Beijing, meeting of the Italian system Sistema Italia in China
A meeting of the Italian System in China was held today in Beijing. The meeting was chaired by the Ambassador of Italy in the People’s Republic of China, Luca Ferrari. It was attended by the Consuls General and Deputy Consuls of Shanghai, Canton, Chongqing and Hong Kong, the Directors of ICE Offices and those of […]
Read moreTehran, Ambassador Perrone inaugurates archaeological discovery
The Italian Ambassador to Tehran, Giuseppe Perrone, carried out an official mission, from 8 to 10 December, in the Fars Province, the most important cultural and archaeological centre of Iran, the cradle of the Achaemenid and Sassanid civilisations. The primary purpose of the visit was the inauguration of the museification works of the Tol-e Ajori […]
Read moreBerlin, Reception at the Italian Embassy for the annual ECFR meeting
The Ambassador of Italy in Berlin, Armando Varricchio, hosted a reception on the occasion of the annual meeting of the Council of the European Council on Foreign Relations, held this year in Berlin between 9 and 10 December. The reception at the Embassy was attended by the Director of ECFR, Mark Leonard, as well as […]
Read moreBrussels: an exhibition for the Giornata del Contemporaneo
A presentation event of the 17th Giornata del Contemporaneo [Day of Contemporary Art], promoted by AMACI (the Association of Contemporary Art Museums in Italy), took place on 6 December at the Italian Embassy in Brussels. For the occasion, a number of works of contemporary art were exhibited at the residence of Ambassador Francesco Genuardi: in […]
Read moreWeek of Italian Cuisine in Turkey, between science and art
A rich and varied program, ranging between art and science, was organized by the Italian diplomatic and consular representatives in Turkey on the occasion of the Week of Italian Cuisine (the Italian Embassy in Ankara, the General Consulate of Italy in Istanbul and the Italian Consulate at Izmir). It was a voyage that valorized every […]
Read moreBogotá: a lecture by Eugenio Viola
On the occasion of the 17th Giornata del Contemporaneo, the Italian Cultural Institute of Bogotá in collaboration with MAMbo (Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotà) has organised a lecture on “Gian Maria Tosatti and the Italian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale” with Eugenio Viola, Head Curator of MAMbo and Curator of the Italian Pavilion […]
Read moreAthens, book on the Greek revolution presented at the Embassy
In this bicentennial year of the Greek revolution, the Italian Embassy in Athens wanted to celebrate the significant anniversary – in memory of the great movement of ideals and freedom on which Greek independence is based and which was so important for the history of the rest of the European continent as well – with […]
Read moreEnvironmental education for Italian schools abroad
Starting this year, with the collaboration of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the educational projects of RICREA (the Italian national non-profit consortium for Recycling and Recovery of Steel Packaging) are open to the students of the Italian schools abroad. “We are pleased to have involved the Italian schools abroad, institutions that are […]
Read moreHelsinki, ten Italian start-ups participate in ‘Slush’ 2021
On the 1st and 2nd of December in Helsinki, Italy took part in the 2021 edition of ‘Slush’, an international event for start-ups and players in the new technology sector. As in the previous editions (last year, the event was cancelled due to the pandemic), our country was the protagonist thanks to the presence of […]
Read morePretoria, long-distance dialogue on video art
The Italian Cultural Institute in Pretoria and the Luigi Di Sarro Centre organised a webinar, a long-distance dialogue between Italy and South Africa with the protagonists of the Video Art Awards (VAA), which encourages and promotes the production of works using the moving image. It was the third edition of the Award, conceived and promoted […]
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