Event in Panama for Italian Design Day 2021
The recently renovated historic ‘La Manzana’ building in the Casco Antiguo district of Panama City was the evocative setting for an event to celebrate Italian Design Day 2021, organised by the Italian Embassy in Panama with the Italian Trade Office in Bogotà (which also has responsibility for Panama), and the collaboration of AREA, the most […]
Read morePhoto exhibition on Nomadism presented in Algiers
A preview of the photo exhibition on Nomadism, which will be held in Algiers, in the first half of 2022, was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute to celebrate the Contemporary Art Day. The exhibition, entitled “Eyes on tomorrow. Young Italian Photographers in the World” was presented at a conference (both in person and on […]
Read moreContemporary Art Day in Turkey, with Tosatti and Peluffo
The 17th Day of Contemporary Art was celebrated in Istanbul on 6 December, with a webinar entitled “Six Years in Istanbul” featuring the new Director of the Quadriennale di Roma art exhibition and sole artist at the Italian Pavilion of the Venice Biennale 2022, Gian Maria Tosatti. Furthermore, at the invitation of the Italian Embassy […]
Read moreItalian fashion at the Swahili Fashion Week
In the framework of the Embassy of Italy promotional activity in Tanzania, three Italian designers participated to the Swahili Fashion Week, held in Dar es Salaam from 3 to 5 of December, 2021. It is the most important fashion event in Africa after Johannesburg fashion week. More than 90 designers worldwide joined the event. On […]
Read moreAlbania and Kosovo: a tribute to Morricone and Piazzolla
The Italian Cultural Institute of Tirana concludes its programming for 2021 with a tribute to two great musicians who were widely distant in their culture, origins, and life experiences, but were both absolute icons of the international music scene: the Italian composer Ennio Morricone (1928-2020) and the Italian-born Argentinian Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992). The event – […]
Read moreBeijing, meeting of the Italian system Sistema Italia in China
A meeting of the Italian System in China was held today in Beijing. The meeting was chaired by the Ambassador of Italy in the People’s Republic of China, Luca Ferrari. It was attended by the Consuls General and Deputy Consuls of Shanghai, Canton, Chongqing and Hong Kong, the Directors of ICE Offices and those of […]
Read moreTehran, Ambassador Perrone inaugurates archaeological discovery
The Italian Ambassador to Tehran, Giuseppe Perrone, carried out an official mission, from 8 to 10 December, in the Fars Province, the most important cultural and archaeological centre of Iran, the cradle of the Achaemenid and Sassanid civilisations. The primary purpose of the visit was the inauguration of the museification works of the Tol-e Ajori […]
Read moreBerlin, Reception at the Italian Embassy for the annual ECFR meeting
The Ambassador of Italy in Berlin, Armando Varricchio, hosted a reception on the occasion of the annual meeting of the Council of the European Council on Foreign Relations, held this year in Berlin between 9 and 10 December. The reception at the Embassy was attended by the Director of ECFR, Mark Leonard, as well as […]
Read moreBrussels: an exhibition for the Giornata del Contemporaneo
A presentation event of the 17th Giornata del Contemporaneo [Day of Contemporary Art], promoted by AMACI (the Association of Contemporary Art Museums in Italy), took place on 6 December at the Italian Embassy in Brussels. For the occasion, a number of works of contemporary art were exhibited at the residence of Ambassador Francesco Genuardi: in […]
Read moreWeek of Italian Cuisine in Turkey, between science and art
A rich and varied program, ranging between art and science, was organized by the Italian diplomatic and consular representatives in Turkey on the occasion of the Week of Italian Cuisine (the Italian Embassy in Ankara, the General Consulate of Italy in Istanbul and the Italian Consulate at Izmir). It was a voyage that valorized every […]
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