The Vatican Museums, seven virtual tours just a click away
Seven virtual tours to enjoy, while staying at home, the wonders of the Vatican Museums. Temporarily closed due to the spread of the contagion from Covid-19, the pontifical collections continue to be, in fact, available through a “click” in order to keep on revealing to users all over the world the timeless beauty of many […]
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Visit the cities of art in Italy directly from home with ArtAway
ArtAway is a web platform that allows users to get to know the artistic beauties of our country and the history of art in a new and engaging way, offering visitors the opportunity to talk live with the best tourist guides and the most expert cultural mediators. From an idea by Paolo Gabriele Falcone and […]
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Covid-19 AiutiAMO l’Italia, a fundraising campaign to support the Italian Red Cross’s COVID-19 preparedness and response activities
As COVID-19 continues its devastating spread across Italy, a heartbreaking reality is setting in. The human and economic impact of this pandemic is being felt across the country, and the needs are great – especially for the most vulnerable. We are fighting hard against this pandemic, but we also need your help! This is why […]
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TRECCANI: Maria Vittoria D’Onghia, “The (mis) fortune of being called positive. A linguistic reflection “, Lingua italiana Magazine (April 14th, 2020)
M.V. D’Onghia, a researcher in linguistics, reflects from her home – transformed, as by everyone, “in our office, in our gym, in our paradise and in our hell” – on the condition of daily isolation and especially on the word positive: “Among the other words that, alongside these, dot the pages of the newspapers there […]
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ACCADEMIA DELLA CRUSCA: Claudio Marazzini, “On the sidelines of an epidemic: linguistic implications of a virus”, March 2020
Claudio Marazzini, President of the Accademia della Crusca and renowned historian of the Italian language, tries his hand at dealing with some linguistic issues related to the Covid-19 epidemic, offering a significant contribution to the culture of the word. “However, consider this chat – writes Marazzini – as a way to reflect on current events, […]
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“Coronavirus and philosophers: Michel Foucault, Giorgio Agamben, Jean-Luc Nancy, Roberto Esposito, Sergio Benvenuto, Divya Dwivedi, Shaj Mohan, Rocco Ronchi, Massimo De Carolis”, from “European Journal of Psychoanalysis” in collaboration with the Journal “Antinomie”
“Faced with the frenetic, irrational and entirely unfounded emergency measures adopted against an alleged epidemic of coronavirus, we should begin from the declaration issued by the National Research Council (CNR), which states not only that “there is no SARS-CoV2 epidemic in Italy”, but also that “the infection, according to the epidemiologic data available as of […]
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ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DEI LINCEI: Maurizio Brunori and William A. Eaton, “Why always wear a mask in public”, Accademia dei Lincei. The Blog, Huffpost (April 17, 2020)
M. Brunori, professor emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and president emeritus of the FMN Class of Sciences of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, and W.A. Eaton, Director of the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry in the National Institute of Diabets and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health […]
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The Italian pianist Stefano Andreatta in concert with the Orchestre Classique de Montréal
“CANCELED due to epidemiological emergency Covid-19″ Thanks to the collaboration of the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal and the Concours Musical International de Montréal, the Italian pianist Stefano Andreatta will perform in Montréal, playing Beethoven and Alexander Brott with the accompaniment of the Orchestre Classique de Montréal. Sunday May 24th 2020 at 3 p.m.Salle Bourgie […]
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“Raffaello 500: Maestro Universale” – Raphael’s dream
On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of his death, while we wait for cultural destinations to reopen and to be able to see works of art live again, the network of Italian Cultural Institutes in the US and Canada will celebrate Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520) through several online multimedia initiatives, starting May 15th with Prof. Marzia […]
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“Raffaello 500: Maestro Universale” – Raphael’s Frescoes
A Zoom webinar of the #Raffaello500 series with: Marco Leona, Head of Scientific Research at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Antonio Sgamellotti, Accedemia dei Lincei Fellow Virginia Lapenta, Chief Curator at Villa Farnesina. Wednesday, May 27, 2020 – 3:00pm Click here to register. The series of webinars offered by the network of Italian Cultural Institutes of […]
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