America Settentrionale

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10 October 2016

United States – Archaeology in the Mediterranean takes centre stage in Washington DC

A conference on “Archaeology in the Mediterranean Region: Economic Challenges for a Better Future”, promoted by the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington and organised by Roberto Nardi, will be held on 12 October concomitantly to the opening of the exhibition “The Ancient Giants of Mont’e Prama: From Stone Fragments to […]

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7 October 2016

United States – Verdi, Puccini and more in the “Recital italiano” by pianist Luciano Bellini

Luciano Bellini, composer, pianist and orchestra conductor, has a very long track record: he has composed symphonies, sacred and chamber music and opera in addition to electronic and theatre music and scores for the cinema, television and ballet. He has been conferred a number of awards both in Italy and abroad. His music has been […]

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4 October 2016

USA, 668 masterpieces by 345 Italian artists shown online

As of today, it is possible to admire online 668 masterpieces by 345 Italian artists from 39 museums in the United States. The artists span from Leonardo, Michelangelo and Caravaggio to Modigliani, Stradivarius and Canova. The “Italian Treasures in the U.S.” online gallery can be seen on the site www.ItalyinUS.org, which displays a vast and […]

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30 September 2016

Italy takes centre stage at Washington Book Festival

Italy scored an extraordinary success at the 2016 National Book Festival, organised by the Library of Congress and held on September 24 at the Washington Convention Centre. Over 220,000 people visited the festival in one day. Two events put Italy under the spotlight this year. First, a special panel in the international section of the […]

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29 September 2016

USA – A “Cover Revolution!” hits the publishing world

A revolution is underway across Italian bookshops: in recent years, a wind of change has swept across the shelves where historical fiction collections used to be displayed. Many publishing houses asked a group of world-renowned Italian illustrators with a very original style to reinvent book covers. The Italian Cultural Institute in New York organised the […]

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29 September 2016

Farnesina hosts debate on the challenges to European security

On 29 and 30 September the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) is hosting the 9th “Transatlantic Security Symposium” dedicated to “Europe’s Security Governance and Transatlantic Relations”, organised by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) with the support of the MAECI, the Public Diplomacy Division of NATO, the United States Embassy, the Compagnia di […]

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28 September 2016

United State – Annual Conference of the Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation (ISSNAF)

The Italian Embassy in Washington will host the annual conference of the Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation (ISSNAF) on 17 and 18 October. The occasion will offer the members of Italy’s scientific community an opportunity to meet with representatives of institutions, the industry and the academic world and to discuss innovative ideas […]

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20 September 2016

United States – “The Secret” by Fiamma Montezemolo puts visual arts in centre stage

“The Secret” is the title of the solo exhibition by Fiamma Montezemolo, anthropologist and professor at the University of California. The exhibition is hosted at the Kadist Foundation of San Francisco (3295, 20th Street) and will run from 21 September to 1 October. Organised in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC), the exhibition displays […]

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9 September 2016

Canada – Montreal hosts retrospective on Michelangelo Antonioni

A little over nine years since the death of Michelangelo Antonioni, one of the greatest directors of contemporary cinema, the Italian Cultural Institute in Montreal and the Cinémathèque québécoise have organised a retrospective of the Italian master to show his take on the human soul and on the contradictions of modern society. It is a […]

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Press Releases

24 August 2016

Earthquake in Central Italy: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry conveys his condolences in a phone call to Minister Gentiloni

The U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, called Italian Foreign Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, to convey his condolences to the Government and to express his closeness to the families hit by the earthquake. Mr Kerry said he was deeply struck by the gravity of the death toll and confirmed the willingness of the U.S. Government to […]

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19 August 2016

USA – Requalification of endangered Iraqi heritage on show in the US

An exhibition on the requalification of Iraq’s cultural heritage will open in the U.S. on September 7. “Heritage in danger. The Centro Scavi Torino and the requalification of the Iraqi cultural heritage,” the exhibition promoted by  the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington in collaboration with the Centro Ricerche Archeologiche e Scavi […]

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9 August 2016

Montreal to host Italian fashion exhibition “Eleganza”

From Valentino to Armani and Fendi to Prada, Italian fashion takes centre stage in Montreal where the McCord Museum presents “Eleganza: Italian Fashion, From 1945 to Today” an exhibition which runs until 25 September. “Eleganza” displays the work of Italian stylists that changed the fashion landscape, especially in the post-World War II period. It was […]

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