India – “Stampone-Banerjee and The Third Meaning” exhibition opens in New Delhi
An exhibition called “Stampone – Banerjee and The Third Meaning” has been opened at the Italian Cultural Institute in New Delhi. The project, created by curators Eugenio Viola and Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi, is an opportunity for dialogue between two artists, two curators and between two different methods, more generally consolidating cultural exchanges between Italy and […]
Read moreDublin – “Friuli, Italy and beyond”: Ireland focuses on Pasolini
“Fontana di aga dal me paìs. A no è aga pì fres-cia che tal me paìs. Fontana di rustic amòur” (“Water fountain of my country. No water is fresher than that of my country. A fountain of rustic love”). These are some of the verses in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “Poesie a Casarsa”, a collection of […]
Read moreBrazil – Fortunato Depero on show in Sau Paulo from Jan. 30 to March 27
Brazil pays tribute to the Italian painter, writer, sculptor and graphic designer Fortunato Depero by bringing to Latin America for the first time in the exhibition “Depero, Futurist and Global Artist”. It will be held in Sao Paulo from Jan. 30 to March 27, and features 65 works by the artist, a major member of […]
Read moreDEI – Canada: Finmeccanica to supply 12 airports with ATC radar systems
Finmeccanica has won a contract to modernise air traffic control radar systems at Canada’s 12 biggest airports, including Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver and Calgary. The contract includes options for subsequent revision phases and the potential replacement of additional devices. The decision to award Finmeccanica the contract was based on the high level of technologies used, […]
Read moreShanghai – Milan Furniture Fair presented in Shanghai
The Milan Furniture Fair was presented on Wednesday in Shanghai. The Fair will be held from 12 to 17 April 2016. In his speech, Italian Ambassador to China, Ettore Sequi, expressed the full support of Italy’s institutions for this important export event. Italy is China’s No. 1 furniture exporter with 300 million dollars worth of […]
Read moreBudapest – A Tribute to Italian Cinema, “Il Marchese del Grillo” at the Italian Cultural Institute
While in the Sistina theater in Rome the musical version of Mario Monicelli’s film was a major success with the public and with critics alike beyond even the rosiest of expectations , recording over 50,000 spectators from December 9 to January 17, the original film, “Il marchese del Grillo” (1981) will be showing in Budapest […]
Read moreBolivia – “Vicua Bolivia Tesoro Andino” fashion brand lands in La Paz
The Italian NGO ProgettoMondo Mlal and the Bolivian local authorities launched the fashion brand “Vicua Bolivia Tesoro Andino” at an event in La Paz. The ceremony was attended by Italy’s Ambassador Placido Vigo, the Bolivian Minister of Culture and Tourism Marko Marcelo Machicao Bankovic, and the Vice Minister of the Environment Gonzalo Rodriguez Camara. The […]
Read moreSydney – Documentary film “L’orologio di Monaco” is released in Australia
The Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney will screen Mauro Caputo’s film “L’orologio di Monaco” on January 27 to kick off its 2016 programme. Young director Caputo has been inspired by a collection of short stories written by Giorgio Pressburger – playwright and film director, born in a Hungarian Jewish family, now an Italian Citizen – […]
Read moreMadrid plays host to a special event on the art of luthierie
Madrid will celebrate the art of luthiers and bow makers from January 26 until January 28. The Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid, in cooperation with Academia Cremonensis of Cremona and Fundacion de Ferrocarriles Espanoles, has organised a series of workshops and seminars, which will be held by the masters of the Academia Cremonensis. It will […]
Read moreScience – Scientific cooperation, on-line notice for 2016 contributions
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), in accordance with the Ministry for Education, University and Research (MIUR), the Ministry for the Environment and Land and Sea Protection (MATTM) and the Ministry of Health, has published the annual call for contribution requests for the development of joint research projects approved by the Executive […]
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