Documentary screening on Vincenzo Bianchini in Tehran
A documentary on the Italian artist Vincenzo Bianchini (“From Tehran to Rome. A Journey through Art”), who spent a long period of his life in Iran between the 1950s and 1970s, was screened on 19 March 2022 in the Residence of the Italian Ambassador in Tehran, Giuseppe Perrone. During the event, Ambassador Perrone said: “Vincenzo Bianchini was […]
Read moreThe Italian Embassy in Algiers presents the book “Enrico Mattei and Algeria”
The Italian Embassy in Algiers presents a new book entitled “Enrico Mattei e l’Algeria. Un amico indimenticabile (1962-2022)”, (“Enrico Mattei and Algeria: An Unforgettable Friend (1962-2022)”, with an introduction by Ambassador Giovanni Pugliese. The event takes place only a few days before the opening of the 25th edition of the Algiers International Book Fair, at which Italy will be guest […]
Read moreItaly-Morocco cultural cooperation meeting held
In order to increase cultural cooperation between Italy and Morocco, Italy’s Ambassador Armando Barucco held a working meeting with Ahmed Toufiq, Minister of Religious Endowments and Islamic Affairs and Khalil Mouallif, Director of the Academy of Traditional Arts of the Hassan II Mosque Foundation in Casablanca; the meeting was also attended by Stefano Trucco, President […]
Read moreChicago: webinar on ‘’Urban Jungles and Potted Plants’’
As part of the initiative ”Le Voci della Natura: Ecologies and Nature in Italian Arts”, which explores the role of Italian art and science in redefining our perception of nature and ecology, the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago offers a webinar on the work of Luigi Ghirri, the undisputed pioneer of botanical representation through the […]
Read moreSofia: Ambassador Zarra meets with Innovation Minister
Digital innovation, advanced technology, space research, digitalisation and investments in applied research for new sources of energy, with a specific view to hydrogen: these are the development sectors Bulgaria focuses on to draw foreign investments. Italy’s Ambassador to Bulgaria, Giuseppina Zarra and Bulgaria’s Minister for Growth and Innovation, Daniel Lorer, addressed the topic as they […]
Read moreSanto Domingo: conference on scientific and space diplomacy
The Embassy of Italy in Santo Domingo, in collaboration with the Foreign Ministry of the Dominican Republic and the Santo Domingo Institute of Technology (INTEC), has organised a conference on “The experience of the Italian Republic in developing scientific and space diplomacy”. The event was organised in the context of Italian Research Day. The aim […]
Read moreExhibition of young Italian photographers in Addis Ababa
The photography exhibition “Eyes on Tomorrow. Giovane Fotografia Italiana nel Mondo” arrived in Ethiopia through the Italian Cultural Institute in Addis Ababa. This is the only stop in Sub-Saharan Africa for the exhibition which features the works of 9 artists with 9 open-air installations in the Zoma Museum gardens in Addis Ababa. “Giovane Fotografia Italiana” (young Italian […]
Read moreSydney, Documentary “Syndrome K” featured at the Jewish Film Festival
The Sydney Italian Cultural Institute is taking part in the Jewish International Film Festival by screening the film “Syndrome K”, a 2019 Italy/USA co-production by American director Stephen Edwards. This moving documentary tells a true, little-known story that took place in Rome during the Nazi occupation in 1943-44. Three courageous Italian doctors saved the lives […]
Read moreBrasilia: Candido Portinari, an artist for peace
An exhibition and a conference to celebrate the work of Candido Portinari. The initiative was organized by the Italian Embassy in Brasilia. The exhibition displays 28 etchings by the artist of Italian descent, whose parents emigrated from the Veneto Region at the end of the 19th century, and who has become one of Brazil’s greatest 20th century […]
Read moreTokyo, examples of urban regeneration on display
The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo, as part of the initiatives for the 6th edition of the Italian Design Day, present the exhibition “Welcome, feeling at work’’, dedicated to the great urban regeneration project of the ‘’Kengo Kuma and Associates’ studio to revive the former Rizzoli area in Milan. The […]
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