An agreement was signed, financing three study bursaries to be offered to Italian citizens for the 2014-2015 academic year, by the Commission on Cultural Exchanges between the U.S. and Italy and the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research. Read more, in Italian
Read moreItaly Art LA, an Android and iOS app to explore Italian art in Los Angeles, is online. The initiative was conceived by the Italian Cultural Institute with support from our Embassy in Washington and the Consulate General in Los Angeles. The app offers two integrated and interactive itineraries: “From Light to Matter” and “Traces of […]
Read moreThe “Dying Gaul”, one of the Capitoline Museums’ greatest masterpieces, has arrived in Washington for an exhibition that will run until 16 March 2014 at the National Gallery of Art. The event was opened in the presence of the Director of the Capitoline, Claudio Parisi Presicce, and the Mayor of Rome, Ignazio Marino, who met […]
Read more“I am not my body. I am my mind”, is the title of a symposium organised by the Embassy of Italy in Washington on the first anniversary of her death. The seminar will concentrate on the social changes that medical research can generate over the coming decade, and falls within the context of 2013 – […]
Read moreL’arte italiana a Los Angeles diventa 2.0. Il merito e’ di una nuova applicazione, “Italy Art LA” e del relativo sito web (www.italyartla.com), che permetteranno agli utenti di scoprire l’arte italiana nella citta’ californiana grazie a un sistema basato sulla geolocalizzazione e attraverso una varieta’ di strumenti, quali una piantina personalizzata ed interattiva, testi scritti, […]
Read moreTappa a San Francisco per “UN.it – Unesco.Italia”, la mostra fotografica sui siti italiani iscritti nella lista Unesco del Patrimonio mondiale realizzata dalla Direzione generale sistema paese della Farnesina in stretta collaborazione con il ministero per i Beni e le attivita’ culturali. 47 siti italiani patrimonio Unesco in 152 scatti d’autore L’esposizione, che si terra’ […]
Read more“Holy Glasnost”: Papa Francesco ed il suo Pontificato e’ il titolo di copertina del nuovo numero di “Longitude”, la rivista diretta da Pialuisa Bianco, in edicola dal 6 dicembre . I servizi all’interno si articolano sul dibattito nella componente cattolica, sulla radice latino-americana del Pontificato, sulle “aperture” che potrebbero portare a riforme strutturali nell’ambito della […]
Read moreThe calendar of 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the United States was enriched with a new event. “Stradivarius Night” held at Villa Firenze, the residence of the Ambassador to Washington, offered a concert featuring two violins – the Ole Bull of 1687 and the Greffuhle of 1709 – the Herbert Axelrod viola of 1695 […]
Read moreThe young soloists and musicians of the orchestra of the La Scala academy cross the ocean for the Year of Italy in the US festivities, thanks to the support of the Fondazione Bracco, to give a concert on 4 December at the Strathmore Music Centre. Read more, in Italian
Read moreTurchia: crescono le vendite di autoveicoli nei primi 10 mesi del 2013 Secondo i dati pubblicati dall’Automotive Distributors Association (ODD), nei primi 10 mesi del 2013, il mercato delle autovetture è cresciuto del 18% mentre quello dei veicoli commerciali leggeri è calato del 13%. Nel periodo considerato, il mercato ha quindi fatto segnare un aumento […]
Read moreLos Angeles paid tribute to the memory of Federico Fellini on the 20th anniversary of the famous film director’s death, with a concert by the Orchestra Italiana del Cinema (OIC), in collaboration with the best young musicians in Los Angeles, at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Read more, in Italian. Viaggio musicale attraverso le colonne sonore dei […]
Read moreNiccolo’ Machiavelli lands in America, with an exhibition that coincides with the Year of Italian Culture in the U.S. to be mounted in Washington and New York. Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince and his times (1513-2013) An exhibition on Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince and his times (1513-2013), sponsored by ENI, opened at the Embassy of Italy […]
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