The 10th edition of “Venice Cinema Week” got under way in Brazil. An itinerant event, it will leave from the city of Brasilia and touch down in four others: Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, where it will close on 15 December. Its organisers are the Embassy of Italy in Brazil, the […]
Read more Italy’s ambassador to Argentina, Teresa Castaldo, awarded the 2014 prizes for journalism at the Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires during the opening of an exhibition of the works of photographer Anatole Saderman. Winners included Graciela Cutuli, Emilia Erbetta and Nestor Tirri, who won a trip to Italy in 2015, and two others who […]
Read moreThe 2014 edition of Italian Language Week in Caracas was a very “rich” one, beginning with the opening of the photographic exhibition “Orinoco fra miti e leggende” by journalist Gianfranco Di Giacomantonio at the Italian Cultural Institute, which sponsored the show with the support of our embassy in Venezuela. The date was chosen to commemorate […]
Read moreThe residence of the Italian Ambassador in Panama hosted a concert by the Conservatoire of Santa Cecilia at an event to present the Italian-Panamanian Youth Orchestra. Established under the Italy-Panama bilateral cultural collaboration agreement, the Orchestra will give its first performance in January 2015 in Panama. The evening at the residence also provided an opportunity […]
Read moreA “bridge” linking Expo 2015 and Matera 2019, the city’s year as European Capital of Culture, is being planned. The aim is to capitalise on the initiatives that the Italian Government intends to organise through our embassies to promote both events in Latin America. A key goal is to increase tourism numbers, not least in […]
Read moreThe art of Italian restoration takes centre stage in Córdoba with an exhibition running from 24 November to 12 December 2014. Produced by the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry for Cultural Assets and Activities, the exhibition celebrates the work of the Higher Institute for Conservation and Restoration (ISCR). A series of panels have been installed […]
Read more“Saderman, portraits in Rome” is the title of an exhibition, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires, running from 25 November through 18 December. The exhibition features photographer Anatole Saderman’s portraits of artists such as Guttuso, Vespignani, Afro, Capogrossi and other great names in Italian painting. The photos were taken during the photographer’s […]
Read moreIn merito all’appello rivolto dall’Architetto Steiner e dai numerosi firmatari dell’iniziativa per far luce sulla scomparsa di 43 studenti messicani nello stato di Guerrero, si informa che il Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Paolo Gentiloni segue da vicino l’evolversi della tragica vicenda. La Farnesina è da tempo in contatto con l’Ambasciata del […]
Read moreChile: USD 4.2 billion in transport investiments President Bachelet presented a portfolio of upcoming plans for investment in the sector of transport totalling USD 4.2 billion. In some cases, these are projects already announced by the previous administration and, in others, new ones aimed at improving the transport networks of regional capitals. Of the total […]
Read moreSi e’ conclusa con una “buona partecipazione” di pubblico a Buenos Aires la XIV Settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo. Diversi gli eventi organizzati dal Consolato generale d’Italia, dall’Istituto italiano di cultura, dalle scuole italiane, comitati della Societa’ Dante Alighieri e altre Associazioni italiane. Tra questi, un incontro del critico gastronomico Pietro Sorba dal titolo […]
Read moreSenegal: Country Presentation Si svolgerà domani a Roma presso la sede di Confindustria una Country Presentation Senegal. L’evento, organizzato insieme con il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale e l’Ambasciata del Senegal a Roma, intende rafforzare le relazioni economiche e industriali tra Italia e Senegal, offrendo ai partecipanti informazioni sulle opportunità di business […]
Read moreThe 10th Italian Film Festival of Sao Paulo Brazil gets under way on 24 November this year, preceded from 18 to 23 November by an exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute of Gianni Pinizzotto’s photographic portraits of Italian cinema masters, intended to revive the moments in which some of the greatest film works ever produced […]
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