Bogotá: a lecture by Eugenio Viola
On the occasion of the 17th Giornata del Contemporaneo, the Italian Cultural Institute of Bogotá in collaboration with MAMbo (Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotà) has organised a lecture on “Gian Maria Tosatti and the Italian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale” with Eugenio Viola, Head Curator of MAMbo and Curator of the Italian Pavilion […]
Read moreAthens, book on the Greek revolution presented at the Embassy
In this bicentennial year of the Greek revolution, the Italian Embassy in Athens wanted to celebrate the significant anniversary – in memory of the great movement of ideals and freedom on which Greek independence is based and which was so important for the history of the rest of the European continent as well – with […]
Read moreHelsinki, ten Italian start-ups participate in ‘Slush’ 2021
On the 1st and 2nd of December in Helsinki, Italy took part in the 2021 edition of ‘Slush’, an international event for start-ups and players in the new technology sector. As in the previous editions (last year, the event was cancelled due to the pandemic), our country was the protagonist thanks to the presence of […]
Read morePretoria, long-distance dialogue on video art
The Italian Cultural Institute in Pretoria and the Luigi Di Sarro Centre organised a webinar, a long-distance dialogue between Italy and South Africa with the protagonists of the Video Art Awards (VAA), which encourages and promotes the production of works using the moving image. It was the third edition of the Award, conceived and promoted […]
Read morePanama: Enel Green Power switches on two solar power installations
The Embassy of Italy in Panama took part at the switch-on of two solar power installations in the communities of Jagüito (Coclé province) and Esperanza (Chiriquí province) constructed by Enel Green Power (EGP), which is committed to developing renewable energy sources throughout Central America by investing in photovoltaic generation. For an investment of 30 million […]
Read moreMoscow, Italian culinary traditions on Russian TV
On the occasion of the 6th edition of the Italian Cuisine Week, the Italian Embassy in Moscow, in collaboration with the television programme “The City”, created a special episode dedicated to our culinary tradition. In the programme, which aired on the public TV Moscow24 channel, the Italian Ambassador to Russia, Giorgio Starace, toured the centre […]
Read moreExhibitions: the incense route from Oman to Italy
An exhibition on the historical links between Italy and Oman thanks to the Incense Route, organised by the Italian Embassy and the National Museum of Oman, and curated by the Associazione Italiana Per Fumum of Turin, was inaugurated in Mascate, in the presence of the Italian Ambassador, Federica Favi, and Omani Prince Kamil Al Said. […]
Read moreCopenhagen, lockdown in Rome as seen by Donatella Spaziani
The Italian Cultural Institute in Copenhagen, on the occasion of the Giornata del Contemporaneo (Day of the Contemporary), is hosting Donatella Spaziani’s exhibition “Insieme concertante”. For the first time, unpublished photographs taken by the artist, whose works are also in the Farnesina Collection, will be on display during the first lockdown in Rome, alongside pencil […]
Read moreDakar, Ambassador De Vito visits the frigate Antonio Marceglia
The Italian Ambassador to Senegal, Giovanni Umberto De Vito, visited the Italian Navy’s frigate “Antonio Marceglia”, which made a stopover in Dakar on its return from a campaign of operations conducted in the Gulf of Guinea. In Dakar, the frigate Marceglia conducted an exercise with the Senegalese Navy before continuing its navigation. In greeting the […]
Read moreThe cutting-edge “Costa Toscana” cruise ship delivered in Finland
The Italian Ambassador to Finland, Sergio Pagano, attended the handover ceremony at the Meyer shipyard, in Turku, of the “Costa Toscana”, the new flagship of the Costa Crociere cruise fleet and sister ship of the “Costa Smeralda”, which was also launched in the port city in south-western Finland two years ago. Powered by liquefied natural […]
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