Guatemala: collective exhibition of Italian artists
The Italian Cultural Institute in Guatemala City opened the contemporary art exhibition “Tempo& Spazio” (“Time & Space). The show includes Italian artists selected by the curator and art critic Monica Ferrarini, in order to establish a dialogue and a comparison with Guatemalan artists selected by co-curator and artist Brenda Estrada. The exhibition is part of […]
Read morePraga: musica e tradizioni sarde con “Boches a beatbox”
La musica, le tradizioni e la cucina della Sardegna sono sbarcate a Praga dove l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura ospita “Boches a beatbox”, un progetto che unisce il tradizionale canto a tenore con le forme musicali innovative e sperimentali dell’armonica beatbox di Moses Concas. Il progetto ha come obiettivo la realizzazione di progetti innovativi che valorizzino i beni […]
Read moreA restored version of “C’era una volta il West” at the Sousse Festival
The magic of cinema classics is revived thanks to the restoration of old films. The fifth edition of ‘Cinéma au Musée’, the film and cultural festival that will be running from 29 August to 1 September on the esplanade of the Sousse Archaeology Museum, is dedicated precisely to these ‘old glories’. Organised by the Association […]
Read moreCarthage: the Roman Theatre stages great Italian opera
More than 5,000 spectators were present at the Grand Gala of Italian Opera staged in the Roman Theatre of Carthage by the ‘Ente Luglio Musicale Trapanese’ to close the 55th edition of the International Festival of Carthage. Four soloists of international renown guided the audience on a musical voyage through the masterpieces of Italian opera: […]
Read moreThe Italy Pavilion opens at the Smart China Expo in Chongqing
An exhibition space of three hundred square meters in one of the most important Chinese fairs on science, technology and innovation: this is how the Italy Pavilion forms part of the second edition of Smart China Expo, that opened today at the International Yuelai Conference Center in Chongqing. Italy, together with Great Britain and Singapore, […]
Read moreKarachi: New Agreement Signed with University to Teach Italian Courses
The Italian Consulate and The Institute of Business Management have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Karachi to continue and expand Italian language teaching programs. The IOBM, founded in 1994, is a prestigious local private university that started working with the Italian Consulate in 2016 when an Italian teacher, paid partly by the university and […]
Read moreBrazil, an August dense with Italian cultural events
This year, Sao Paulo recorded an August dense with Italian cultural events. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Primo Levi, the Tapera Taperá Cultural Centre hosted the presentation of the new Portuguese edition of the poetry by the great Turin-born writer (‘Mil Sois’, published by Todavia). Brazilian translator Mauricio Santana Dias curated […]
Read moreBryant GeM award in memory of Gloria and Marco. Young Italian architects in the UK
The memory of Gloria Trevisan and Marco Gottardi, a young Italian couple who died in the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, lives on through the GeM Award set up by the architecture firm Peregrine Bryant, where Gloria worked. The award covers a three-month placement during which recipients study conservation of historic buildings, with both […]
Read moreBrasilia, the pleasure of reading Susanna Tamaro in Italian
On Wednesday, 28 August, the “New Pleasure of Reading in Italian” series will pick up again at the Italian Embassy in Brasilia. The readings of contemporary works will resume with “Ogni angelo è tremendo” by Susanna Tamaro. In a book which is halfway between an autobiography and an educational novel, the authoress narrates the childhood […]
Read moreItalian Cooperation Launches Road Map for Family Medicine in Sudan
A new road map was launched yesterday in Khartoum to run the Family Health program in Sudan, which aims to strengthen basic health care for the local population. In this context, the Dictorna program – one of the most important initiatives of the Italian Cooperation in Sudan – is currently being rolled out in the […]
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