FRAGILE / FRAGMENTS: AESTHETICS OF VULNERABILITY BETWEEN BODIES, RUINS AND LANDSCAPES
The project Fragile / Fragments arises from the desire to explore fragility not as a sign of weakness, but as a condition which, when it manifests, enables us to delve into human existence in one of its most sensitive and revealing dimensions, at once individual and collective, historical and material. This notion resonates with particular […]
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TAVIANI BROTHERS RETROSPECTIVE – CINEMA AS THOUGHT IN THE FORM OF VISION
In the landscape of Italian cinema in the second half of the twentieth century, few names have managed to intertwine civic engagement with the evocative power of cinematic storytelling as coherently – both ethically and aesthetically – as Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. Shy, reserved authors who remained distant from the spotlight of cultural celebrity, yet […]
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TAVIANI BROTHERS RETROSPECTIVE | SCREENING OF “LEONORA ADDIO”
The movie does not follow the plot of the Pirandello short story of the same name, but instead weaves together two separate narratives: the long and complicated journey of the author’s ashes after his death in 1936, and an adaptation of one of his final stories, The Nail (Il chiodo). When Luigi Pirandello died, the […]
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CONCERT OF “IL QUARTETTO DI CREMONA” | BEIRUT CHANTS 2025
The Italian Cultural Institute of Beirut is organizing, for the Beirut Chants Festival and as part of its 2025 edition, a concert by the renowned Quartetto di Cremona. ARTISTS Cristiano Gualco – violin Nicola Amati, Cremona 1640 Paolo Andreoli – violin Paolo Antonio Testore, Milano ca. 1758 (Kulturfonds Peter Eckes) Simone Gramaglia – viola Giovanni Paolo […]
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EXHIBITION “DIVA! THE ITALIAN GLAMOUR IN FASHION JEWELLERY”
The Italian Cultural Institute of Beirut and the “Le Yacht Club-Beirut”, under the patronage of the Embassy of Italy in Beirut, are pleased to present the exhibition “DIVA! The Italian Glamour in Fashion Jewellery”, a journey dedicated to the excellence of Italian jewellery and its extraordinary ability to narrate society through style, creativity, and innovation. […]
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