Tunis: an exhibition on Italian ecodesign
The “3CODESIGN_3R_Ridurre_Riciclare_Riutilizzare” exhibition of Italian ecodesign organized by the Italian Cultural Institute and arranged by architect Silvana Annicchiarico, opened in Tunis. The exhibition aims to offer an overview of how, in the light of the new need for environmental sustainability, Italian design is going through a real trend reversal from the production systems and design […]
Read moreAddis Ababa celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of architect Arturo Mezzedimi
The Italian Cultural Institute in Addis Ababa – under the Cultural and Scientific Cooperation Agreement with the Università Iuav di Venezia and in cooperation with the EiABC – Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (University of Addis Ababa) – organized an event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of architect Arturo […]
Read moreCanada – 11th edition of the Italian Contemporary Film Festival
The Embassy of Italy in Ottawa, the Diplomatic-Consular Network and ICE-Agenzia have co-produced the 11th edition of the Italian Contemporary Film Festival (ICFF), which opened on 24 June 2022 and will run until 16 July. This year, the event returns to indoor and outdoor screenings, while also retaining its successful online programme. It is available […]
Read moreTwo works by Berengo Gardin enter the Farnesina Collection
A browse through the recent acquisitions by the Farnesina Collection reveals “Polesine, Veneto” (1971) and “Taranto” (1993) by Gianni Berengo Gardin (Santa Margherita Ligure, 1930) The first photograph is from a series on the Po Delta. It recounts an ancient landscape characterised by the “persistence of agricultural work in all its antiquity”, untouched by modern […]
Read moreMunich – Italian literature festival dedicated to “home”
ILfest – Italienisches Literaturfestival München, the Italian book and literature festival in Munich, is dedicated this year to the concept of home. Home as a space protected from external threats, but also a space that is different from the workplace. Or, in an even broader sense, home as in “our planet”. During the various events […]
Read moreDhaka — commemoration of the Italian victims of the terrorist attack of 1 July 2016
A ceremony commemorating the Italian victims of the brutal terrorist attack of 1 July 2016 took place today at the Embassy of Italy in Dhaka. The Farnesina’s Director General for Italians Abroad, Luigi Vignali, accompanied by the Ambassador to Dhaka, Enrico Nunziata, laid a wreath of flowers on the plaque commemorating our nine fellow citizens. […]
Read moreCopenhagen: meeting with the Strega Prize finalists
The Copenhagen Italian Cultural Institute hosted the sole foreign leg of the 2022 Strega Tour. Six of the finalist authors of its LXXVI edition attended the meeting: Mario Desiati, Claudio Piersanti, Marco Amerighi, Veronica Raimo, Alessandra Carati and Veronica Galletta. It was held in Italian, with translation into Danish, and organised by Stefano Petrocchi, Director […]
Read moreThe Italian Film Days in Bosnia-Herzegovin
The Italian Embassy in Sarajevo presented the annual Italian Film Festival in Bosnia-Herzegovina, featuring a vast film screening program in the Country’s largest cities between 27 June and 3 July 2022. “The Italian Film Days represent one of the most popular of our cultural promotions among the Bosnian-Herzegovinian public,” said the Italian Ambassador Marco Di […]
Read moreBuenos Aires, exhibition and conference on El Gran Chaco
The Italian Embassy in Buenos Aires has promoted two events aimed at illustrating the environmental, wildlife, and cultural importance of the Gran Chaco, an area whose wealth and problems are still little known, even if it represents Latin America’s second-largest green lung. The Gran Chaco is a region that has had – and continues to […]
Read moreBratislava, Vasco Bendini exhibition at the Museum of City History
An exhibition of the works of Vasco Bendini has opened at Bratislava Castle, in the rooms of the Museum of City History. The exhibition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the artist’s birth. It was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Bratislava and the Embassy of Italy in Slovakia, with the collaboration of the Museum […]
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