On Rai 5 this evening: “The Italian vision”
On 30 January 2025 at 21:15 CET, Rai 5 will broadcast “The Italian vision: culture in the world”, the special dedicated to the States General of Cultural Diplomacy (Matera, 5-6 November 2024). At the same time, the special will be available worldwide via live streaming on Rai Play. From 31 January 2025, it will be […]
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Tokyo, The Greek and Roman world in Japanese manga
The Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo hosted a roundtable entitled “The Greek and Roman world in Japanese manga: representations of the classical world and impact in the age of globalisation”. The event offered a reflection on the cultural dialogue between the West and Japan through the art of manga, which has enabled the rediscovery of […]
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Once again this year, Italian Embassies and Italian Cultural Institutes around the world have organised events to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the international commemoration held annually on 27 January in remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust. This date was chosen as it marks the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland by […]
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Cuba, 26th Week of Italian Culture
Organised and promoted by the Embassy of Italy in Havana, in collaboration with the Cuban Ministry of Culture and the Oficina del Historiador de La Habana, and with the support of various Italian and Cuban companies and institutions, the 26th Week of Italian Culture in Cuba has come to an end. The programme proposed a series of activities to […]
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Paris, “Un Natale a casa Croce”
The premiere screening of director Pupi Avati’s new docufilm, “Un Natale a casa Croce” (Christmas at Croce’s House) (2024), dedicated to the figure of Benedetto Croce, took place in France with great public participation. The event, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris, opened with a video-message by Pupi Avati, who, although unable to […]
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27 January 1945: The liberation of Auschwitz
On 27 January 1945, the Red Army liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland (1940-1945). More than 6,000 Jewish deportees from Italy were imprisoned there, representing the vast majority of Italian prisoners in Nazi concentration camps. Only a few Italian Jews were sent to other camps, such as Bergen-Belsen and Buchenwald. Many of the deportees […]
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London, “We Rise by Lifting Others”
The Italian Cultural Institute of London is delighted to support the light sculpture “We Rise By Lifting Others”, created by Marinella Senatore and inspired by the Southern Italian tradition of luminarie (traditional festive lights). The artwork is part of “Winter Light”, an outdoor exhibition (on display until 2 February), free to visit and showcasing light-based […]
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Krakow, “Echoes of hope: Art and Memory of the Holocaust”
On 16 January 2025, in connection with the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp on 27 January, the Italian Ambassador to Poland Luca Franchetti Pardo inaugurated at the Italian Cultural Institute of Krakow the exhibition Echoes of Hope: Art and Memory of the Holocaust. The exhibition, curated by art historian and […]
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Rabat, ‘InCanto d’Amore’ Opera Gala
Soprano Silvia Colombini, accompanied by soloists from Milano Classica, performed the best-known opera masterpieces singing of love in the ‘InCanto d’Amore’ Opera Gala, organised by the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Rabat, in collaboration with the ‘Fondation Ali Zaoua’. The first performance was held at the Palais Soleiman in Marrakech, during a charity evening. A second concert was […]
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San Francisco, “Art + Propaganda in the European Tapestry”
On display at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, the exhibition “Art and War in the Renaissance: The Battle of Pavia Tapestries” presented, for the first time in the United States, the complete cycle of seven monumental tapestries depicting the Battle of Pavia, fought on 24 February 1525 between the French army led by […]
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