Two 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 moreMusic For Uncertain Times 2022
Today’s Italian music in a duet with international pop in a three-stage journey recounted in the language of film and produced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. After last year’s success, Music for Uncertain Times returns from 21 June 2022 with three new “episodes” establishing a dialogue between the beauty of the […]
Read moreNext Farnesina Collection open day 24 June
The Touring Club’s “Open for You” initiative continues, with the Farnesina building again opening its doors to the public. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has been taking part in the initiative since 2016. The next scheduled open day is Friday 24 June, the last before the summer break. On the day, members […]
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Read more“Invent the SLIM 2022 title” contest
The students from the Italian School of Montevideo have won the contest. The XXII Week of the Italian Language in the World (SLIM) now has a subtitle: “Come scusa? Non ti followo” (“Excuse me? I don’t follow”). Indeed, the contest “Invent the title of SLIM 2022” – through which the Farnesina involved Italian state and […]
Read moreFarnesina presents the initiative “MARMO. Carving the future”
In the framework of the Annual General Assembly of Confindustria Marmomacchine, held today in Milan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation presented a preview of the exhibition “MARMO. Carving the future”, an integrated promotional initiative supporting the internationalisation of the Italian marble industry set up alongside Confindustria Marmomacchine and the Italian Trade Agency. […]
Read moreThe young winners of the Ambarabà Ricicloclò and Riciclick contests
Through the collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), the students of Italian Schools abroad have been involved in the Ambarabà Ricicloclò and Riciclick educational projects promoted by RICREA, the non-profit National Consortium for the Recovery and Recycling of Steel Packaging which forms part of the CONAI system. Ambarabà Ricicloclò, co-promoted with […]
Read moreLaw of the Sea, forty years since Montego Bay Convention
“Mare liberum, mare clausum. Forty years since the Montego Bay Convention on the Law of the Sea” is the title of the conference that will be held on 27 and 28 May in Venice, in the evocative setting of the “Antico Arsenale” (Old Arsenal), and then on the Island of San Servolo, for the opening […]
Read moreRai Cultura airs documentary on Farnesina Collection
On 18 May, International Museum Day, Rai Cultura organised a special programme dedicated to museums: episodes dedicated to 40 different museums will be broadcast from the studio of “Art Night”, the programme hosted by Neri Marcorè, to tell the history of culture, from the earliest Etruscan artefacts to the most recent works of contemporary art. […]
Read moreFarnesina Collection: “Le tre chiese” by Silvia Camporesi
The Farnesina Collection welcomes a new work, Le tre chiese (2011) by Silvia Camporesi (Forlì, 1973). The triptych is part of the photographer and artist’s La Terza Venezia (2011) series, in which she alternates glimpses of the real with scale miniatures of Italy’s lagoon city. Camporesi chose one of the winter months to portray the city, empty of […]
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