Madrid, exhibition “Mimetica- Riflessi e rifrazioni ceramiche” by Anastasio
On the occasion of the Madrid Design Festival 2024, the Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid presents the exhibition “Mimetica– Riflessi e rifrazioni ceramiche” by Andrea Anastasio. The extraordinary work of Andrea Anastasio – an internationally renowned Italian philosopher, designer and artist – focuses on the relationship between tradition and modernity and on the exploration of […]
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First Albanian edition of Primo Levi’s book The Drowned and the Saved
The Albanian edition of Primo Levi’s book The Drowned and the Saved, translated by Aida Baro and published by Dukagjini, with the contribution of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Kosovan Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, will soon be available for the first time in bookshops in Kosovo and […]
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Prague, Workshop on Cultural Heritage Observation from Space
What are the results of observing the world’s cultural heritage from space? What are the challenges and state-of-the-art methods for monitoring and preserving cultural heritage? This will be discussed in the Baroque Chapel of the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague at the workshop “Space meets Culture: Discovering and Preserving Cultural Heritage from Space”, organised by […]
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Brussels, exhibitions and concerts to remember Andrea Pazienza
The Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels presents “Ci vuole Pazienza”, a series of events centred on the Italian comics legend, Andrea Pazienza. One of the greatest representatives of the Italian artistic world of the 1970s and 1980s, who died prematurely at the age of 32, Andrea Pazienza recounted the contradictions of his generation through his […]
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First Italian language course inaugurated in a university in Jeddah
The University of Business and Technology (UBT) in Jeddah, one of Saudi Arabia’s leading universities, has inaugurated an Italian language course. The inauguration ceremony was attended by the Consul General of Italy in Jeddah and promoter of the initiative, Leonardo Costa, the University’s Chairman and owner, Professor Abdullah S. Dahlan, and the highest academic institutions. […]
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Oslo, Conference on “The Shoah in Italy”
The Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo has organised a Conference on 25 January to mark the Holocaust Remembrance Day. The topic will be the discrimination and persecution of Jewish Italian citizens during Fascism and will be addressed by Professor Elisabetta Cassina Wolff from the University of Oslo. The discussion will focus, in particular, on the understanding […]
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Italian Ambassador Franchetti Pardo donates the Ukrainian edition of the book “Pimpa travels through Italy” to the children of the UNICEF hub in Poland
As part of the efforts to promote and enhance in Poland the volumes recently produced by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ambassador of Italy in Warsaw, Luca Franchetti Pardo, in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute of Krakow, donated about fifty copies of the Ukrainian edition of the book Pimpa […]
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“Piano solo” concert by Stefano Bollani in Tirana
Italian pianist and composer Stefano Bollani will perform for the first time in Tirana on 29 January. His “Piano solo” concert is organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in cooperation with the Tirana National Theatre of Opera and Ballet. This will be a premiere for the artist, who considers music a fun game to be […]
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Work by Giuseppe Licari at the “Sculptura #2” Festival in Brussels
The Italian Cultural Institute of Brussels is taking part in the “Sculptura #2” Festival, an exhibition of European sculpture and installation art returning to the historic Tour & Taxis park in Brussels from Friday 19 January to Sunday 10 March 2024. After a successful first edition in 2023, which featured 23 artists, the 2024 edition […]
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The “Mediterranea – Visions of an ancient and complex sea” exhibition opened in Zagreb
The exhibition “Mediterranea – Visions of an ancient and complex sea” was inaugurated at Zagreb’s National and University Library. Promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in cooperation with the Italian Space Agency (ASI), Telespazio/e-GEOS and Fondazione Med-Or, with the support of the European Space Agency (ESA), the exhibition recounts the […]
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