Designed in Italy, Made in Australia. Discovering the Australian Work of Pier Luigi Nervi
Curated by Paolo Stracchi, University of Sydney Pier Luigi Nervi (1891–1979) was a structural engineer but also a revolutionary Italian master builder, architect and artist, who forged, through the invention of the Sistema Nervi – Nervi System – a new structural aesthetic for modern architecture. In Australia, the Sistema Nervi was for the first time […]
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Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2019
2019 marks the 20th anniversary of the Lavazza Italian Film Festival, and as every year the Festival will present in all the major Australian cities the best of contemporary Italian cinema as well as some classics. In Sydney the Festival will be held between the 17th of September and the 16th of October in all […]
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The Medicine Seller (Il venditore di medicine)
Cinema Italia Life in a Time of Crisis – An Italian Perspective The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is proud to announce the launch of a collaboration with Palace Cinemas which will present a series of screenings as well as retrospectives dedicated to some of the most significant cultural and social aspects of Italian life as […]
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Cover boy
Of Love and Friendship The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is renewing in 2019 its fruitful collaboration with the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, proposing a new cycle of screenings called Of Love and Friendship, which will include movies produced in the last years which will touch upon themes that are certainly very familiar to the majority […]
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Rossini & Chopin: a romantic dialogue
Piano Recital by Alessandro Marangoni The Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney continues with its series of concerts called Suono Italiano Sydney, a cycle made possible by the collaboration with CIDIM – Italian National Music Committee, an organization founded in 1978 with the aim of contributing to the development and promotion of Italian classical and contemporary […]
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Stripping the Armour. Uncovering Visual Culture in the Medici Court
On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the birth of Cosimo I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany the Art Gallery of New South Wales is hosting a symposium that will present the fascinating history of the 16th century Medici court through the visual culture of Renaissance Florence. Bringing together leading scholars, this one-day […]
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Piano Recital by Alessandro Marangoni
2019-20 StuditaliA Prize – Presentation of Awards Ceremony The StuditaliA Prize was established to encourage and promote excellence in Italian studies across schools in Queensland and to promote and reward the achievement of Year 12 students of Italian. The evening will feature a piano recital by Alessandro Marangoni, who will present a program entitled Rossini & Chopin: […]
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I Can Quit Whenever I Want (Smetto quando voglio)
Cinema Italia Life in a Time of Crisis – An Italian Perspective The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is proud to announce the launch of a collaboration with Palace Cinemas which will present a series of screenings as well as retrospectives dedicated to some of the most significant cultural and social aspects of Italian life as […]
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Leonardo Da Vinci Science before Science
The Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney is pleased to host a conference byProf. Fiorenzo Galli, General Director of the National Museum of Science andTechnology Leonardo da Vinci in Milan. Leonardo da Vinci is a global cultural icon, symbol of curiosity and interdisciplinary knowledge. His capacity to observe nature and his working method constitute a precious […]
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Il sole dentro (Bright Flight)
Of Love and Friendship The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is reniewing in 2019 its fruitful collaboration with the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, proposing a new cycle of screenings called Of Love and Friendship, which will include movies produced in the last years which will touch upon themes that are certainly very familiar to the majority […]
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