Vincent Peillon and Republican Judaism 2/2: Joseph Salvador and his contemporary heritage

Last week we talked about the philosophy of history, very benjaminian, by Joseph Salvador, a form of counter-history which discovers in the “old” the seeds of the “new”. A altneue Geschichte according to an expression that can be attributed to Franz Kafka and the spirit of the city of Prague. We have thus understood that … Read more

Maria Tondo presents her latest book: “San Giovanni della Croce, an ancient light for contemporary spirituality”

New appointment with the “good reading” in Salice Salentino. The volume “San Giovanni della Croce, an ancient light for contemporary spirituality” will be presented tomorrow Thursday 10 November, at 6.30 pm, in the Mother Church “Santa Maria Assunta” (Effatà Editrice, Series “The breath of the soul”, 2022, pages 176). This is the last literary effort … Read more

“In Spain there is a great ignorance of contemporary art and architecture”

An idyllic childhood in a settlement town. historian and researcher Ricarda Lopez Gonzalez (Jerez, 1956) is the author, together with fellow historian Rosa María Toribio Ruiz, of the first in-depth study of the urbanism, architecture and art of the colonization towns in Andalusia. She had an idyllic childhood in La Barca de la Florida, one … Read more

The 2022/2023 season of “AltreScene” restarts on 5 November at the Zo center in Catania, with “Totò e Vicè” by Franco Scaldati, to revisit memory in a contemporary key

“Totò and Vicè” – In the photo: Rosario Palazzolo and AntonGiulio Pandolfo bis In a world increasingly characterized by a growing contamination between the levels of knowledge and action, even the stage inevitably takes on an increasingly multidisciplinary value. This imperative, well summarized in the guiding parameters of the Ministry of Culture, is the beacon … Read more

Contemporary Dance Festival 22. The Tree. Carolyn Carlson Company

“Fire is the ultra-living element. It is intimate and it is universal. It lives in our heart. He lives in the sky. It rises from the depths of matter and offers itself as a love. Or it can descend into substance and hide there, latent and repressed, like hatred and revenge. Of all phenomena, he … Read more

Day of the Contemporary, Saturday at the Hypogeum Pirri’s Paradise

TERAMO – Saturday 8 October is the Contemporary Daythe initiative is promoted by AMACI – Association of Italian Contemporary Art Museums and realized with the support of Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Cultureand the collaboration of Directorate General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and … Read more

Art and sacred. The cathedral of Cosenza is dressed in contemporary

Vedovamazzei, “Annunciation”, 2022. Cosenza, cathedral It seems difficult to overestimate the scope of the project that is unveiled to the public today in the cathedral of Cosenza. On the occasion of the celebrations of the 800th anniversary of the consecration of the cathedral, sixteen large tapestries made by artists were installed, all protagonists of the … Read more

“Middle East Now”, the Florence festival on the most contemporary Middle Eastern culture

“Middle East Now” get back to Florence from 4 to 9 October 2022to the Cinema The Companyto the Stensen cinema and in other city spaces, with a multiform program of events, including cinema, documentaries, art, exhibitions, music, food, meetings and cultural projects in a broader sense. This is a festival that has always been characterized … Read more

MUDEC hosts contemporary artists awarded by Deutsche Bank

The MUDEC (Museo delle Culture) in Milan hosts the exhibition of the award winners from 8 September to 23 October 2022 Artists of the Year 2021 of Deutsche Bankinternational recognition that the bank dedicates tocontemporary art and that for the first time, on the occasion of its tenth anniversary, it was awarded to three artists: … Read more

From 4 to 9 October 2022 Middle East Now returns to Florence, the festival that offers an immersion in the more contemporary Middle Eastern culture through cinema, documentaries, art, comics, music, food, meetings and special events

Middle East Now returns to Florence from 4 to 9 October 2022, at the Cinema La Compagnia, at the Cinema Stensen and in other city spaces, with a multifaceted program of events, including cinema, documentaries, art, exhibitions, music, food, meetings and projects cultural in a broader sense. This is a festival that has always been … Read more