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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New Delhi, “Objects between the lines”
The Italian Cultural Institute of New Delhi, in collaboration with the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, presents an exhibition at the KNMA in Noida dedicated to the relationship between Italian literature and design. The exhibition, titled “Objects between the lines“, curated by Andrea Anastasio, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute, and Domitilla Dardi, design historian […]
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Vienna: Retrospective on Italian Directors Zampa and Salce
The traditional Italian retrospective at the start of the year at the FilmMuseum in Vienna, organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, is dedicated to two directors who embody the satirical and socio-critical essence of comedy, offering a portrait of social and moral evolution: Luigi Zampa (1905–1991) and Luciano Salce (1922–1989). Alongside great classics like […]
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Chengdu, “A Journey of Knowledge. The Travels of Marco Polo”
The exhibition A Journey of Knowledge. “The Travels of Marco Polo” and its Legacy between East and West, which had already met with great success in Beijing, can be visited at the Sichuan Museum in Chengdu until 15 April. The Chengdu exhibition was promoted and organised by the Italian Embassy in Beijing, the Italian Cultural […]
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