Week of the Italian Language in the World – Annamaria Testa, “La bella lingua si è fatta un lifting”
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to present Annamaria Testa’s conference “La bella lingua si è fatta un lifting” (The beautiful language got a facelift) during the XVIII Week of the Italian Language in the World. The theme for the week of the Italian language of 2018 is “L’italiano e la rete, le reti per l’italiano“. […]
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Week of the Italian Language in the World
The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal is pleased to announce that this year’s the Week of the Italian Language in the World, will be held October 15th to October 21st, under high patronage of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella. The theme for the week of the Italian language of 2018 is very vast: […]
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Retrospective dedicated to Luchino Visconti (1906-1976), a multifaced artist
The Institute, in collaboration with the Cinémathèque Québécoise and the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures di McGill University, is going to celebrate the art of the great Italian director and writer Luchino Visconti. Thanks to his noble origins, ingrained in the Visconti’s family, he closely came into contact with the world of opera and […]
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Arion Baroque – The Italian harpsichordist Luca Guglielmini in Montreal
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to announce the Italian harpsichordist Luca Guglielmini, who will perform at the Arion Orcherstre Baroque Festival. For the first time Luca Guglielmi conduct for Arion leader and a harpsichordist and, collaborator with Jordi Savall for a long-time. Great Baroque composers have tried to reconcile all the differences among people […]
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“Shout: il tratto della leggerezza” by Alessandro Gottardo
On the occasion of the first edition of “Giornate del Contemporaneo-Italian Contemporary Art” (October 8-13, 2018), the Italian Cultural Institute of Montréal will present the exhibition project entitled “Shout: il tratto della leggerezza“, a personal exhibition of Alessandro Gottardo, aka “Shout“. The exhibition will be inaugurated on October 10 at the Galerie Gora at 6pm, a contemporary art […]
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Reading Club “Modern capitalism. An epic vertigo”
Oliver Kemeid is artistic director at Quat’sous and Ianik Marcil is an economist. In an informal environment they discuss together about the play “Chapitres de la Chute” by Stefano Massini and about his interest in the capitalist American roots. Massini is a novelist and a playwright very keen on the analysis of the contemporary economy […]
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“Gramsci Reader of Pirandello” by Yuri Brunello
Gramsci (1891-1937) was a faithful reader of Pirandello (1867-1936). He created different interpretations of Pirandello theatre during his theoretical production: the young Gramsci conceived an idealistic exegesis, while the post-revolutionary Gramsci proposed a materialist interpretation. In the Prison notebooks we can find an exegesis elaborated by the mature theorist of hegemony. Understanding what the theatre […]
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“La grafica del segno” by Alessandro Gottardo
On the occasion of the exhibition “Shout: il tratto della leggerezza”, the Italian Cultural Institut of Montreal and the Centre de design de l’UQAM present the conference “La grafica del segno” by Alessandro Gottardo. Tuesday October 9 – 12:30pmCentre de design de l’UQAMHall DE 3550 1440, rue Sanguinet MontrealFree admission Alessandro Gottardo, in art Shout, was […]
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“The Ancient Greeks and the Myth of Egypt”, conference by Andrea Falcon
On the occasion of the exhibition “Queens of Egypt” at the Pointe-à-Callière Museum, the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal is pleased to announce the conference “The Ancient Greeks and the Myth of Egypt” by Andrea Falcon, Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at Concordia University. Tuesday October 9 at 11amPointe-à-Callière MuseumMaison-des-Marins, 165 place D’YouvilleFree admission – […]
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“Les Juifs du Maroc” A journey through the memory
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to announce the collective documentary “5 vues sur 5 témoignages“, by Alessio Mazzaro and the conference “Les juifs du Maroc à Montréal“, by Christine Chevalier-Caron. These events have been organized by the Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the Sinagogue Spanish & Portuguese. Sunday, October 7 2018, 10:30 amSynagogue […]
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