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27 May 2020

IIC Australia: online conferences by Costantino D’Orazio

The Italian Institute of Culture in Sydney, in partnership with the Italian Institute of Culture in Melbourne, is launching a series of online conferences by Costantino D’Orazio, one of Italy’s most renowned art critics. Thanks to Prof. D’Orazio’s competence and great communication skills, the three conferences – from Caravaggio to Balla – will allow participants […]

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Diplomatic Network

27 May 2020

IIC Stockholm: “The acrobats” by Iurato in Covid-19 time

Ten illustrated tables to tell women’s lives in the Coronavirus era. ” The acrobats, Suspended days in Covid-19 time – Stockholm 2020″ is a graphic project by Ramona Iurato, born from the artist’s personal reflection on the female universe in such an extraordinary moment as the lockdown. The tables, created for the Italian Cultural Institute […]

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Diplomatic Network

26 May 2020

Strega Prize, 12 Incontri con il romanzo italiano di oggi

The Italian Cultural Institute in Hamburg and the Italian Cultural Institute in Vienna, in collaboration with the Hanser and Zsolnay publishing houses, are publishing 12 Incontri con il romanzo italiano di oggi/ 12 Begegnungenmit Italiens Prosa der Gegenwart, a collection of twelve extracts from twelve novels nominated for the renowned Strega Prize 2020. The Strega […]

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Diplomatic Network

26 May 2020

Giovane Poesia Italiana, the video in 4 languages for IICs

The Giovane Poesia Italiana anthology is an e-book published in five languages, and in which twenty Italian poets under 35 are represented at the time of publication. The Pordenonelegge Foundation, in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institutes of Madrid, Paris, London and Berlin, has produced a video in four languages involving seven of the young […]

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Diplomatic Network

26 May 2020

Greece, Italian cinema travels online

The Embassy of Italy in Greece, the Italian Cultural Institute of Athens and the AIAL Cultural Association invite all residents of Greece to the VIth Review of Italian Cinema in Greece. The initiative, within the framework of the Tempo Forte Italia-Ελλαδα 2020 programme and the Italian-Hellenic Cultural Cooperation Network, and with the support of the […]

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Diplomatic Network

25 May 2020

Africa Day 2020, the video marathon

Niccolò Fabi, Tommy Kuti, Kandy Guira, the Mezzotono, Baba Sissoko: these are just some of the many artists who joined the video marathon organised by the Foreign Ministry to celebrate Africa Day 2020. Today, May 25th – the anniversary of the establishment of the Organisation for African Unity (later African Union) in 1963, created to […]

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Diplomatic Network

22 May 2020

IIC Tirana: Il Maggio dei Libri 2020

The Italian Cultural Institute of Tirana adheres to Il Maggio dei Libri 2020, the campaign created in 2011 to emphasize the social value of books as a key element of personal, cultural, and civil growth. The initiative invites to bring books and read also in contexts other than the traditional ones, to intercept those who […]

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Diplomatic Network

22 May 2020

IIC Tirana: Il Maggio dei Libri 2020

L’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Tirana aderisce a Il Maggio dei Libri 2020, la campagna nata nel 2011 con l’obiettivo di sottolineare il valore sociale dei libri quale elemento chiave della crescita personale, culturale e civile. Un’iniziativa che invita a portare i libri e la lettura anche in contesti diversi da quelli tradizionali, per intercettare coloro che […]

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Press Releases

21 May 2020

Africa Day 2020

Due to Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s celebration of Africa Day2020, Monday 25th May, will be characterised by an innovative digital format, with an artistic and cultural content dedicated to the African continent. At the instigation of Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re, in agreement with Minister Luigi Di Maio, the Foreign Ministry has designed a virtual […]

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Diplomatic Network

21 May 2020

IIC Los Angeles: a webinar on Raphael’s frescoes

The series of webinars organized by the network of Italian Cultural Institutes of the United States and Canada on the occasion of the Raffaello 500 celebrations continues with a conversation on the technique and materials used by Raphael in his frescoes, in the light of the scientific investigations conducted during recent restorations. In particular, the […]

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Diplomatic Network

21 May 2020

IIC Stockholm: the en plein air exhibition “Language is a virus”

The Italian Cultural Institute C.M. Lerici in Stockholm presents Language is a virus.  The female voice of the Italian art in search of freedom during isolation, an open-air exhibition curated by Adriana Rispoli commissioned by the Institute during the Coronavirus emergency. Art responds to the blockade of activities imposed to prevent the spread of contagion […]

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Diplomatic Network

20 May 2020

London: “Art and museums in times of crisis” webinar

About 300 people attended the webinar Art and museums in times of crisis, the first event of #ItalyRestArt, the cultural and scientific promotion exhibition available online, by the Italian Embassy in London. For this first appointment, dedicated to the strategies adopted by museums to react to the closure imposed by the pandemic, the directors of […]

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