Oslo: a lecture on the restoration of the Giotto frescoes in Assisi
The restoration of Giotto’s frescoes in Assisi has been defined as “a utopia that has become reality” and will be the topic of a conference on 31 August held by the Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo, organised by Camilla Sinding-Larsen, a graduate in Conservation of Cultural Heritage at the Higher Institute for Conservation and Restoration […]
Read moreBogotà: Italy is a participant at the International Book Fair
The Italian Cultural Institute of Bogotá is taking part in the International Book Fair, which has been held in the Colombian capital every year since 1988 and will be running this year until 20 August, bringing together book professionals, publishers, distributors, booksellers, agents and writers for an international showcase that is open to national and […]
Read moreKiev: an exhibition of Italian contemporary art
Pier Francesco Zazo, the Ambassador of Italy to Kiev, has opened the travelling exhibition “The Silk Road. Contemporary art and artists from Italy “at the” Kyiv History Museum “, in the centre of the Ukrainian capital. Curated by Angela Tecce and conceived by the Garuzzo Institute for the Visual Arts of Turin, it includes 38 […]
Read moreMoscow: a documentary on non-tourist Venice
As part of the exhibition about Venice, on 20 August the Italian Cultural Institute of Moscow will be screening Tatjana Daniljanc’s documentary “Il giardino che è nascosto” [“The garden that is hidden”] at the Tsaritsyno open-air museum. This fascinating journey through Venice takes the form of stories recounted by ten Venetians: the city as a […]
Read moreLos Angeles: a summer in the company of Alberto Sordi
The Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles is screening “A summer with Alberto Sordi”: four films by the great Roman actor whose career spanned seven decades and made him an icon of Italian cinema all over the world, both in comedy and light drama. Each of the films will be running for three consecutive days, […]
Read moreZurich, Crans-Montana: talking about Italian fashion
Talking about Italian art and fashion in Crans-Montana: the Italian Cultural Institute of Zurich, in collaboration with the AMITALIA Association, is holding a festival of films dedicated to the fashion greats. “House of Cardin” is the story of Pierre Cardin, who was born in Italy before becoming naturalised French, and was one of the most […]
Read moreSidney: si parla dello spazio, ma non solo
I viaggi interplanetari, le missioni umane su Marte ma anche la sostenibilità ambientale sulla terra, sono i temi al centro di un convegno organizzato dall’Ambasciata d’Italia a Canberra, in collaborazione con l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Sidney e l’Australian Academy of Science. A trattare questi temi, il 20 agosto, saranno chiamati cinque eminenti scienziati: Elisabetta […]
Read moreMontevideo: omaggio a Nino Manfredi
L’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Montevideo organizza dal 3 al 10 agosto un ciclo di proiezioni in omaggio a Nino Manfredi (1921-2004) di cui quest’anno ricorre il centenario della nascita. Il programma dal titolo ‘Nino Manfredi, un allegro picaro, tra innocenza e realtà’ vuole dare testimonianza dell’importante ruolo avuto dall’attore nella storia del cinema italiano […]
Read moreValona: teatro in strada per i 30 anni da nave Vlora a Bari
A 30 anni dall’arrivo, nel porto di Bari della nave Vlora, carica di 20 mila albanesi, le cui immagini sono rimaste impresse nella memoria di tutti, l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Tirana promuove il progetto: ‘La storia al contrario’. Dal 6 al 10 agosto le strade di Valona diventano un palcoscenico all’aperto grazie agli artisti […]
Read moreSan Paolo: musica italiana su Radio Eldorado
Debutta il 2 agosto in Brasile il programma radiofonico ‘Conexão Italia’, frutto di una partnership tra l’Istituto italiano di cultura (IIC) di San Paolo e radio Eldorado. Il programma andrà in onda dal lunedì al venerdì, tre volte al giorno, su FM 107,3 e sul sito radioeldorado.com.br ed è dedicato integralmente alla musica contemporanea italiana, […]
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