Caracas: the “Italian Hospital in Venezuela” opens
The Italian Hospital in Venezuela was opened in Caracas at the Clinica Santa Paola. The ceremony was attended by Placido Vigo, Charge d’affaires in Venezuela, Nicola Occhipinti, the Consul General in Caracas, Vincenzo Di Martino, the Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the new facility and the heads of institutions representing the Italian community. […]
Read moreFilms from the Venice Film Festival coming to Moscow
The Italian Cultural Institute in Moscow will host the thirteenth edition of the “Da Venezia a Mosca” (from Venice to Moscow) festival. From 18 to 23 February, the most successful Italian films shown last autumn at the 78th Venice International Film Festival will feature at the “Oktjabr” multiplex. Biographies, dramas, comedies and documentaries: for six […]
Read moreExhibition by Italian-Albanian artist Adrian Paci in Haifa
“Still Voices”, a retrospective exhibition dedicated to the Italian-Albanian artist Adrian Paci, will be opening on 11 February 2022 at Haifa Museum of Art. The exhibition will be open to visitors until 25 June. Organised in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa, the show provides a comprehensive view of Paci’s video installations, starting […]
Read moreFarnesina Collection: new Catalogue now online
The new Farnesina Collection Catalogue on photography, illustrations, graphics and street art is now available online. Set up on the fifth floor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the photographic gallery includes, among others, works by Paola Agosti, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Antonio Biasucci, Silvia Camporesi, Luciano D’Alessandro, Franco Fontana, Mario Giacomelli, Luigi […]
Read moreBook on Benedetto Croce to be presented in Toronto
For the 70th anniversary of Benedetto Croce’s death the Italian Cultural Institute of Toronto will present the Italian translation of “Benedetto Croce and Italian Fascism” by Fabio F. Rizi and organise the webinar “Benedetto Croce: From anti-Fascism to the birth of the Italian Republic” on Zoom on 24 February (12:30 pm, local time). The book […]
Read moreItaly at Dakar Music Expo 2022
The Italian Cultural Institute in Dakar will take part in the third edition of Dakar Music Expo (DMX), the event scheduled for 3-6 February 2022 which celebrates African music and creativity. The final display of the event will take place on 6 February at the Italian Cultural Institute, while the initiatives of the first three […]
Read moreSydney, Italy takes centre stage at Antenna Film Festival
The Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney confirmed its ten-year old collaboration with the Antenna Documentary Film Festival. For the 2022 edition, to be held from 2 to 13 February, the Festival artistic committee, chaired by David Rokach, selected two films related to Italy: “We are the thousand” and “Chef Antonio’s recipes for revolution”. In “We […]
Read moreItaly first donor country of COVID-19 vaccines in Syria
At the Global Health Summit held in May 2021 and organised by Italy during its Presidency of the G20, alongside the European Commission, the Italian government undertook to donate millions of vaccine doses to priority countries, such as Syria. “Italy is donating doses via COVAX, after pledging 470 million dollars to Gavi COVAX Advance Market […]
Read moreModern art exhibition “Belonging” staged in Dublin
The Italian Cultural Institute in Dublin has collaborated in setting up the modern art exhibition “Belonging”, an initiative of the European Investment Bank, organized in partnership with the Hunt Museum in Limerick and supported by the diplomatic and consular missions of the 27 EU Member States. The exhibition will be inaugurated on 10 February at […]
Read moreParis celebrates centennial of Joyce’s “Ulysses”
From 2 February to 2 March 2022 the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris will host “And yes I said yes I will Yes”, an audio/visual installation by Italian photographer Leo Pellegatta and French composer Nicol Faer, to celebrate the centennial of James Joyce’s novel “Ulysses”. The installation, set up at the Irish Cultural Centre too, […]
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