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22 August 2025

La Paz, Italo-Bolivian Exhibition “Inner Territory”

At the “Simón Patiño” Cultural Centre in La Paz, Ambassador Fabio Messineo inaugurated the exhibition Inner Territory, a collaborative project by Italian director, writer and playwright Fabrizio Catalano and Bolivian artists Fátima Lazarte and Yefrin Acuña. The exhibition, open to the public until mid-September, features sculptures and objects either inspired by or used in the […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

20 August 2025

Sarajevo, Italy takes centre stage at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival

Italy reaffirms its prominent role at the 31st edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival, taking place from 15 to 22 August in Sarajevo. Among the most highly anticipated international guests is Paolo Sorrentino, who arrived in Sarajevo just days ahead of the opening of the Venice Film Festival, where his latest work is set to […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

19 August 2025

São Paulo, Gastone Novelli on display

The exhibition A arte deve viver ao sol – Gastone Novelli no Brasil is currently underway in São Paulo, the result of a collaboration between the Italian Cultural Institute and the Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo. Curated by Ana Magalhães and Marco Rinaldi, the exhibition features 29 works by Gastone […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

19 August 2025

London, Giuseppe Penone at the Serpentine Gallery

Currently on view at the Serpentine Gallery (Kensington Gardens) is the exhibition Thoughts in the Roots, featuring works by Giuseppe Penone spanning from 1969 to the present. Curated by Claude Adjil, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Alexa Chow, the exhibition is organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of London. Thoughts in the Roots brings […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

18 August 2025

A Secret Agent in the Service of Art

Rodolfo Siviero, born in Guardistallo (Pisa) in 1911, was one of the key figures in the protection and recovery of Italy’s artistic heritage looted during the Second World War. A graduate in philosophy, he developed an early interest in art and, during the war, became an intelligence agent for the Italian government, tasked with monitoring […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

18 August 2025

Hangzhou, Exhibition: “360°: Why We Paint?”

The exhibition “360°: Why We Paint?” is currently on view at By Art Matters in Hangzhou. Open to the public until 12 October 2025, the project has been co-organised by the Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci (Prato) and By Art Matters (Hangzhou), with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Shanghai and the […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

12 August 2025

Rio de Janeiro, exhibition “Italia Brutalista”

The Italian Cultural Institute of Rio de Janeiro, in collaboration with the Consulate General, presents the photography exhibition “Italia Brutalista. L’arte del cemento” (“Brutalist Italy. The art of concrete”), on display until the end of August at the ItalianoRio Cultural Hub, a multifunctional and multimedia space designed to host thematic exhibitions, workshops and lectures. The […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

11 August 2025

Munich, “Italy on two wheels” exhibition

The exhibition “Italy on two wheels” is currently taking place at the Italian Cultural Institute of Munich, organised in collaboration with the cultural collective Mo’ Better Football, long committed to exploring the intersections between art and sport, the Consulate General of Italy in Freiburg, and the Italian Cultural Institutes of Hamburg and Stuttgart. The exhibition’s […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

11 August 2025

Seoul, 19th-century masterpieces from Capodimonte in Asia for the first time

On 31 July 2025, the exhibition “Culture and Society in the 19th-century collection of the Capodimonte Museum” was inaugurated at the My Art Museum in Seoul, marking the first exhibition in Asia entirely dedicated to the 19th-century collection of the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte in Naples. The opening ceremony was attended by Italian […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

6 August 2025

New Delhi, ancient Rome and India in “Beyond Boundaries”

The Italian Cultural Institute of New Delhi hosted the conference “Beyond Boundaries”, in collaboration with the Humayun’s Tomb Museum. The event featured two prominent speakers: Professor Emerita Romila Thapar, one of India’s most distinguished historians and a transformative figure in the study of ancient Indian history. She has been honoured with the prestigious Kluge Prize […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

6 August 2025

Bratislava, exhibition for the 90th anniversary of Pino Pascali’s birth

The exhibition dedicated to Pino Pascali has opened at the Považská Art Gallery in Žilina. The event has been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Bratislava and the Embassy of Italy, in collaboration with Frittelli Arte Contemporanea and the Archivio dell’Opera Grafica di Pino Pascali in Florence. Curated by Simone Frittelli, the exhibition focuses […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

6 August 2025

Berlin, “MILLESUONI” at the third edition of IT Out OFF

The third edition of IT Out OFF is currently taking place in Berlin. The programme, launched in 2022 by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity (Italian Ministry of Culture) in collaboration with the Directorate-General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation), aims to promote the internationalisation of Italian contemporary art. […]

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