China – Italy bestows high honorary decorations to Liu Chuanzhi and Ma Weihua

Liu Chuanzhi, founder of Lenovo, the Chinese giant in the production of personal computers, together with Ma Weihua, former CEO of the China Merchants Bank, were awarded the Italian honorary decoration of ‘Commander of the Order of the Star of Italy’. The two businessmen, among the most influential in China, received the high decoration from […]

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Norway – “In the light of Italy”, the hues of Italian landscapes that inspired Nordic art

The exhibition “In the light of Italy: a Danish Norwegian artistic community, 1879-1886” will open in the Art Museum of Lillehammer, in Norway, on 4 March. The exhibition tells the story of a group of Danish and Norwegian artists who pursued their dream of Italy by retiring in the small towns of Sora (in lower […]

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Buenos Aires proposes a comparison between the two Countries’ vision of contemporary design

The Italian Design Day is an event promoted by the Italian Foreign Ministry to celebrate the excellence of Italian design around the world. The Day, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires in the premises of the Sociedad Central de Arquitectos on 2 March, will take place concomitantly to the opening of the […]

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Sweden – Artists-in-Residence debate at the IIC

Art, creativity and talent as expressed by two extraordinary guests at the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Stockholm. One is Erika Di Crescenzo: interpreter, modern dance choreographer and director of the theatre of improvisation. The other is Carlotta Sciolto: performer, playwright and researcher. Di Crescenzo and Sciolto will be guests of honour at the IIC’s […]

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Canada – Pietropaolo’s ‘Ritual’ at the Italian Cultural Institute in Toronto

‎The Italian Cultural Institute in Toronto will host the opening event of Vincenzo Pietropaolo’s photo exhibition ‘Ritual’ on Thursday. The initiative has been organised in cooperation with the Mariano Elia Chair in Italian-Canadian Studies at York University to celebrate the publication of the book entitled ‘Ritual’ by the Italian documentary photographer. The artist, who will […]

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The Black Box: Fabio Novembre’s design illustrated in a lecture at the IIC

“The Black Box”, a lecture to narrate the visionary power of the interiors and objects designed by Fabio Novembre in the last two decades organised as part of the Italian Design Day, will be hosted at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo on 3 March. The event is organised in partnership with the Italian Embassy […]

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The Italy for Companies Roadshow kicks off again in Campania

Salerno is the city chosen to kick off the Italy for Companies Roadshow that arrives in the Campania region for the second time, after the stop in Naples in September 2014. The Roadshow is the initiative promoted by the Situation Room for Internationalisation, now at its 4th edition. A total of ten stops are on […]

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Amendola in Algeria for the meeting “Strategic bilateral dialogue between Italy and Algeria on policy and security issues”

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, is in Algeria today to attend the third meeting of the “Strategic bilateral dialogue between Italy and Algeria on policy and security issues”. The meeting is a follow-up of the meeting held in Rome last 8 July. The representative of the Italian Government – accompanied by […]

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Malta – “FALC-ON-ARIA” photographic show by Serena Galvani on the Art of Falconry and Sailing

On 1 December 2016, Italy joined the 17 Nations that recognise the Art of Falconry to be part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity according to the UNESCO Convention. In Malta, the heart of the Mediterranean and the home of the Rose of the Winds, falconry was widely practiced by the Hospitalier Order of […]

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Denmark – 5th Day of Italian Researchers in Denmark and in the Region of Øresund

The 5th Day of Italian Researchers in Denmark and in the Region of Øresund was celebrated at the residence of the Italian Ambassador in the Gluckstadt Palace, at the attendance of numerous academics well integrated in Danish Universities. The event was subdivided into three sections: the economy, the environment and culture. In the first panel, […]

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Serbia – Belgrade dedicates evening to the short films by Paolo Magris

Belgrade’s Fabrika will dedicate an evening to Paolo Magris, the Italian dramatist, scriptwriter and film director. The event, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade in cooperation with Fabrika, is scheduled to take place on Tuesday evening. The event will feature two of his short-films “A te sola” [Only to you] and “Sandra”, written […]

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Elena Salmistraro to deliver the lecture “The New Languages of Design” at the IIC in Zurich

Italian Design Day, launched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in partnership with the Triennale di Milano, is aimed at promoting Italian contemporary design in the world. To celebrate the Day, nearly 100 diplomatic offices around the world and 100 “Ambassadors” of Italian culture (designers, entrepreneurs, journalists, critics, teachers) will narrate Italy’s […]

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