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11 March 2015
Tokyo – First retrospective for a Baroque master

Japan is hosting its first retrospective for Baroque master Guercino at Tokyo’s Museum of Western Art. The exhibition will be open to the public through 31 May and includes 44 works, some of them large-scale pieces, from various important collections. The exhibition is a concrete and significant example of Japan’s solidarity with the Pinacoteca of […]

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11 March 2015
UK – Embassy holds gala dinner for Italian School

The Italian embassy in London will host a benefit fund-raiser on behalf of the Italian School of London. Thanks to the efforts of the Italian ambassador to the UK, his chief chef Danilo Cortellini and the British delegation of the Italian Federation of Cooks, a gala dinner will be held on Thursday in the elegant […]

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11 March 2015
UK – Embassy holds gala dinner for Italian School

The Italian embassy in London will host a benefit fund-raiser on behalf of the Italian School of London. Thanks to the efforts of the Italian ambassador to the UK, his chief chef Danilo Cortellini and the British delegation of the Italian Federation of Cooks, a gala dinner will be held on Thursday in the elegant […]

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10 March 2015
Marseille – Women’s role in the Great War

Women and the Great War will be the focus of an event at the Italian Cultural Institute of Marseille (18:00) within the context of the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the First World War. Women, who took over the jobs of the men who had gone to the front, and who also went to […]

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10 March 2015
Buenos Aires – The art of Luiso Sturla

The Sala Roma of the Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires will host an exhibition from 10 to 27 March entitled “Poesia di vita a colori. Oli su carta di Luiso Sturla”. A recollection of travels in Europe and South America and of their diverse cultures and peoples. The artist was born in 1930 in […]

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10 March 2015
London – Pif stirs hearts with “La mafia uccide solo d’estate”

Palermo-based filmmaker Pierfrancesco Diliberto (known to his many fans as Pif) continued his international tour in London with a screening of his film “The Mafia only Kills in Summer” at the Cinema Made in Italy Festival, which closes today in that city. The film won the Donatello’s David award for best new director in 2014 […]

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10 March 2015
IV Meeting of the Italy-Mexico Bi-National Commission – Joint Communiqué

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico José Antonio Meade co-chaired the sessions of the IV Meeting of the Italy-Mexico Bi-National Commission today in Mexico City. Both ministers acknowledged the importance of the Bi-National Commission as the foremost institutional bilateral relations instrument. A tool by which […]

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9 March 2015
Montreal – The role of music in the Risorgimento, reflections in Canada

What better means than music to spread new ideas of freedom, independence and love of country? The operas written by Giuseppe Verdi between 1842 and 1849 had a strong patriotic component and were received enthusiastically by the public. Offering an occasion for reflection on the subject will be a conference entitled “Music and the reawakening […]

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9 March 2015
Warsaw – Anniversary of Italian unification, Martone film “Noi credevamo”

The Italian Cultural Institute of Warsaw celebrated the 154th anniversary of Italian unification with a screening of the film “Noi credevamo” by director Mario Martone. Giancarlo De Cataldo’s screenplay was loosely based on the novel by the same title by Anna Banti and real historic events. The film tells the story of three young men […]

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9 March 2015
Argentina – Presentation of EXPO pavilion

Argentina officially presented its pavilion for the Milan 2015 Universal Exposition in a ceremony at the Palacio San Martin, where foreign minister Eduardo Zuain and Argentine EXPO commissioner Martin Lettieri addressed the guests. Italy was represented by Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro and Italian ambassador to Buenos Aires Teresa Castaldo. Giro cited Argentina’s participation […]

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6 March 2015
Usa – Historical and archaeological artefacts returned to Italy

Twenty-three historical and archaeological artefacts that illegally entered U.S. territory have been returned to Italian authorities. The invaluable pieces include a marble sarcophagus from the Roman period depicting sleeping Ariadne, frescoes of the excavations of Pompeii from the first century AD, an Etruscan bronze statuette of Herakles dating to the sixth or fifth century B.C, […]

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6 March 2015
Bucharest – Italian-speakers’ card awarded to 30 Romanian personalities

The Romanian premier Victor Ponta and another 29 personalities from the worlds of culture, sport and entertainment in Romania have been awarded the “Italian-speakers’ card”. The initiative, conceived by Under-Secretary Mario Giro, will be introduced in all of our Embassies. Awarded to personalities with a deep understanding of the Italian language and culture, the card […]

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