Raoul Wallenberg Prize 2024: Nominations start
The General Secretariat of the Council of Europe has officially launched the call for nominations for the Raoul Wallenberg Prize 2024. The prize was established by the Council of Europe together with the Swedish Government and the Hungarian Parliament in memory of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who protected the Jewish community in Budapest in 1944-45. […]
Read moreTwo works by Franz Cerami in the Farnesina Collection
Among the recent acquisitions of the Farnesina Collection are two works by Franz Cerami – Mars (2021) and Venus I (2022) – belonging to the “Red Venus” series, which was exhibited at the Archaeological Museum of Naples in 2022. The Farnesina Collection is a collection of over 600 works of Italian art, ranging from the […]
Read moreBelgrade’s exhibition “In memory of Paolo Rossi and Sinisa Mihajlovic”
At the Museum of Applied Arts in Belgrade the Italian Ambassador to Serbia, Luca Gori, inaugurated the exhibition “In memory of Paolo Rossi and Sinisa Mihajlovic” dedicated to the two champions who have recently passed away. The inauguration was attended not only by the Minister of Culture, Maja Gojkovic, and the Museum Director, Biljana Jotic, […]
Read moreItalian small/medium-sized enterprises delegation visits Manama
A delegation of small and medium-sized Italian enterprises visited Manama from 4 to 5 July as part of a mission organised by the Italian Export Credit Agency (SACE) in collaboration with the Bahraini company Bapco Energies and with the support of the Italian Embassy in Bahrain and the Italian Trade Agency Desk in Manama. The […]
Read moreItalian Masterpieces on Stage at the Opera Festival Of Chicago
The Opera Festival Of Chicago, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, presents a series of original Italian works, with masterpieces rarely performed on the US stages, built around the theme “Power, Glory, and Betrayal”. The festival will open on 6 July with one of the most famous compositions by Ildebrando Pizzetti, “Murder in the […]
Read moreExhibition in Madrid: “Racconti (in)visibili: tra cielo e terra”
The original exhibition “Racconti (in)visibili: tra cielo e terra” ((In)visible Tales: Between Sky and Earth) will open on 7 July in Madrid. The show, prepared by the Central Institute for Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Italian Ministry of Culture in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid, is sponsored by the Italian Embassy in […]
Read moreAYSO Youth Orchestra wins Vienna Festival
For the second year consecutively, the Youth Symphony Orchestra, AYSO, triumphed at the prestigious “Summa cum Laude” International Competition which took place in Vienna between St. Stephen’s Cathedral and the Musikverein, the temple of classical music. AYSO Orchestra, composed of musicians with an average age of 19 that come from numerous Italian conservatories, competed against […]
Read moreThe “Mediterranea. Visions of an ancient and complex sea” exhibition opens in Beirut
On 23 June, at the NABU Museum in El-Heri, Lebanon, the “Mediterranea. Visions of an ancient and complex sea” exhibition was inaugurated in the presence of Italian Ambassador Nicoletta Bombardiere and Lebanese authorities. The initiative, promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency (Agenzia […]
Read moreThe “Adriatic” mural by “Tellas” presented in Tirana
A mural, created by street artist Fabio Schirru, known as “Tellas”, was presented in the presence of the Italian Ambassador to Albania, Fabrizio Bucci, and the Deputy Mayor of the city of Tirana, Andi Seferi. The work entitled “Adriatic”, presented as part of the Italian Week and Mural ArtFest in Tirana, is inspired by the […]
Read moreNew York, “Orgoglio e Memoria – Emigrazione dal Mezzogiorno”
L’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York propone, dal 28 giugno al 28 agosto, la mostra “Orgoglio e Memoria – Emigrazione dal Mezzogiorno”, che documenta attraverso le testimonianze ed i reperti custoditi nel Museo di Napoli – Collezione Bonelli, le diverse storie ed i risvolti economico-sociali del fenomeno migratorio che si verificò nel Mezzogiorno d’ […]
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