Netherlands — Italian Day at Floriade Expo 2022
On 8 July 2022 the Embassy of Italy in the Hague organised the National Day of Italy at Floriade in the Dutch city of Almere. Floriade is the international horticulture exhibition. The activities organised for the event, entitled “Italy and flowers: from ancient Rome to the exploration of space”, were inspired by the “continuity and […]
Read moreWashington, Italian students and teachers at the Italian Embassy
About twenty Italian students and teachers from secondary schools in the regions of Sardinia and Friuli were greeted at the Italian Embassy in Washington last 11 July within the framework of the “History and Memories” project promoted by the Commission for the Library and Historic Archive of the Senate of the Republic. The event opened […]
Read moreThe Amerigo Vespucci calls at the port of Tunis
The Amerigo Vespucci, the “most beautiful boat in the world” made a stopover in Tunis where the Italian Ambassador, Lorenzo Fanara, went on board to greet the crew. “The boat – writes the Italian Embassy in Tunis on its social media – is a floating embassy that promotes the prestige, professionalism and the drive of […]
Read moreAlgiers: exhibition on Adriano Olivetti’s utopia
The Italian Embassy in Algeria and the Italian Cultural Institute in Algiers, in collaboration with the Algerian Ministry of Culture and Arts, will inaugurate the exhibition “Universo Olivetti. La comunità come utopia” on 16 July. The exhibition, which shall remain open to the general public at the Palais de la Culture ‘Moufdi Zakaria’ in Algiers […]
Read moreOslo: Simone Garino’s concert to close “Artisti in Residenza”
On 25 August, a jazz concert by saxophonist Simone Garino at the Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo will close the events of “Artisti in Residenza”, funded by SIAE (Italian Association of Authors and Publishers), under the sponsorship of the Italian Cultural Institutes, Embassies and Consulates and supported by Europe Jazz Network. The project is also […]
Read more“Tota Italia” exhibition opens in Beijing
The important “Tota Italia. Origins of a Nation” exhibition opened in Beijing to celebrate the Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism, topping off the events planned to mark 50 years of bilateral diplomatic relations. This interesting exhibition opened to the public at the National Museum of China in Tiananmen Square and will run until 9 […]
Read moreBrussels – two books on Italian and Belgian regions and cities
The Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels will be presenting two books in a sort of dialogue between Italy and Belgium. The Institute’s Director, Paolo Sabbatini, is presenting “Les Pouilles, une longue histoire des saveurs et de couleurs”, in which he recounts the land, flavours and colours of Apulia. It will then be the turn of […]
Read more“PasoLands”, a performance staged in Teheran
The Italian Ambassador in Teheran, Giuseppe Perrone, hosted at his residence the performance “PasoLands”, created by the Ebasko theatre company in Bologna in association with the locale Zendegi theatre company and with the support of the Embassy. Written to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pier Paolo Pasolini, the play, entirely dedicated to […]
Read moreThe Farnesina Collection welcomes a new work of art: “80” by Moneyless
Farnesina Collection welcomes “80”, a work by Teo Pirisi, better known as Moneyless, an abstract graffiti artist, illustrator, and designer. The work, displayed in the graphic design gallery of the Farnesina Collection, is directly made on the slate of an old school blackboard that the artist salvaged from being discarded. “What I love of this […]
Read moreLima: “The Tango according to Astor Piazzolla”
The Lima Sociedad Filarmonica, in association with the Italian Cultural Institute presents “The Tango according to Astor Piazzolla” concert at the Santa Ursula Auditorium on 16 July. The Italian musician Domenico Codispoti has been charged with giving a new interpretation of the tangos of Piazzolla and the components that make up the artistic world of […]
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