Tanzania, Roundtable against female genital mutilation
Ambassador Marco Lombardi hosted at the Residence of the Italian Embassy in Dar es Salaam the “United Nations International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation” event, organised together with the local UNFPA and UNICEF Delegations, as well as the AICS (Italian Agency for Development Cooperation) in Nairobi. It was a roundtable discussion on […]
Read moreTirana: “Eterna Bellezza” exhibition, between Jodice and Canova
The photographic exhibition “Eterna Bellezza. Mimmo Jodice e Antonio Canova” (Eternal Beauty. Mimmo Jodice and Antonio Canova), promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Tirana and the National Historical Museum of Tirana, will be inaugurated on 8 February. The exhibition, which immortalises and […]
Read moreItalian film festival “Storie dalla Montagna” on show in Bulgaria
From 6 to 9 February, the Sofia Cinema House will host the Italian Film Festival “Storie dalla Montagna”, organised by the Bansko Film Fest in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute of Sofia. The festival will screen eleven internationally awarded Italian films and documentaries revolving around mountain-related topics, such as adventurous tales, alpinism, and nature. […]
Read moreWashington DC: Webinar for Italian Trademark Protection in the US
“Protection of Made in Italy in the US”: this is the theme of the webinar that the Italian Embassy in the United States is organising in collaboration with the Guardia di Finanza and the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) – ICE Office in New York, on the protection of trademarks and patents in the US market, […]
Read moreVilla Vigoni: call for “Trilateral Research Conferences”
The call for the 2024-2026 “Trilateral Research Conferences” programme promoted in the field of humanities and social sciences by Villa Vigoni – German-Italian Centre for the European Dialogue, in cooperation with Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH) is now open. The trilateral programme aims to bring together networks of researchers […]
Read moreBucharest: “Universo Olivetti. Comunità come utopia concreta” exhibition
The Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Bucharest have organised the exhibition “Universo Olivetti. Comunità come utopia concreta” (Olivetti Universe. Community as a Concrete Utopia), which will be inaugurated in the National Library of Romania on 4 February. The exhibition – which has been curated by Pippo Ciorra, Francesca Limana and Matilde Trevisani […]
Read moreLondon, conversations on “predictability”
The Italian Embassy in London and the Italian Cultural Institute have organised a conversation on the theme of “predictability” on 1 February. The meeting is part of “Encounters”, a series of events dedicated to topical issues discussed by experts in the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. During the event, which will be held at […]
Read moreBogotá, Colombian archaeological artefacts found in Italy returned
The Italian Ambassador to Bogotá, Gherardo Amaduzzi, took part in a ceremony held at the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to mark the return to Colombia of a collection of ancient pre-Columbian archaeological artefacts found in Italy by the Carabinieri Department for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Turin. The Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs, […]
Read moreThe “Body” in the Farnesina Collection in the Giornale dell’Arte
In its January issue, Il Giornale dell’Arte – a historic Italian magazine linked to the world of art and culture – devotes one of five thematic chapters to the Farnesina Collection. The chapters are written by renowned historians and art historians and provide an unprecedented account of the contemporary art collection of the Ministry of […]
Read moreDonation of the sculpture Atlas to the Italian Cultural Institute of Lima
Italian sculptor Giacomo Rizzo will donate one of his works, Atlas, to the Italian Cultural Institute of Lima during a ceremony to be held on 31 January in the courtyard of the Institute. The sculpture, presented by the artist as part of the In the land exhibition, open to the public from 10 October 2022 […]
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