Rio de Janeiro – Discovering Edoardo Demartino: from sailor to court painter

Seascapes and naval battles painted with remarkable realism, in an exhibition featuring sailor-turned-artist Edoardo Demartino that runs until 20 September 2015 in Rio de Janeiro. Hosted by the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes (MNBA), the exhibition was organised by MNBA and IBRAM/MinC and the Diretoria do Patrimonio Historico e Documentação da Marinha in collaboration with […]

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Toronto – Homage to De Sica with exhibition and retrospective

Toronto is hosting a homage to Vittorio De Sica, the great Italian film director and actor, with the multi-media exhibition “Tutti De Sica”. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and the Bologna Film Archive in collaboration with Tiff Cinemateque, the exhibition will run until 17 September 2015. Read more, in Italian.

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Chile – First staging of Rock Opera Stabat Mater

Chile welcomes the first staging of the rock opera Stabat Mater by Italian composer and performer Franco Simone. The event, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with our embassy in Santiago, will take place on 27 July. Videos that are part of the opera will also be screened, with the artists themselves offering […]

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Belgrade – Italian director Masucci on Vranje Festival jury

Young Italian film director Monica Masucci will sit on the jury of the VI International Festival of Animated Childrens’ Films – the “Zlatni puz/Golden Snail” award – to be held at Vranje in southern Serbia from 11 to 15 August. The festival is being organised by the School of Animated Cinema of Vranje in cooperation […]

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Italy – China – ‘Beautiful China’ exhibition

Building relations between Italy and China using photography to stimulate dialogue – that is the aim of ExpoPhoto 2015, a project designed by Claudio Brufola, Italian photographer working for years in Beijing who yesterday opened the exhibition “Beautiful China” at Rome’s Palazzo Bracaccio. A photographic gallery of 35 works by some of the best photographers […]

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Farnesina advisories on safe traveling

The new versions of the Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Unit websites Viaggiare Sicuri (www.viaggiaresicuri.it) and Dove Siamo nel Mondo (www.dovesiamonelmondo.it ) – both dedicated to safety while traveling – are on-line as of today. The sites were developed in collaboration with the Automobile Club of Italy (ACI), and their launch coincides with the launch of a […]

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Gentiloni: “Libyan bank should stop funds to those who oppose peace” (Corriere della Sera)

“I believe that the offensive launched by Turkey against ISIS in northern Syria is important. The risk of Ankara’s involvement in the anti-Daesh [ISIS, editor’s note] coalition overlapping with the internal dynamics of the Kurdish question has existed for months. The Turkish authorities have not only reacted to the Daesh attacks but also granted the […]

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Gentiloni: meeting with Egyptian Prime Minister Mahlab

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooepration Paolo Gentiloni met today with Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab. Italy’s full support for Egypt’s counter-terrorism effort was expressing, while another theme of the meeting was regional stabilisation, with particular regard to the formation of a national unity government in Libya. Mahlab’s visit, which took place shortly after […]

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Georgia: First Italo-Georgian Energy Business Forum in Tbilisi

The first Italo-Georgian Energy Business Forum was held in Tbilisi. Participants included over 40 Italian and Georgian firms. Discussions underscored how, despite the fact that energy production in Georgia only accounts for 3% of GDP and 11% of employment, the sector offers major investment potential thanks, not least, to some of the country’s peculiarities. These […]

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An increasingly integrated approach in responding to emergencies due to natural disaster and protecting Italian nationals in emergency situations abroad

Collaboration between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Civil Protection was the subject of two accords signed today by MFAIC Secretary General Michele Valensise and Head of the Department Fabrizio Curcio at the Farnesina. “The two accords create the conditions making for a leap in quality in an already solid relationship between […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – RECALL: 11th Conference of Ambassadors of Italy (Farnesina, 27/28 luglio)

On Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 July the Farnesina will host the 11th Conference of Ambassadors of Italy entitled “Diplomacy for Italy”. Speakers will include President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, President of the Council of Ministers Matteo Renzi and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni. The speeches may be covered in […]

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New York Prize: 4 months in the Big Apple

The 13th edition of the New York Prize for young emerging artists is now under way. The winners will be given the opportunity to live in the Big Apple for four months and experience its effervescent cultural and artistic environment. A studio at the International Studio & Curatorial Program of Brooklyn In addition to a […]

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