Athens – Alfredo Romano’s “Lini” exhibition on show from January 15
The “Rammendi” exhibition by Alfredo Romano will be inaugurated on Friday, January 15 at the Italian Institute of Culture in Athens. Romano’s “Lini” (“Linens”) feature extracts of poems by 12th century Sicilian-Arab poets. The fragments harken back the rich and ornate repertoire of Ruggero II of Sicily’s court, where writing and pseudo-writing had a central […]
Read moreLithuania – Vilnius commemorates 40th anniversary of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s death
On the 40th anniversary of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s death, the Italian Cultural Institute in Vilnius, Lithuania, is organising a film festival devoted to one of the intellectuals who most influenced Italian culture in the second half of the 20th century. The festival will begin on January 22 with “Mamma Roma”, Pasolini’s second film as director […]
Read moreJakarta – Tribute to film director Luchino Visconti
A rich season of artistic and cultural events for 2016 kicked off in Jakarta with a screening of the uncut version of “Il Gattopardo” (“The Leopard”) by Luchino Visconti. The event was organised by the Italian embassy in the Indonesian capital and the Italian Institute of Culture, in collaboration with the Arkipel International Documentary and […]
Read moreTokyo – Italian sensitivity and Japanese aesthetics in photos by Alessandra Bonanotte
The name of Alessandra Bonanotte is synonymous with professional photography. Born in Rome, but Japanese by “adoption”, her latest personal exhibitions include Dialogue – Form and Image, with Cecco Bonanotte, Hiro Gallery, Tokyo, 2013; Closer, Shokoji Temple, Tateshina, Nagano, 2013; The Light of Soul, Gallery Syokando, Kyoto, 2014 and Geometry of the Spirit, Eirakukan, Iga, […]
Read moreDei – UN Organize Technology Fair for Peacekeeping Missions
The United Nations Procurement Division is organizing a technology fair to cater to the needs of UN peacekeeping missions. The fair will take place in April 2016 and will be attended by senior officers of peacekeeping missions and technical experts of the United Nations. The companies involved will have the opportunity to give a short […]
Read moreItaly and South Korea sign a new scientific and technological cooperation protocol
The Italian Ambassador in Seoul, Marco della Seta, and the Director-General of the Creative Economy Policy Bureau at South Korea’s Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP), Choi Young-Hae, signed the two countries’ new bilateral scientific and technological cooperation Executive Protocol for 2016–18 in the South Korean capital on 9 December 2015. In addition to […]
Read moreItaly and Poland agree on 10 projects for researcher mobility
Italy and Poland signed the new Executive Programme (EP) of Scientific and Technological Cooperation in Warsaw on 21 December 2015. The EP relaunches and renews Italo-Polish relations for the 2016–18 three-year period, within the framework of the Cultural, Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement of 27 November 1960, which came into effect on 31 July 1961. The new EP […]
Read moreMontreal – Design, the modernity of Bruno Munari showcased in Canada
The exhibition “Bruno Munari, Pioneer of Modernity, 1928–1945” will be running in Montreal from March 10 to April 17 and will be partly hosted at Québec University and partly in the Artexte Gallery. The show is organised in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute in Montreal. With works by Bruno Munari (1907-1998), a pioneer of […]
Read moreSan Francisco – Italian musicologist to hold four events in January
Four events with musicologist and composer Luciano Chessa will be held between January 21 and 27 in San Francisco. Luciano Chessa is one of the most interesting and creative minds in the world of music in the Bay Area. Currently professor of composition at the San Francisco Conservatory, Chessa works as a composer, musician, musicologist […]
Read moreMalaysia – Italian film features in Malaysia’s European film festival
The 2016 activities of the Italian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur will kick off on January 13 with a screening of the film “La nostra terra” (“Our Land”). The screening is part of the “Cinema in Europe” festival, which is dedicated to European films that shed light, through their stories, on life in the Old World […]
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