Riga – Italian portraits from the Bologna Museum
An exhibition opened in Riga entitled “Two centuries of Italian portraits, 1580-1780”; a display of 40 late-Mannerist and Baroque works by a variety of Italian masters, including Guido Reni, Guercino, the Carracci brothers and Lavina Fontana, from the Pinacoteca Nazionale of Bologna. The exhibition, hosted by the city’s Museum of the Bourse, will run through […]
Read moreBurundi – On the way to Expo
The country of Burundi will present itself to Italy in an exhibition in Terminal 3 of Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport on 25 February of the products it intends to present at the Milan EXPO 2015. These include both cultural and tourism-related products as well as the country’s potential for development in sectors ranging from […]
Read moreEcuador – Italian kinetic art
A selection of the works ofthe most prominent of the legendary optical and kinetic art movement betweenthe 1950s and 70s, from Bruno Munari to artists still active such as GetulioAlviani will be on display from 28 February through 19 April at the Centro deArte Contemporaneo of Quito. The exhibition of 50 collages, videos, sculpturesand other […]
Read moreCianfarani – Major Italy-Pakistan trade potential
Trade relations between Italy and Pakistan have great potential for development in various sectors ofmutual interest, according to Italian ambassador to Pakistan Adriano Chiodi Cianfarani, who recently visited the eastern city of Lahore. His agenda included a meeting with the Italian Development Committee, which promotes andstrengthens the age-old trade relations between the two nations. The […]
Read moreCianfarani – Major Italy-Pakistan trade potential
Trade relations between Italy and Pakistan have great potential for development in various sectors ofmutual interest, according to Italian ambassador to Pakistan Adriano Chiodi Cianfarani, who recently visited the eastern city of Lahore. His agenda included a meeting with the Italian Development Committee, which promotes andstrengthens the age-old trade relations between the two nations. The […]
Read moreItaly intensifies diplomatic efforts
Gentiloni-Al Dairy for a national unity government Italy is intensifying diplomatic efforts toward a political solution to the crisis in Libya. Minister Paolo Gentiloni had a telephone meeting with the foreign minister of the government of Tobruk, Mohamed Al Dairy, during which they confirmed a common commitment to the formation of a national unity government […]
Read moreUAE: ANCE mission for construction sector opportunities
A mission by the National Construction Association (ANCE) coordinated by the Dubai Agenzia ICE and the Embassy of Italy in Abu Dhabi took place in the United Arab Emirates. A total of 55 firms, in addition to SACE and Itayl’s main banking institutions, took part in the mission, the theme of which was the UAE […]
Read moreMexico – The poetry of Massimo Rizzante
The auditorium of Mexico City’s Italian Cultural Institute will host a presentation by poet, academic and translator Massimo Rizzante entitled “Poetry and the world of prose”. Juan Villoro Rizzante, who currently teaches Italian contemporary literature and comparative literature at the University of Trent, will deliver the introduction. He has directed the International Seminar on the […]
Read moreWashington – Great names of the Italian Renaissance on show in the USA
Renaissance Florence will soon take centre stage in the panorama of cultural events in New York thanks with the exhibition “Sculpture in the Age of Donatello: Renaissance masterpieces from Florence Cathedral”. The exhibition opens on 20 February 2015 at the Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA). Organized in collaboration with the Museo dell’Opera di Santa Maria […]
Read moreGentiloni says Med countries united on reconciliation government
There are no alternatives to UN mediation on birth of “a new political phase” “The meeting of the Mediterranean Group was aimed at formulating a common stance on the Libyan crisis. We are united in our firm support of United Nations mediation, the goal of which is to reach an agreement between the parties on […]
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