Istituto Di Cultura - Los Angeles

Inspired by a renewed interest in classical sculpture and closer study of nature, Renaissance artists made the nude body ever more vibrant, lifelike, and central to their practice. Yet, pious European Renaissance society was troubled by the nude and its new sensuality—a conflicted response echoed in the world today, w...

What did ancient Greeks believe would happen to them after they died? Organized around a monumental funerary vessel, on loan from National Archaeological Museum in Naples and recently conserved at the Getty Villa, this exhibition explores depictions of the Underworld in the art of Greece and Southern Italy. Beyond tales...

This touring retrospective series arrives at Films at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. Luchino Visconti, a member of Italian nobility, belonged to the Italian Communist Party during World War II. He was openly gay, staunchly Catholic, and inhabited a complicated, paradoxical, role in Italian cinema culture. ...

In conjunction with Cinema Italian Style 2018, this exhibit depicts Monica Vitti's life, style and films, illustrating in detail the actress and woman adored in Italy and abroad.  Curated by Nevio De Pascalis, Marco Dionisi and Stefano Stefanutto Rosa. Organized by Istituto Luce Cinecitta' and the Italian Cultural In...

Comprising spectacular drawings from the Getty collection and rarely-seen works from private collections, this exhibition reveals the detective work involved in investigating master drawings. Many Italian Renaissance drawings tell stories of their creation and the purposes they served, yet sometimes even the most seemingly...

On the occasion of the winter solstice, known as the shortest day of the year, join us for a Holidays toast and an evening of short films representing some of the best emerging talents of Italian cinema. Presented with Turin's Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio (CNC), Social World Film Festival and in c...

On the occasion of the LA Clippers - Utah Jazz game, Los Angeles celebrates the Italian NBA champion Danilo Gallinari with Italian Heritage Night. PURCHASE YOUR TICKET NOW - use promo code “ITALIAN”, and receive a commemorative hat. We look forward to seeing you at the game!      

Don’t miss the fourth edition of the Italian Perspective series. This year, Science and Culture: An Italian Perspective will include four plenary lectures focusing on different intersections between Italian art and culture and scientific thought and discoveries, including anatomy, mathematics, geometry, and more. A...