America Settentrionale

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5 June 2013

FESTIVAL OF THE REPUBLIC : worldwide showcase for made in Italy

Celebrations around the world for the Festival of the Italian Republic. Embassies and consulates on 5 continents – from Japan to France, and from Romania to the United Arab Emirates, by way of Nigeria and Ethiopia – organised events, seizing the opportunity to promote the Made in Italy brand in all its many forms: music, […]

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4 June 2013

LOS ANGELES – beautiful Sicily in photos, art and music

The Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles hosted the opening of an exhibition by photographer Giuseppe Leone on the beauty of the Sicilian landscape, where salt fields and lush Mediterranean vegetation are interspersed with archaeological sites that bear witness to an ancient culture. The show is part of the larger “Sicilia bedda” (beautiful Sicily) series […]

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3 June 2013

ITALIA-USA – “Boxer at Rest” at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art

Italian ambassador to the United States Claudio Bisogniero announced in the Huffington Post that the bronze “Boxer at Rest” would be displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from early June to 15 July as part of the events for the Year of Italian Culture in the U.S., describing it as “in a word, spectacular”. […]

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30 May 2013

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino meets with Arab League Secretary General Nabil El-Araby

Prospects for the Syria crisis and the Middle East peace process were the main focus of Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino’s meeting today in Rome with Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil El-Araby, with the accent first and foremost on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s peace process initiative. The minister expressed her […]

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30 May 2013

ITALY-USA – The Monuments Men Foundation returns 8 precious volumes to Italy

A ceremony was held today at the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC, in collaboration with the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit of the Carabinieri and the Interpol Liaison Office, to mark the return to Italy of eight antique volumes, believed to be property of the University of Naples. These volumes were recently entered into the […]

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27 May 2013

NEW YORK – American tribute to Gio’ Ponti

The Italian Cultural Institute of New York organised and is hosting an exhibition on one of Italy’s great masters of architecture and design, Gio’ Ponti, entitled ”Vivere alla Ponti/Living Ponti Style, which features furniture designed by Ponti along with letters, photos, videos and other forms of documentation illustrating the modernity of his approach. The show […]

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21 May 2013

WASHINGTON – Mostra fotografica Ansa “Tour around Italy” (in translation)

L’Ambasciata italiana a Washington ha ospitato la presentazione di una mostra fotografica digitale dell’agenzia ANSA dal titolo “Tour around Italy”: si tratta di un tour fotografico alla scoperta delle bellezze di ogni regione e dei tesori nascosti dell’Italia. Sei sezioni L’esposizione si divide in sei sezioni, ognuna delle quali è introdotta da un commento di […]

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21 May 2013

Message of condolences from Minister Bonino for the victims of the tornado in Oklahoma

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino has sent the following message to the US Secretary of State John Kerry. “Like all Italians, I was shocked by the news and dramatic images of the tornado that has hit the suburbs of Oklahoma City so violently, causing such a high number of victims. Victims who include so many children […]

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20 May 2013

The Interview: Perrone, Made in Italy in California is not just food and fashion

Made in Italy isn’t only food, luxury cars and fashion here in California, but “is perceived in all its many facets”, assured Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles Giuseppe Perrone in an interview for the TG3 news programme “Persone”. There is, the Italian diplomat explains, a continuous network of relations, for example in the […]

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17 May 2013

ITALY-USA – Web fund-raiser for Bernini bust

An on-line fund-raiser, known as a “crowdfunding”, was conducted in the U.S. and Italy to fund an earthquake-proof base for the bust of Francesco I d’Este in Modena’s Estense Gallery, aimed to restore the Bernini masterpiece – closed after the violent earthquake of 2012 – to the world. Read more, in Italian.

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15 May 2013

Bonino in Parliament – Foreign Ministry to contribute to Italy’s rebound

Promotion of the country’s productive system, strengthening of the European Union, the Middle East peace process, the Syrian crisis, Libya and the solution to the case of the marines held in India were some of the foreign ministry’s main planning concerns outlined by Minister Emma Bonino in her report before the Upper and Lower Houses […]

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15 May 2013

WASHINGTON – Inaugurata mostra dedicata a Bice Lazzarri (in translation)

Si e’ aperta al National Museum of Women in the Arts (Nmwa) di Washington la mostra dal titolo “Bice Lazzari: Signature Line”. L’esposizione, che il pubblico potra’ visitare fino al 22 settembre prossimo, e’ dedicata all’artista Bice Lazzari, figura simbolo della pittura astratta in Italia negli anni Venti e Trenta. Organizzata in collaborazione con l’Archivio […]

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