India – “The Pillars of the Earth” by Virginia Zanetti
Virginia Zanetti’s project titled “The Pillars of the Earth” will open tomorrow at the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in New Delhi. The Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage awarded its ‘Movin’up Prize’ to the Florentine artist who has worked with many Italian and foreign institutions operating in the field of culture and contemporary art: the MAN […]
Read moreUnited State – Guido Cagnacci’s Death of Cleopatra on show at the Italian Cultural Institute
Guido Cagnacci’s “Death of Cleopatra”, from the Pinacoteca di Brera, will be on show at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York until 19 January. The work by Cagnacci, a painter from the Baroque period (1601-1663), is characterised by the use of the chiaroscuro technique and by the sensuality released by most of his subjects. […]
Read moreL’Italia in Consiglio di Sicurezza dal 1 gennaio 2017
Dal 1° gennaio 2017 l’Italia è membro non permanente del Consiglio di Sicurezza delle Nazioni Unite in virtù della sua elezione il 28 giugno 2016 e in conformità all’accordo con l’Aja di divisione del mandato biennale 2017-2018. Ammessa all’ONU il 14 dicembre 1955, l’Italia ha sempre guardato all’Organizzazione come un punto di riferimento della sua […]
Read moreItaly sits on the Security Council from 1 January 2017
As of the 1st of January 2017, Italy is a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council by virtue of its election on 28 June 2016 and in compliance with the Hague Convention providing for the division of the 2017-2018 two-year mandate. Admitted into the UNO on 14 December 1955, Italy has always looked […]
Read moreTunis – La Bottega Teatrale stages “Harlequin’s Hunger”
As part of the Nabeul International Festival for Kids’ Theatre, the Italian Cultural Institute in Tunis presents the performance “La fame di Arlecchino” (“Harlequin’s Hunger”) by theatre company La Bottega Teatrale. The performances will be held in the city of Nabeul’s Maison de Culture at 10 a.m. on Sunday, 8 January; at 3 p.m. on […]
Read moreAustria – “Terra Amica”: the art, fashion and music of contemporary Italy
The art, fashion, and music of contemporary Italy directly in Vienna. The “Terra Amica” interdisciplinary project inspired by Gioachino Rossini and organised by Jacopo Celona and Melanie Zefferino, will kick off on Thursday, 12 January. The project intends to offer food for thought on the Italian culture, as expressed in the language of music and […]
Read moreSlovenia – Italian Cultural Institute hosts On the Wings of the Bora
The Italian Cultural Institute in Slovenia organised the exhibition entitled ‘Sulle ali della bora: viaggio al cospetto del drago’ (“On the Wings of the Bora: a Journey before the Dragon”) in conjunction with the University of Trieste. The exhibition displays images of corners of Trieste and other coastal cities which were under the rule of […]
Read moreAlbania- On show the masterpieces of the Italian Novecento
More than one hundred masterpieces revealing the artistic culture of the first half of the 20th Century make up the exhibition “Capolavori dell’Arte italiana del Novecento” (“Masterpieces of the Italian Art of the Novecento”). The exhibition will open at the National Gallery of Art in Tirana on 16 January with works from the Modern Art […]
Read more“BuscándoME”: an introspective journey across the images of Nerina Toci
The New Year will kick off in the sign of Italian art at the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Santiago of Chile. The “BuscándoME” exhibition, a soul-searching photographic journey by young Italian artist Nerina Toci and curated by art historian Katy Ferrante, will open at 8:30 p.m. on 3 January. The exhibition was brought to […]
Read morePortugal – Lisbon hosts course on Italian design
Design speaks Italian in Lisbon at the course entitled “L’italiano e la creativita’: il design e i suoi protagonisti” (“Italian and Creativity: Design and its protagonists”). The course, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon, will last until 13 February. The ten-day course will trace the history of some of the protagonists – architects, […]
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