo-fascist party entering in the Slovakian political system after elections in March. […]
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4 projects for development
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation organized the exhibition 4 projects for development in collaboration with the Agenzia Contrasto. The exhibition opens April 4, 2016 at the IIC and will remain on view during the year. The exhibition’s goal is to highlight the concrete efforts Italy is making in development programs which […]
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Italian Film Festival USA : Phoenix
The Italian Film Festival USA is held in 12 cities throughout the US featuring the most recent Italian films in locations where Italian cinema is not often shown. The 2016 edition brings you the best line-up of contemporary Italian cinema with films from award-winning directors, as well as debut films from exciting new talent. Enjoy […]
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Ezio Gribaudo: Theaters of Memory and IIC Lifetime Achievement Award
A solo exhibition of Ezio Gribaudo, an internationally recognized artist and art publisher, curated by Professor Victoria Surliuga. Gribaudo will receive the IIC Lifetime Achievement Award that recognizes Italian excellency in the world and the honorary citizenship of the City of Lubbock during the private preview of the show on March 31. This exhibition brings […]
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Roman Mosaics Across the Empire
Roman decor was unique for the elaborate mosaic floors that enlivened interior spaces and reflected the cultural ambitions of wealthy patrons. Drawn primarily from the Getty Museum’s collection, this exhibition presents the artistry of mosaics as well as the contexts of their discovery across Rome’s expanding empire—from its center in Italy to major […]
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Nanni Moretti: Mia Madre
A screening of the film Mia Madre by Nanni Moretti (2015, 106 min.), presented within the series Reel Talk by the film critic Stephen Farber, President Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and a discussion with Professor Federico Pacchioni, Associate Professor of Italian, Chapman University and author of History of Italian Cinema. Landmark’s Regent Theatre 1045 Broxton […]
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