Athens – Exhibitions, “Tracce e recessioni” colour the Italian Cultural Institute
Originality and coherence, cohesion and continuous experimenting with means and methods. In the exhibition entitled “Tracce e recessioni” (“Traces and Relinquishments”), which the Italian Cultural Institute in Athens will keep open to visitors till January 20, Maria Kompatsiari presents old and new collections of her works. Taking representation as her point of departure, the artist […]
Read moreSantiago del Chile-Director Romeo Castellucci at the STGOaMIL Festival
Santiago del Chile once again hosts the renowned STGOaMIL theatre festival with performances by some of the most important companies in the world. The Italian Cultural Institute and Embassy of Italy in Chile will offer famous actor and director Romeo Castellucci (Societa Raffaello Sanzio) as Italy’s illustrious representative at the festival, who will be performing […]
Read moreLa Valletta – Art, treasures of the Convent of San Marco enchant Malta
On Thursday 14 January, in the context of a cycle of conferences on Italian art organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of La Valletta, art historian and founder/director of the Fine Arts Museum of Malta Fr. Marius Zerafa will reveal the “Treasures of the Convent of San Marco in Florence” to the Maltese public. The […]
Read moreBeijing – Design and Architecture: the Triennale di Milano presented in China
Design, art, architecture, cinema, communication and society: the 21st Triennale di Milano prepares for its official presentation to the Chinese public at 15:00 hours on Monday 4 January at the theatre of the Italian Cultural Institute of Beijing. The event has been organised by the Institute and the Embassy of Italy in Beijing in collaboration […]
Read moreSan Francisco – In search of “492 Great Things about Being Italian”
San Francisco’s Italian Cultural Institute will host a special event on Wednesday 20 January dedicated to Made in Italy and Italian creativity, culture and genius. The event is to be hosted by Boze Hadleigh, author of more than 15 books – among them“Celebrity Feuds!” and “Hollywood and Whine” – and hundreds of magazine and newspaper […]
Read moreHamburg – Alessandra Ferri pays homage to Eleonora Duse
Hamburg pays homage to Italian acting great Eleonora Duse on Wednesday 13 January at the Italian Cultural Institute, where ballerina Alessandra Ferri will offer her personal vision of John Neumeier’s “Duse”, the composer’s role in the work and the various phases of her career. The work was recently performed at the Staatsoper in Hamburg. Read more, […]
Read moreKrakow – Italian Cultural Institute explores 19th and 20th century Italy
The Italian Cultural Institute of Krakow has been under the direction of 58-year-old Ugo Rufino for a year and a half now, and it will be the director himself to hold a seminar at the University of Krakow on 20 January entitled “History of 19th and 20th Century Italy”, during a conference on Italy’s contemporary […]
Read moreDei – Oman: Orpic-Maire Tecnimont agreement worth 890 million US dollars for the Liwa Plastic Industries Complex
The signing ceremony for the contracts for the creation of the Liwa Plastic Industries Complex by Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries (Orpic) took place on 17 December 2015. The project includes an agreement worth over 890 million dollars between Orpic and the Italian Maire Tecnimont to build polymer facilities (polyethylene and polypropylene) for the […]
Read moreBrussels – Pianist Stephane Ginsburgh to perform at the Italian Cultural Institute
Pianist Stephane Ginsburgh will be performing works by Fabian Fiorini, Salvatore Sciarrino, Peter Eotvos and Gyorgy Liget in a concert hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels on Tuesday 12 January 2016. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreOslo – Film and literature with Moravia’s “Il conformista”
An evening of literature and film at the Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo on Thursday 14 January, with a presentation of Alberto Moravia’s novel “Il conformista” and the film of the same name directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Translator Tommy Watz, who has produced the first translation of Moravia’s novel into Norwegian, will present both the […]
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