Toronto, webinar on the creativity of architect Gio Ponti
The Italian Cultural Institute in Toronto organized a webinar titled “Design To” on the prestigious architect Gio Ponti, to be held on Friday, 21 January, with keynote speaker Fulvio Irace, professor emeritus at the Milan Polytechnic. Gio Ponti (1891-1979) was the emblem of Italy as it rose from the rubble of war, having conquered a prominent […]
Read moreMoscow, Danieli signs a 100 million euro contract
The Italian Embassy in Russia was the venue that hosted the signing of the agreement between Danieli Centro Combustion S.p.A. (Genova) and Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works PJSC for the manufacture of four heating furnaces for MMK’s hot rolling mill 2000. The project will be implemented by stages within five years and the overall contract […]
Read moreMoscow presentation of Venezia Panoramica catalogue
The exhibition catalogue for Venezia Panoramica. La scoperta dell’orizzonte infinito is to be presented in Moscow today, January 18, at 7 p.m. The event will be attended by the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute, Daniela Rizzi. The presentation will also be attended by the exhibition’s curators and catalogue authors Giandomenico Romanelli, Pascalin Vatin and […]
Read moreTunis: two agreements between MACAM and Italian institutions
At the initiative of the Italian Cultural Institute in Tunis, two cooperation agreements have been signed between the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Tunis (MACAM) and two Italian Institutions, namely the Fondazione Scuola dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali and the University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”. Both agreements aim at multidisciplinary training […]
Read moreHamburg: “Le madri della Costituzione”, meeting with the author
A meeting on the 21 women of the Constituent Assembly which led to the Italian Constitution will take place at the Italian Cultural Institute in Hamburg on Thursday, 20 January 2022 (7:00 p.m.). The protagonist will be journalist Eliana Di Caro, author of the book“ Le madri della Costituzione” [The mothers of the Constitution] (Il Sole 24 […]
Read moreArgentina showcases an exhibition on Italian ingenuity
The Italian Cultural Institute in Cordoba, Argentina, organised an exhibition titled: “Italian Genius. From Leonardo to Italy in Space”. The exhibition, hosted in the halls of the Municipality of Villa General Belgrano, in the province of Cordoba, was opened a few days ago and will be running until next 28 February. The exhibition itinerary exalts Italian […]
Read moreDante’s Inferno at the “Santiago a Mil Festival”
A show based on one of the Divine Comedy’s most famous cantiche – the very first one of the Inferno – to be displayed from 17 to 19 January 2022 at the Finis Terrae Theatre in Santiago, as part of the “Santiago a Mil Festival”, an international event of performing arts, offering theatre, dance and […]
Read moreDoha Book Fair: Italy’s stand is dedicated to children
The stand set up by the Italian Embassy at the International Book Fair about to be opened at Doha is entirely dedicated to children. The pavilion, created in partnership with “Reggio Children” – an organization promoting and educating on children’s rights – has a dense agenda of workshops, exhibitions, readings and interactive courses. The aim […]
Read moreMigrations Congress in São Paulo
The Comite International d’Histoire de l’Art (CIHA), together with the Italian Cultural Institute in São Paulo and in association, inter alia, with the Getty Foundation and the Goethe Institut, have organised a conference from 17 to 21 January to discuss the phenomenon of migrations, not only of people but also of objects and ideas. The […]
Read moreThe work of Bice Lazzari on show in London
The Italian Cultural Institute in London has organised an exhibition at The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, displaying the work of Bice Lazzari, a pioneer of Modernism, until the 24th of April. The exhibition, co-organised with the Archivio Bice Lazzari, features 40 works that highlight the lyrical and original interpretation that characterises the work […]
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