Pinocchio by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory will Debut in the United States for the Year of Italian Culture
WASHINGTON January 16, 2013 – A tribute to the Year of Italian Culture in the United States: the famous Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, staged by Italian author, actor, and theater director Massimiliano Finazzer Flory. The performance, entitled “Pinocchio – A Puppet Story” will debut on January 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Italian Cultural Institute […]
Read moreL.A.- Italia Film Fest to open on February 17 within “2013 Year of Italian Culture in the US” (January 6, 2013)
Celebrated Italian filmmaker Michele Placido will be honored at the 8th Los Angeles, Italia Film, Fashion and Art Fest to be held at the Hollywood Chinese Theatre during the week preceding the Oscars (February 17-23) within the framework of “2013- Year of Italian Culture in the United States”.“L.A.- Italia”, which is chaired this year by […]
Read moreMyth, Allegory, Emblem. The many lives of the Chimaera of Arezzo presented to the Getty Museum (January 11, 2013)
The Consul General, the director the Italian Cultural Institute and Mr. Federico Frediani presented the Getty Museum with the new publication “Myth, Allegory, Emblem. The many lives of the Chimaera of Arezzo” curated by the Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita’ Culturali. The publication features the proceedings of the International colloquium held at the […]
Read moreThe J. Paul Getty Museum announces the return of a head of hades from about 400–300 B.C. (January 10, 2013)
The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today plans to voluntarily return a terracotta head to Sicily representing the god Hades and dating to about 400–300 B.C. TheMuseum acquired the sculpture in 1985. The head will be transferred to the Museo Archeologico in Aidone after it goes on display in the Getty-organized traveling exhibition Sicily: Art […]
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