Paris: exhibition on Carlo Levi, painter and writer
The Italian Cultural Institute in Paris hosts an interesting exhibition on Carlo Levi and his work as painter and writer between the French capital and Matera. The artist was not only the author of the famous book Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (“Christ Stopped at Eboli”), or an anti-Fascist intellectual whom Sartre and Beauvoir would always […]
Read moreBelgrade: Italian companies meet with the Finance Minister
Italian companies operating in Serbia participated in a meeting with the Minister of Finance, Siniša Mali, with the attendance of Italian Ambassador Carlo Lo Cascio. The meeting was organised by the Italian-Serbian Chamber of Commerce with the aim of tackling the principal financial and tax issues of greatest interest for the companies operating in the […]
Read moreArgentina: photographic exhibition on Bartali, Righteous among Nations
The Italian Consulate General in Argentina, together with the B’nai B’rith Jewish association, organised a photographic exhibition on Gino Bartali entitled ”Righteous among Nations, cycling champions and Humankind” at Bahia Blanca. The exhibition is hosted in the historic building of the ‘Bolsa de Comercio di Bahia Blanca’, and is part of the initiatives launched by […]
Read moreBuenos Aires: 2019 season of Italian music, dance and theatre
The 2019 edition of ITALIAXXI, the project aimed at relaunching Italy’s cultural programmes in Buenos Aires and in Argentina, has just kicked off. Presented by Italian Ambassador Giuseppe Manzo, the billboard of events combining tradition with innovation is dense with music, dance, theatre and opera performances. After the success of the first edition in 2018 (13 […]
Read moreOpening of “Italiani d’Europa” photo exhibition
Today the photographic exhibition “Gli Italiani d’Europa” will open at the presence of Undersecretary Ricardo Merlo and of the Director General for Italians Abroad, Luigi Maria Vignali. The exhibition is a multimedia project curated by the Akronos Association and co-organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and National Geographic Italia. The pictures […]
Read moreTunisia: First stop of the “Sanremo giovani tour”
Great success yesterday in Tunis for the first stop of the “Sanremo giovani world tour”. Einar, Nyvinne, La Rua, Deschema, and Mahmood – winner of the 69th edition of the Saremo Festival – entertained the audience of Le Pavillon in Gammarth, in the Tunisian capital. The tour now continues to Tokyo, where the group will […]
Read moreNATO: A documentary retraces the steps that led Italy to join the Treaty
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949, the Rai public broadcasting company will air a documentary entitled ”Telegramma 2171. L’anno del Patto Atlantico” (“Telegram 2171. The Year of the Atlantic Treaty”), co-produced by Rai Storia and the Diplomatic Historic Archive of the Ministry of Foreign […]
Read moreSweden: The Primavera Italiana Festival dedicated to Matera
This year, the ‘Primavera Italiana’ Festival in Visby was dedicated to Matera, European Capital of Culture 2019, and was opened by Italian Ambassador Mario Cospito. Organised for the first time in 2017, the biannual Festival is dedicated to an Italian city or region which is made known to the public through a dense programme of […]
Read moreThe ‘Italian Opera Embraces Africa’ lands in Pretoria
Pretoria hosts the exhibition entitled “Italian Opera Embraces Africa”, which showcases original sketches and costumes from the historical archives of Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, including works by Visconti, Zeffirelli and De Chirico. The event, which opened today at the Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History in Pretoria featuring a performance by the Tshwane University opera […]
Read moreUnited Arab Emirates: Italian Cultural Institute kicks off with the Italian Cinema Week
The activities of the Italian Cultural Institute in Abu Dhabi kicked off with the Italian Cinema Week. The works of Italian contemporary masters and talented young directors will be screened in a dense billboard on programme at the Akil Cinema in Dubai and at the Manarat al Saadiyat Cinema in Abu Dhabi. The first screening will […]
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