Paris and Berlin: 3 days to remember Andrea Zanzotto
As part of the initiatives for the centenary of Andrea Zanzotto’s birth, the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris is organising a conference from 25 to 27 November. The aim is to project the literary and intellectual figure of a writer who is too often reduced to a local Italian and Venetian matrix on to the […]
Read moreA lecture in Moscow about Venetian banquets in the 18th century
In 18th-century Venice, festivities and banquets were so sumptuous that nowadays we consider that period one of the liveliest epochs of Venetian culture. On November 26, thanks to an initiative of the Italian Institute of Culture in Moscow, Ekaterina Igošina, art historian and director of the scientific library of the A.S. Puškin State Fine Arts […]
Read moreLondon: Dante’s Inferno illustrated by Botticelli
For the first time in London, on 16 November, it will be possible to admire a decorated example of the first edition of the Divine Comedy, printed in 1481 in Florence, with 20 engravings based on drawings by Sandro Botticelli. To conclude the celebrations for the Year of Dante, the Italian Ambassador in London, Raffaele […]
Read moreTunis: staging contemporary Italian dance
The Italian Cultural Institute in Tunis presents the first Italian Contemporary Dance Platform, “D’accordo”, at the Tunis Opera House, a project that aims both to present contemporary dance to the Tunisian public and to create opportunities for sharing artistic expertise. The event, organised in partnership with the Tunis Opera House, which has included it in […]
Read moreFrom November 16, Dakar can enjoy the music and popular theater of southern Italy
The Italian Institute of Culture in Dakar has organized a series of events in collaboration with Bayaal 221, to introduce the music and popular theater of the Campania region and southern Italy, featuring the work of the artist Luca Rossi, considered one of the finest Italian interpreters of this sector and one of the most […]
Read moreWebinar from Chicago: “A Brief history of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce”
“A Brief History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce” is the title of a webinar organised for Wednesday 17 November (10 am in the USA and Canada) by the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago, in collaboration with the local Italian Cultural Institute. The lecture will be given by Massimo Montanari, who will present his essay […]
Read moreFrom Kiev: a webinar with the writer Fabio Bacà
The Italian Embassy in Kiev and the Italian Cultural Institute of Kiev, together with ANILS [the National Association of Teachers of Foreign Languages], have organised a first reading workshop on the Zoom platform, curated by Lucia Massacesi. The webinar, entitled “La letteratura salva la vita” [“Literature saves lives”] was an opportunity to meet contemporary Italian […]
Read moreManama: the “Diva!” Exhibition, with more than 200 pieces of Italian jewellery
The Embassy of Italy in Manama, in collaboration with BACA, presents the exhibition “DIVA! Italian Glamour in Fashion Jewellery” which will be on show at the National Museum of the Kingdom of Bahrain from 17 November – when it will be inaugurated by the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marina Sereni – until 11 December […]
Read moreTirana: Italian productions on stage at the 16th Albania Dance Meeting-Festival
The Italian Cultural Institute of Tirana collaborated on the organisation of two performances as part of the 16th “Albania Dance Meeting-Festival”. Both productions, by the Sosta Palmizi Association in Kosovo and Albania, were staged on Wednesday 10 November at the Experimental Theatre in Tirana. The first, entitled “Wabi-Sabi” (from the Japanese), was choreographed by Sofia […]
Read more“Start-up Africa Road Trip” in Kampala – training for 20 start-ups
The Italian Embassy in Kampala has supported the “Start-up Africa Road Trip” training project, aimed at 20 local start-ups, mainly in Uganda, but also open to participants from other East African Countries. This initiative, which ran from 1 to 5 November in the Ugandan capital, received a financial and logistics contribution not only from the […]
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