Italy showcased in the South Africa contemporary art fair – the Cape Town Art Fair closes with the Italian Consulate as the event’s institutional partner
The Investec Cape Town Art Fair – ICTAF, the contemporary art fair that, after only a few years, is now positioned as the most important in the African continent (6500 sqm of exhibition space, 95 international exhibitors, 22,000 visitors and expected sales for 6 million euros for the 2018 edition), kicked off on 15 February through […]
Read moreRaffaela Mariniello in Madrid with “La deriva del paesaggio”
The Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid presents the first personal exhibition by the artist Raffaela Mariniello in Spain as part of the ARCO International Contemporary Art Fair. “La deriva del paesaggio” is a retrospective exhibition by the Neapolitan artist and photographerand includes a rich sampling of her varied photographic and light box work.This dynamic, diachronic excursion […]
Read moreMM Contemporary Dance Company at the Vancouver Chutzpah! Festival
The “Bolero” by Maurice Ravel, with choreography by Michele Merola and Igor Stravinsky and “The Rite of Spring”, choreography by Enrico Morelli. The MM Contemporary Dance Company is directed by choreographer by Michele Merola and was established in 1999 as a production centre for events and performances and to promote festivals and workshops with the aim of fostering exchanges and alliances between Italian and international […]
Read moreItalian writers win over Czech readers
A supplement to the Literarni Noviny literary magazine dedicated to contemporary Italian literature was presented at Prague’s Literarni Kavarna literary café. The supplement, edited in cooperation with the local Italian Cultural Institute, makes an overview of 16 writers whose works have been recently published in the Czech language, complemented with articles, interviews and in-depth reports. […]
Read moreAmman: Meeting of the Counter ISIL Finance Group
Amman played host to the 9th Counter ISIL Finance Meeting on 11 February. The Group was first established in 2015 within the framework of the Global Anti-Daesh Coalition. It is chaired by Italy, the USA and Saudi Arabia.The meeting, which was attended by 49 delegations of member countries and observer states, focused on the steps […]
Read more“Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean in Lebanon”
The integrated programme “Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean 2018” was presented to the press and to the major partners of the Italian Cultural Institute, on 30 January, before the Lebanese Minister of Culture, Ghattas Khoury. The event was attended by the country’s most prominent media and television networks producing in Arabic, French and English. The programme’s […]
Read more“La Notte della Taranta” Popular Orchestra
The “La Notte della Taranta” Popular Orchestra, specialised in the popular music of the Salento area, will perform at the Olympic Games of Pyeongchang (South Korea) with a band of seven artists next 23 February. The performance will take place at the PyeongChang Olympic Festival Park, set up by the organizers of the Olympic games, […]
Read more“Italian Fashion” and “Shoes from Italy” in Tokyo
Italian style was in the limelight for three days in Tokyo. The 52nd edition of “Italian Fashion” and 62nd edition of “Shoes from Italy” took place at the BelleSalle Shibuya Garden in the centre of Tokyo between 6 and 9 February, with 147 companies presenting their clothes, fur, leather and shoe collections for the 2018-19 […]
Read moreFruit Logistica, CSO: statement by the Italian Ambassador in Germany
The event held at the Italian stand in Berlin’s Fruit Logistica revealed great consensus over the need for joint action on the part of Institutions, trade associations and professionals of the sector in order to promote Italy around the world. “Italy is Germany’s leading partner in the agro-food sector and its presence at Fruit […]
Read moreThe “Pompeii–The Infinite Life “ in 5 musei cinesi
Exhibits in terracotta, bronze and gold, statues, in addition to frescoes and furnishings from the area of the Vesuvius dating back to the Roman era, will be on display in five prestigious museums in China. The exhibits will be on show at the Archaeology Museum of Chengdu until 3 May, at the Qinshihuang Mausoleum Museum […]
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