10 Oct 2018
ITALIAN EVENTS NEWSLETTER – AUTUMN/WINTER 2018
ART EXIBITIONS
MANTEGNA'S ROOM. Masterpieces of the Jacquesmart-Andre' Museum in Paris
Until 27 January 2019
Palazzo Barberini
OVID. Loves, myths and other stories
17 Oct 2018 – 20 Jan 2019
Scuderie del Quirinale
https://www.scuderiequirinale.it/mostra/ovidio-amori-miti-e-altre-storie-000
ANDY WARHOL
Until 3 Feb. 2019
Complesso del Vittoriano
http://www.ilvittoriano.com/mostra-warhol-roma.html
FLORENCE
MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ
21 September 2018- 20 January 2019
Palazzo degli Strozzi
www.palazzostrozzi.org/mostre/marina-abramovic/
MILAN
PICASSO and THE MYTH
18 Oct 2018- 17 Feb 2019
Palazzo Reale
PAUL KLEE AND THE EUROPEAN PRIMITIVISM
Until 27 Jan 2019
Mudec – Museum of Cultures
CARLO CARRA'
Until 3 Feb 2019
Palazzo Reale
THE ART OF BANKSY. A VISUAL PROTEST
From 21 Nov 18 – 24 Mar 2019
Mudec
http://www.mudec.it/ita/banksy-mudec-milano/
FERRARA
COURBET AND NATURE
Until 6 Jan 2019
Palazzo dei Diamanti
http://www.palazzodiamanti.it/1616/courbet-e-la-natura
VENICE
TINTORETTO 1519 – 1594
Until 6 Jan 2019
Palazzo Ducale
TURIN
I MACCHIAIOLI: Italian art towards modernity
26 Oct 2018 – 24 Mar 2019
FESTIVALS AND OTHER CULTURAL EVENTS
SCIENCE FESTIVAL
Genoa – 25 Oct. – 4 Nov. 2018
The Festival of Science is an important appointment for the diffusion of science. The exhibition aims to make accessible to a wider public the many scientific subjects it deals with. The variety of events offered encompasses scientific and artistic exhibitions, workshops, conferences and shows and enables the public to interact with this material in an enjoyable way. Theme for this year: Changes.
ROMA EUROPA FESTIVAL
Rome
Until 25 November 2018
This will be the 23rd edition of this quirky festival that brings music, ballet, digital art, theatre and circus in the piazzas and theatres of the Capital.
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND SACRED ART
Rome
31 O ct -14 November 2018
http://www.festivalmusicaeartesacra.net/it/programm.php
Exquisite sacred music concerts in the most iconic basilicas and churches in Rome with the best philharmonic orchestras in the world. This year the festival will be opened with a concert with the participation of King's College Choir in Cambridge.
TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
Turin
23 Nov – 1 Dec 2018
This will be the 36th edition of the Turin Film Festival, this year's major retrospective will be dedicated to the iconic actress Rita Hayworh.
UMBRIA JAZZ FESTIVAL
Orvieto, Umbria
28 Dec 2018 – 1 Jan 2019
The winter edition of this popular festival, held in Perugia in summer, moves to the medieval town of Orvieto for the end of the year. It showcases the best jazz artists from around the world.
INAUGURATION OF THE LA SCALA OPERA SEASON
Milan, 7 December 2017
Attila by Verdi will be the opening opera of the La Scala 2018-2019 season. The opera will be conducted by Riccardo Chailly.
HISTORICAL RE-ENACTMENTS/FOLKLORE
HALLOWEN – THE FEAST OF THE WITCHES
Corinaldo, Marche
27-31 October 2018
Since 1998, the lovely town of Corinaldo in the Le Marche region hosts the “Feast of the Witches” to coincide with Halloween. The town transform itself into an open air amusement park with attractions such as the tunnel of fear, fear-inspiring places and dressed up characters in the most frightening costumes. The main event is the election of Miss Witch, a beauty contest with a difference!
THE FESTIVAL OF “MADONNA DELLA SALUTE”
Venice – November 21st 2018
www.comune.venezia.it Events and Festivals Section
The Festival of Health is perhaps the less spectacular of Venice festivities. In a religious context it is an event dedicated to the Madonna in thanksgiving for her intercession which put an end to the plague which struck Venice between the years 1630-1631.
SANTA LUCIA FESTIVAL
Siracusa, Sicily
1-13 December 2018
http://www.comune.siracusa.it/index.php/en/santa-lucia-storia-e-tradizioni
Siracusa celebrates Santa Lucia's birthday on 13 December in a touching and emotional celebration. The Feast starts on 1st December with a festive playing popular tunes played by the band along the city streets, on 9 December the religious celebrations start in the St. Lucia Chapel in the Cathedral to culminate on 13 December with a solemn procession and fireworks.
Stefania Gatta
Press and communications office
Italian National Tourist Board – London
NB: Information correct at time of publication, October 2018
