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The Cultural Events of This Week at the British Institute
Cultural Programme Wednesday 24 February at 18.00
Louis A. Waldman will give a lecture entitled ‘Agnolo Bronzino and the death of Pontormo’.
What happens when a great painter dies suddenly, leaving the loose strands of his life and career untied? The death of Jacopo Pontormo in 1557 ignited a complex legal battle for possession of his artistic and financial legacy. Through archival testimony we can follow a courtroom drama tainted with lies, intrigue, theft and scandal. Louis Waldman is Associate Professor of Renaissance and Baroque Art History at the University of Texas, and Assistant Director at I Tatti. Free entrance.
Talking Pictures Wednesday 24 February at 20.30
Ealing Comedy and Commedia all’italiana:
‘DIVORZIO ALL’ITALIANA’, Pietro Germi, 1961.
Pietro Germi's biting satire of Sicilian male chauvinism, the culture of honour killings and the penal codes which reinforced the as yet unshamed patriarchy of the island's traditions came at a time when the new morality of the 1960s built up the momentum for reform of the divorce laws in Italy. In the wake of Fellini's scandalous La dolce vita (1960) - referenced appositely in Germi's film - the underlying serious purpose of Divorzio is unmistakable, yet couched in a satire that resonates way beyond Sicily to embrace the whole of Italy and beyond. Marcello Mastroianni's idiosyncratic yet everyman Fèfè is a comic creation of genius. ‘...partakes of all the classic clichés about men, women and sex retailed in melodramatic Italian opera, ratcheted just far enough to become absurd.' (salon.com). Tickets 5.00 euros, 2.50 euros for students and 60s+ (plus 5.00 euros for the season membership for non library members).
English Conversation Partners Sought
The British Institute is looking for conversation partners for its Italian students learning English. If you would like to be involved please contact Amanda Lowe, Head of Languages. Sessions last about an hour.
Sport and Events - b0.02.22.10.31
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