Paris: talking about water in the Divine Comedy
On the occasion of the seven hundredth anniversary of the death of Dante, the Italian Cultural institute and Embassy in Paris, in collaboration with the Académie Française de l’Eau, are offering a round table discussion on 14 September, on the representation of rivers and water in all its forms, symbols, and meanings, in the Divine […]
Read moreThe “Magister Raffaello” exhibition arrives in Santiago, Chile
Together with the Italian Cultural Institute of Santiago and the Artequin Museum, the Italian Embassy in Chile brings the exhibition “Magister Raffaello, a wonderful journey through the Italian Renaissance” to Chile. The multimedia exhibition, which is arriving in Santiago after being shown in Austria, Vietnam and Mexico, allows visitors to explore the work, life and […]
Read moreChina: Italy is guest of honour at the World Winter Sports Expo, in view of the 2022 Beijing Olympics
On 3 September, at Shougang Park in Beijing, the opening ceremony was held of the “World Winter Sports Expo”, the most important trade fair in China and Asia dedicated to mountain technologies and products. Italy is taking part in the event as Guest of Honour Country, by virtue of its ancient Alpine tradition and the […]
Read moreSan Paolo: female images in Italian art
The Italian Cultural Institute in San Paolo is organising a series of conferences on women in Italian art. It will cover both artists like Artemisia Gentileschi, and the muses that inspired great artists like Leonardo, Raffaello, Tiziano, and Bernini. Within a cycle of five online meetings, Luciano Migliaccio, Professor of the History of Art at […]
Read moreZagreb: 21 photos of Italian piazzas during the lockdown
The Italian Ambassador in Zagreb, Pierfrancesco Sacco, and the new director of the Italian Cultural Institute, Gian Luca Borghese, opened the exhibition in Croatia of the virtual photographic exhibition “Piazze [In]visibili / [In]visible Piazzas”, 21 photos of Italian piazzas taken during the lockdown. The art project, hosted at Galerija Ružić, Sl. Brod in Zagreb, is […]
Read moreTanzania, Ambassador Lombardi presents “Business Incubator”
Italy’s Ambassador to Tanzania, Marco Lombardi, spoke at the presentation of a project of the MZumbe University, in Dar es Salaam, for the creation of a “Business Incubator”, in collaboration with the Catholic University of Milan and E4IMPACT Foundation, chaired by Letizia Moratti and whose membership includes MAPEI, WeBuild, Intesa San Paolo. During […]
Read moreBrussels: “Fragments of Sandro Trotti’s World” exhibition
The Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels, in collaboration with the Marche Studies Centre, presents the exhibition “Fragments of Sandro Trotti’s World”. The exhibition will open until 18 September at the Institute. Born in 1934 at Monte Urano, in the province of Ascoli Piceno, the painter soon moved to Rome where he concentrated on experimenting with […]
Read moreRiga: a journey through Italian art from the 16th to the 21st centuries
The Embassy in Riga has reopened the museum exhibition season with the exhibition “Self-Reflection”, a journey through Italian art from the 16th to the 21st centuries. The result of cooperation between the Uffizi Galleries, the Art Museum Riga Bourse and the Embassy, the exhibition, which is hosted in the splendid Venetian-style main hall of the […]
Read moreAlgiers, a masterclass on film criticism
The Italian Cultural Institute of Algiers has collaborated in the organisation of an online masterclass on film criticism, scheduled from 12 to 16 September 2021 and aimed at students and professionals of Algerian cinema. The event is part of online meetings on film criticism entitled “Jil Cilima” (from 11 to 18 September 2021) organised by […]
Read moreItalian archaeological mission in Azerbaijan, new excavations
Excavations by the Italian archaeological mission in Azerbaijan have resumed as part of the GaRKAP (Ganja Region Kurgan Archaeological Project) funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The main objective of the archaeological project is to learn about the history of the populations of western Azerbaijan from the 4th to the […]
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