11th edition of the “New York Prize”: 4 months’ study in the Big Apple for emerging artists
Four months’ study the USA The prize winners will be offered a chance to spend a period of four months in New York to develop their creative skills in the cultural and artistic environment of the United States and, in particular, the avant-garde megalopolises of the East Coast. There are many initiatives in which the […]
Read moreBEIRUT – Nanni Moretti ‘stars’ at the Italian Film Season
‘Contemporary Italian Cinema’, a film event organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Beirut and now in its 5th edition, will this year be “starring” Nanni Moretti. Other directors featured in the Italian film season, which runs until 3 May 2013, are Andrea Molaioli, Ermanno Olmi, Matteo Garrone, Ferzan Ozpetek, Francesco Bruni, Michelangelo Frammartino and […]
Read moreUSA – ‘A Stradivarious amongst the people” to tour 10 cities
The US tour by violinist Matteo Fedeli, which will see him playing a precious Stradivarius dating from 1726 in over 10 east-coast cities, has opened at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York. The initiative is part of the “Year of Italian Culture” programme. The Italian Cultural Institute also hosted a film screening and conference […]
Read moreKUWAIT – Italian music plays a lead role at the Gulf Jazz Festival
Italian music was showcased at the recent Gulf Jazz Festival in Kuwait, for which the Italian Embassy helped identify sponsors, given the participation of Italian artists. As Ambassador Fabrizio Nicoletti commented, the excellent audience reaction to Italian jazz musicians and to the recent 3-day Italian film event “testifies to the appeal exerted by Italian culture […]
Read morePRAGUE – Panels by the Vivarini brothers exhibited
Major public success for the exhibition “Vivarini 1451”, an historic reassembling of seven of the original eleven panels of Antonio and Bartolomeo Vivarini’s polyptych. Speakers at the event included art critic Vittorio Sgarbi, Director Emeritus of the Prague National Gallery Vladimir Rosel and many culture and media world figures. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreEmma Bonino Foreign Minister – Sworn in at Presidential Palace
Emma Bonino, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Letta government, took over the post this morning at the Farnesina Palace from Mario Monti.
Read moreANGOLA – Possible multi-sector partnerships with Italy
Prospects for new partnerships between Italy and Angola are opening up in all economic sectors, reported Luigi Marras, Director General for Global Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who was interviewed during an international meeting organized to commemorate the 11th anniversary of Angolan independence. Read more, In Italian.
Read moreNORWAY – Oslo hails Luchino Visconti
The City of Oslo paid tribute to Italian film director Luchino Visconti in a 2-day series of conferences with professors and experts on Italian cinema. The event was sponsored by the CineCittà Luce Institute and the Foreign Ministry, and was the last in a series that began with a tribute to Federico Fellini in 2011, […]
Read moreITALY-ETHIOPIA – Artists united in ‘Heart to Hearth’
Rome and Addis Ababa unite in “Heart to Heart”, an exhibition that brings together 5 Italian and 6 Ethiopian artists in a friendly dialogue embracing painting, drawing, photography and video to explore contemporary interdependence and globalisation themes. Curated by Meskerem Assegued, the show is hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Addis Ababa and runs […]
Read moreJAPAN – Leonardo’s genius displayed in Tokyo
The opening of the exhibition “Leonardo, portrait of a genius”, an exhibit of works from the Ambrosiana Library of Milan shown for the first time in Japan, was a great success. 109 paintings, drawings, manuscripts and books The exhibition, mounted by at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, includes 109 paintings, drawings, manuscripts and books from the […]
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