Tokyo – “Botticelli and His Time” exhibition, with a symposium at the Italian Cultural Institute
To coincide with the “Botticelli and His Time” exhibition at Tokyo’s Metropolitan Art Museum, which runs from 16 January to 3 April 2016, the Italian Cultural Institute in the Japanese capital is organising a symposium on the artist. Speakers will include art historians and academics Osano Shigetoshi, Alessandro Cecchi, Cristina Acidini and Jonathan Nelson. Read […]
Read moreEgypt: Deadline of pre-qualification tender for 10 horizontal silos postponed until 17 January
The deadline to submit the expression of interest and related paperwork for the prequalification tender for the electromechanical part of 10 horizontal silos has been postponed until 17 January 2016. The tender was launched by the Ministry of Supply’s Egyptian Holding Company for Silos & Storage with an initial deadline of 2 December 2015. The […]
Read moreNew York – Silent movies: Dante’s “Inferno” in the Big Apple
“L’inferno”, a silent film from the early 20th century by Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro and Adolfo Padovan, produced by Milano Films, is the first full-length film in the history of Italian cinema. It was restored in 2011. The film will be shown, with a new musical score performed live by saxophonist and composer Marco […]
Read moreBarcelona – Contemporary art: “Italia. I sei sensi” exhibition runs until 9 January
To mark the centenary of the creation of Giacomo Balla’s sculpture “Linee-Forza del pugno di Boccioni II” (1915), the Fundació Suñol will be displaying a selection of works by Italian artists from the Josep Suñol collection. Entitled “Italia. I sei sensi”, the exhibition runs until 9 January 2016. The Italian Cultural Institute in Barcelona helped […]
Read moreNew Delhi – Unexplored lands and cultures in the works of Pietro Ruffo
Pietro Ruffo is a qualified architect but his love of old maps has turned him into an artist. And now this enthusiasm brings him to India, where he will be displaying his works for the first time in an exhibition called “Terra incognita”. Curated by John Xaviers, the exhibition will run at the Italian Cultural […]
Read moreMadrid – The creativity of the “Made in Italy” brand on show in Spain
“Made in Italy. 1950-70 Graphic design, creatività ed esperienza” is the title of an exhibition that will run in Madrid until 28 February 2016. The exhibition, organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid and the Italian Association for Visual Communication Design (AIAP), features works by famous artists such as Vignelli, Noorda, Iliprandi, […]
Read moreLa Valletta – Neuroscience, Prof. Rizzolati captivates his Maltese audience
Initiatives by the Italian Cultural Institute in La Valletta to promote Italian excellence in the scientific field continue, not least through the exchanges of university teaching staff envisaged by the 14th Italy-Malta cultural and education collaboration programme. The Institute, directed by Salvatore Schirmo, recently joined forces with The President’s Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society, […]
Read moreToronto – Three evenings of Italian opera greats
Toronto will enjoy a season of Italian opera greats in 2016, with three evenings organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and hosted by the theatre of the Alliance Française. The initiative begins on Tuesday 19 January with an evening dedicated to Maria Callas that includes a screening of Act 2 of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, […]
Read moreItaly-China – Collaboration growing in the space sector
Italy and China are developing their collaboration in the space sector, most recently with the successful launch of the Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) satellite from Gansu province. Switzerland also took part in the project, along with the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) and the universities of Perugia, Bari and Lecce. As the Italian Ambassador […]
Read moreDei – Slovenia Privatisation plan for 2016 published
The Slovenian government has published the privatisation plan for 2016 drawn up by SSH, the holding which manages public assets on the basis of the asset classification strategy adopted by the Slovenian Parliament in July 2015. 30 companies will be involved in the privatisation process in 2016, while others will be sold. Read more, in […]
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