Progress is made on setting up a “Museum of the Mind” in Sydney

Progress has been made on setting up a “Museum of the Mind” in Sydney based  on the “Museum of the Mind” in Rome. The Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney hosted a focused and effective meeting on the project, which was attended by the Director of the Santa Maria della Pietà Museum in Rome, psychiatrist Pompeo Martelli, and anthropologist […]

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Bucharest: Tenco, De André and Genova in a musical voyage

Piano, guitar and voice to narrate the story written by Elena Buttiero and Ferdinando Molteni to retrace the steps of the short friendship between two Italian legendary artists: Luigi Tenco and Fabrizio De André. Against the backdrop of a mysterious city: Genoa. The city that merges not only their destinies but also those of other […]

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China: a cinema and social media star travels across Italy

A Chinese cinema and social media star becomes the testimonial for tourism to Italy thanks to a campaign developed and launched by the Italian Embassy in Beijing. Liu Haoran, 21 years old and 30 million followers won through his cheerful and positive image, toured Italy for five days in November, documenting his entire itinerary. Before […]

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​Madrid: shots by Vimercati and the dialogue with Morandi

The Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid devotes an exhibition to Franco Vimercati, an artist often defined as the ‘Morandi of photography’, who portrays isolated objects in an almost ritual setting. The exhibition ‘Franco Vimercati: his photography, his life. A dialogue with Giorgio Morandi’, curated by Elio Grazioli, showcases the artist’s whole artistic career. It begins […]

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Deputy Minister Del Re visits the United Nations humanitarian response depot in Brindisi

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, visited the United Nations humanitarian response depot (UNHRD) in Brindisi, a logistics facility of the World Food Programme (WFP) that is part of an international network that enables its partners – presently 88 Government agencies, International Organizations and Civil Society Organizations – to “pre-position” its humanitarian aid […]

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Belgrade: Concert by pianist Alessandra Celletti

The Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade, in partnership with the Kolarac Foundation, organised an important concert at the Foundation’s Gallery. On stage was Italian pianist Alessandra Celletti, an all-round artist. After graduating from the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome, Alessandra Celletti has performed in Italy but also in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, Denmark […]

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An exhibition opens in Muscat, Oman, to celebrate 40 years of Italian archaeological missions

The long-standing collaboration between Italian archaeologists and the Sultanate of Oman was celebrated by organising an exhibition at the National Museum of Muscat ‘Dreamers. 40 years of Italian archaeological research in Oman ‘. The exhibition, dedicated to the biographies of scholars who carried out their research in the Sultanate, was inaugurated by the Ambassador of […]

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Los Angeles: the Creativity Award IIC goes to Preziosi and Cucinotta

Alessandro Preziosi and Maria Grazia Cucinotta are this year’s winners of the Los Angeles Creativity Award organised by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC). The presentation of the award took place at the end of the ‘Los Angeles Italia – Film Fashion and Art Fest’, which is celebrated every year in the week preceding the Oscars. […]

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NATO internship programme launched

The 2020 internship programme at NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) has been launched. Internship applications can be submitted online on the official website (www.nato.int/internships) by 17 March 2019.

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China: Holocaust Remembrance Day in Chongqing and Chengdu

The Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 100th anniversary of the birth of Primo Levi were celebrated with two events at the White Elephant 303 City Theatre in Chongqing and at the Yunduan Theatre Tianfu Concert Hall in Chengdu, organised by the Italian Consulate General in Chongching, in cooperation with the Consulate General of Israel in […]

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Italy-Netherlands: 2019 dense billboard of events paying homage to Vanvitelli​

A dense programme of cultural, economic and scientific events has been organised for 2019 by the Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute in the Netherlands. The events underpin the close bilateral relationship between the two Countries in the wake of having shared the seat on the UN Security Council for 2017-2018, and within the framework of […]

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London: fifth meeting of Italy4innovation

Italy4innovation, the series of meetings promoted by the Italian Embassy in London to assist bilateral collaborations and promote the image of our Country, has reached its fifth appointment. The focus this time was on the scaling up of start-ups with great potential that need capital injections to expand in international markets. This sector in the […]

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