“Due ma non Due” (“Two but not Two”) is the title of the double installation to be displayed at the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Santiago in Chile from 27 June to 1 August. The installation, by Italian artist Clara Salina, tries to cast light on the cycle in which we are trapped and of […]
Read moreMask, marionette, comedy icon: the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Sao Paulo pays tribute to the “Prince of Laughter”. On the 50th anniversary of the death of the great Antonio de Curtis, a.k.a. Totò, on 15 April 1967, and as part of the “50 anni senza Totò” (“50 Years without Totò”) cycle of events dedicated to […]
Read moreItaly is bolstering its cooperation with Mexico in the field of culture. Italian Ambassador to Mexico, Luigi Maccotta, recently had a long and cordial meeting with the Secretary of Culture, Maria Cristina García Cepeda. The Ambassador was accompanied by the director of the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Mexico City, Marco Marica, and by the […]
Read moreItaly was one of the exhibitors at the 43rd Vitória Stone Fair – Marmomacc Latin America event from 4 to 8 June this year. The Fair is one of the leading global events dedicated to marble and natural stone. Our ambassador in Brasilia, Antonio Bernardini, attended the opening ceremony along with a number of Italian […]
Read moreOn 11 June Argentina will host “Buenos Aires celebrates Italy”, a one-day event dedicated to Italy’s culture, history and tourist attractions. For the occasion, there will be the presentation of a special edition of ENIT’s “Piccoli Borghi d’Italia” to illustrate the Country’s most beautiful highlights. The event, organised with the participation of more than 50 […]
Read more“Reopening the Embassy of Honduras in Rome will contribute to further strengthening our excellent relations. The Italian business community in Honduras is extremely dynamic especially in the area of infrastructure, mines and hydropower, tourist services and restaurants. Moreover, Italy is fully committed to implementing the cooperation initiatives that have already been expedited both at bilateral […]
Read moreThe Italian Cultural Institute in Montevideo, in Uruguay, will begin a cycle of film screenings “for a changing society” starting on 8 June. The screenings include: “My Country” (“Patria”) by Felice Farina (8 June); “Italy in a day – Un giorno da italiani” by Gabriele Salvatores (15 June); “Terra di transito” by Paolo Martino (22 June); […]
Read moreThe Brazilian city of Sao Paulo will play host to the 2017 edition of the Italian Film Festival, which will run from 1 June to 19 June. The Festival will feature a selection of films with a view tol promoting a better understanding and appreciation of our country. Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Great Beauty”, 2013, will […]
Read moreItaly too will be present at Argentina’s Bienal de Performance 2017. Our country will be represented by Italo-Argentinian musician and artist Lucio Capece, who will perform his sound opera RX 22 for two RX11 electronic batteries and 9 suspended loud speakers. The event is scheduled to take place on 31 May at the Museo Latino […]
Read moreThe first meeting of the Cuba-Italy Bi-national Committees set up to manage the Countervalue Fund established by the Bilateral Debt Treatment Agreements signed last July, was held today in Havana, chaired by the Deputy Minister for Overseas Trade and Foreign Investment (MINCEX), Ileana Nuñez, and the Italian Ambassador to Cuba, Andrea Ferrari. For Cuba, the meeting was […]
Read moreAt 7pm on 31 May, the Italian Cultural Institute in Mexico City will host Federica Rainelli’s conference “’Gente de costumbre’. Life and ritual practices amongst the Otomi of the Sierra Madre Orientale”. In the mountains of the Sierra Madre Orientale, between the Sierra Norte de Puebla and the Huasteca Sud, is a small tongue of […]
Read moreOn Friday 19 May, at 2:45 pm, the Farnesina hosted the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between the IILA (the Italian Latin American Institute) and the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) on strengthening cooperation on issues of food security and rural development in Latin America. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) […]
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