Copenaghen hosts “De André is alive, long live De Andrè!”
“De André is alive, long live De Andrè!” was the show that the Italian Cultural Institute in Copenhagen organized to pay homage to ‘Faber’, Fabrizio De Andrè, the Genoa-born singer and song writer who passed away twenty years ago. Madam Dori Ghezzi participated in the event. Ambassador Luigi Ferrari recalled how De Andre’s songs innovated the Italian music tradition […]
Read moreLeonardo da Vinci’s ideal city illustrated in Lisbon
‘Between Reality and Utopia: Leonardo da Vinci and the Ideal Renaissance City’ is the name of the lecture organised by the Italian Ambassador in Lisbon, Uberto Vanni d’Archirafi, in association with the prestigious Portuguese Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. The lecture will be delivered in […]
Read moreDakar: The Farnesina art collection on display until 13 July
A selection of 12 works from the contemporary art collection permanently on display at the Farnesina is currently being exhibited at the Musée des Civilizations Noires in Dakar. The Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Dakar are offering the Senegalese public a perspective of the Italian art scene which is varied in style and […]
Read moreLondon: Getting Closer to the ‘Zero-Waste Embassy’ Target
The Italian Embassy in London made another step towards “Zero Waste”. Thanks to an agreement with Novamont and Green Network, two leading Italian companies in the field of sustainable economy, the amount of non-recyclable waste has been reduced by 20% in two months, while 100% of consumed energy now comes from renewable sources. In presenting […]
Read moreNational Antimafia Prosecutor and Police Chief Sign Memorandum in Skopje
No country can, on its own, counter organized crime, terrorism, international trafficking and corruption effectively. This was the central theme of the official visit by National Antimafia Prosecutor Federico Cafiero de Raho and Chief of Italian Police Franco Gabrielli in Skopje. Their meetings with local officials culminated with the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation […]
Read moreMeeting in Jazz: encounters between Italian and African jazz talents
On Saturday, 15 June at 9 p.m., the African Jazz Village in Addis Ababa, will host a performance by Stefano Carbonelli and Andrea Di Biase with the famous Kain Lab Ethiopian band. The concert scheduled in Addis Ababa on Saturday, 15 June 2019, kicks off the new “Meeting in Jazz” art project organised by the […]
Read moreCrisis Unit and Universities partner to assure the safety of students abroad
The signing of two new Conventions – with the University of Bologna and the Catholic University of Milan – broadens the scope of partnerships entered into by the Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Unit with the Italian universities that are most involved at international level. “The issue of the safety of Italian students in the world has […]
Read moreStockholm hosts a performance installation by Stefano Serretta
The Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm hosts a performance installation by Stefano Serretta, which forms part of Vasco Forconi’s project entitled ‘Shoegaze’, a veiled tribute to a subgenre of indie rock that was in vogue in the United Kingdom in the late ’80s. The project aims to develop a cycle of exhibitions throughout 2019 by […]
Read moreBrasilia: presentation of a photographic book paying homage to the Venice Carnival
The Italian Embassy in Brasilia hosted the presentation of the photography book “Cenas Venezianas (Scene Veneziane)”, by photographer Francisco De Assis Andrade, which pays homage to the Carnival of Venice. The winner of the Premio Pini 2017, the book contains texts in Portuguese, Italian and English. The book was written at the end of the photographer’s […]
Read moreBuenos Aires Exhibition by Martin Errichiello, the winner of the Premio Italia Argentina for art
The audio-visual installation “Il tempo che vivi è più forte di te” (“The Time You Live is Stronger than You”) by Martin Errichiello, on show at the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires from 14 June, draws inspiration from the theme of exploring the body as a territory and as a source of political, civil […]
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