Tehran, the new episode of “8 1⁄2 Theatre Clips”
In cooperation with the Instabili vaganti theatre company and director Ali Shams, the Italian Embassy in Tehran has broadcast today on its social channels the second episode of the virtual theatre series 8 1/2 Theatre Clips. How COVID-19 Changed Our Lives, starring Danial Kheirikhah as lead actor. The episode, entitled Il Turno di Notte, is intended […]
Read more“Italia in mostra”, the winners of the competition
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation – Directorate General for the Promotion of the Country System is pleased to announce the name of the winners of the first edition of “Italia in mostra“, the competition of ideas aimed at the acquisition of exhibition projects focused on the enhancement of the Italian cultural heritage […]
Read moreIIC Paris: “Haute couture”, design dialogues with fashion
On the occasion of “Paris Design Week” 2020, the Italian Cultural Institute presents Haute couture, an installation by Servomuto, a duo of Italian designers composed by Francesca De Giorgi and Alessandro Poli. Servomuto combines extraordinary craftsmanship and avant-garde design in the creation of lamps and lights: Haute couture is a new project consisting of seven […]
Read moreChina, “Raffaello Opera Omnia” in Chengdu
On Thursday, August 20, at the Luxe Lakes Art Expo Centre in Chengdu, was held the opening ceremony of the exhibition “Raffaello Opera Omnia”. Organized in China in the year of the 50th anniversary of Chino-Italian diplomatic relations by the Embassy of Italy, the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing and the Italian Consulate General in […]
Read moreIIC Mexico City: the “M’illumino / d’immenso” Award
The Italian Cultural Institute of Mexico City presents the third edition of the International Prize for the translation of poetry from Italian into Spanish M’illumino d’immenso, organized in collaboration with the Swiss Embassy in Mexico and the Trādūxit Laboratory. Born in 2018, the prize aims to encourage the translation and dissemination of Italian and Swiss-Italian […]
Read moreUkraine, the pianist Pietro De Maria in Odessa Classics
The pianist Pietro De Maria performed on August 11th at the International Odessa Classics Festival, thanks to the support of the Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Kiev. The Festival, inaugurated on August 10, marked the resumption of cultural activities in Ukraine after the coronavirus emergency. Present at the event, together with the local […]
Read moreStockholm: music in Raphael’s time
The Embassy of Italy in Sweden and the Italian Cultural Institute present Punctum Contra Punctum. Symmetries and Visions in the Italian Renaissance, a concert by guitarist Simone Vallerotonda. The performance – organised as part of the Stockholm Early Music Festival (SEMF), the most significant event dedicated to Baroque, Renaissance and Medieval music in the Nordic countries – is […]
Read moreEmbassy Tel Aviv: “Accelerate in Israel” webinar
The Italian Embassy in Israel and the ICE Agency – in collaboration with the Minister for Technological Innovation and Digitization, the Israel-Italy Chamber of Commerce and Industry and some private partners – are organizing the Accelerate in Israel webinar, which will take place on Tuesday, September 1 from 9 to 10 am (Italian time). The […]
Read moreIIC Toronto: a webinar on Raphael and Paolo Veronese
The Italian Cultural Institute of Toronto, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institutes of Chicago, Los Angeles, Montreal, New York, San Francisco and Washington D.C., presents On the Footsteps of the Genius: Raphael and Paolo Veronese, (Sulle orme del genio: Raffaello e Paolo Veronese) an online conference by Thomas Dalla Costa, Curatorial Fellow of the […]
Read moreIIC Cairo: M’ illumino / d’immenso Prize
The Italian Cultural Institute of Cairo, the Swiss Embassy in Egypt, the Luxor University, the Luxor Poetry House, the Traduxit Laboratory in order to promote the translation and diffusion of Italian and Swiss-Italian poetry in Arabic-speaking countries are announcing the first edition for Arabic-speaking countries of M’illumino / d’immenso, an international prize for the translation […]
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