Istituto Di Cultura - Edimburgo

My idea, I would say my obsession, was the need to represent the flesh of this woman who was so important for the literary culture of our country. As if it were absolutely necessary not to stop at a “ simply” literary re-enactment, but rather a living representation. – Marcello Fois   It is precise...

To celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death, Ambassador Raffaele Campanella has recently published “Leggere Dante: come, perché”, a guide book to (re)discover Dante Alighieri’s work and life, with a preface from Dante scholar Professor Mirko Tavoni. Dante Alighieri’s...

Togo’s art has been called Expressionist because of its vivid colours and its ability to press the figurative elements into following the dynamics of the composition; but I don’t think this definition is sufficient to express the force and beauty of his works. Expressionism arose in contraposition to a strict ...

The Italian Institute of Culture and the Italian Consulate General in Edinburgh, in collaboration with Heriot-Watt University, are pleased to promote in Scotland and beyond the online survey "ClimateWakeUp!Quiz" created by ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development). ...

This year is the 100th anniversary of Leonardo Sciascia's birth and we are delighted to be launching shortly the English translation of his volume “Favole della dittatura”, published in 1950 and translated for the first time by Ann Goldstein with the title “Fables from the Dictatorship”. Th...

Third appointment of #DonnediSardegna (Women of Sardinia), a series of events dedicated to yesterday and today's strong female figures from this enchanting island, organised as part of the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sardinian writer Grazia Deledda (Nuoro, 27 September 1871 – Rome, 15 Au...

Germano Ovano explains the ideas behind "Family Lexicon"exhebition. The main subject of the work presented is the relationship between reality and fiction. This is a subject that I have developed over several years due to two main factors: Firstly, my long-term work as a free-lance illustrator of children’s litera...

The University of Glasgow and the Alasdair Gray Archive, with the support of the University of Verona and the Italian Institute of Culture, invite you to a symposium and reading commemorating 700 years since the death of Dante in 1321 and Alasdair Gray’s translation of The Divine Comedy, his last major work before...