Titled "Due to the Image", the exhibition consists of the first series of paintings made by Alessandro Giannì in collaboration with his custom-made artificial intelligence program named Vasari (after Giorgio Vasari, 1511-1574); opening: Friday, September 10  5-8pm, at Postmasters Gallery  (New York).  The exhibition will be accompanied by a limited...

CINEMA SOTTO LE STELLE  -  MOVIES UNDER THE STARS The Annual Outdoor Italian Film Festival organized by The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute Tuesday, July 13 - Tuesday, August 31 2021 FULL LIST AND SCHEDULE  Special Opening Night  Team Marco Tuesday, July 13 at 8 pm – Watch the movie...

2 lectures on this quiet and seductive Italian Region by Sandro Naglia  July 9 – 23 2021 at 6 PM EST First session: July 9, 6 PM EST “Basilicata: from North to South” (A general introduction to the geography and history of the region, followed by an itinerary from North to South)  Second session: July 23, 6 PM EST “Basilicata: from East to West” (A...

With Fabio Finotti, the new Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, we continue our series of interviews with Directors of Italian Cultural Institutes for the ‘Spotlight on’ column on italiana.esteri.it. Fabio Finotti studied at the Scuola Normale in Pisa, and is Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, where he held th...

Nella graziosa palazzina che ospita l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura a Park Avenue – seppur più piccola non sfigura accanto al Consolato Generale d’Italia  – c’è un via vai di operai. Stanno smontando la biblioteca inaugurata pochi anni fa al pianterreno mentre, nelle sale al primo piano, tutto appare in trasformazione. Quando arriviamo all’ufficio d...

La nuova piattaforma web dell’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York. Internet come «spazio che va disegnato con il gusto e lo stile italiano, costruendo edifici virtuali che abbiano la stessa eleganza e fruibilità di quelli reali». Da un’idea di Fabio Finotti, nuovo Direttore dell’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York, inaugura “Stanze Italia...

Alessandro Marianantoni, Director of Mediars and M Accelerator, will illustrate Dante's influence in cinema and television through some intriguing collages of images, videos and music, in conversation with Massimo Ciavolella, Distinguished Professor of Italian Studies, UCLA Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies and former direc...

Welcome to the "Stanze Italiane": a new web platform created by the Italian Cultural Institute of New York. This project will feature new contributions on art, literature, music, design and landscape. The first "Stanza" is dedicated to Dante on the 700th anniversary of his death The promotion and dissemination of Italian culture in the world has no...

When: Thursday, March 04, 2021 - Organized by : ICI - Entrance : Free - Book Now! Biografilm Festival International Celebration of Lives is the international film festival entirely dedicated to biographies and life stories. The Institute is pleased to present some of the films that have been featured in the Festival editions, starting with Caro Luc...

I would like to extend warm greetings to those who have considered the Institute as part of their life, either because they have enjoyed and participated in its initiatives, or because they are part of the working team that contributes to it, to its vitality. This is for sure a difficult time. For health reasons, the building is not open to the pub...