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12 November 2015
New York – Olivetti, 50 years of Italian innovation on display in the Big Apple

Olivetti will be taking part in an exhibition in New York entitled “Make in Italy – The Exhibition” and running from 13 to 25 November at the Italian Cultural Institute. The company, which produced P101, the first personal computer conceived by Pier Giorgio Perotto, will also be presenting the new 3D-S2 printer. Designed for digital […]

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12 November 2015
Helsinki – Italian start-ups at Slush, a global showcase for innovation

Italian innovation will be showcased in Helsinki, where 20 of our start-ups and accelerators will be taking part in “Slush”, a two-day event featuring big global names from the ICT and digital worlds. This is the first time Italy has taken part, with a pavilion supported by the Italian Embassy in Finland and by a […]

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11 November 2015
Arte chiama arte prize 2015 featuring Pinocchio

This year sees the fourth edition of the “Arte chiama arte” prize, conceived by Andrea Franceschetti and launched in 2012 by the Italian Cultural Institute in Shanghai. Participants have included the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, the East China Normal University and Contesta Rockhair.  Each year, the competition asks a group of Chinese artists […]

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11 November 2015
Rabat – Castiglioni unveils Italian excellence in design

Excellence in Italian design will be unveiled by architect Piero Castiglioni at a lecture in Rabat, in Morocco, entitled “Luce-Architettura, la luce in-visibile”. Castiglioni will illustrate projects where lighting plays an important part, such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Palazzo Grassi in Venice, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the Quirinal Palace in Rome, the […]

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10 November 2015
Tokyo – Dante in Japan: a linguistic and cultural divide?

Dante Alighieri, and the way his work was “imported” to Japan during the Meiji era, will be the topic of a lecture by Professor Iwakura Tomotada at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo on Wednesday 11 November 2015. The lecture will discuss linguistic and ideological aspects of the “heroic” poet’s work, and its translation and […]

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10 November 2015
Ankara – Film – a week dedicated to the “Seventh Art”

Italian Contemporary Film Week, which runs until 15 November 2015 in Ankara, is an important channel for the cultural dialogue between Italy and Turkey. Films shown during the “Week” will include ““Tutti i santi giorni” by Paolo Virzì, “Buongiorno papà” by Edoardo Leo, and “L’ultima ruota del carro” by Giovanni Veronesi. The event is promoted […]

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10 November 2015
Madrid – From Ungaretti to Apollinaire: the Great War in the words of the poets

“La Guerra d’Europa 1914-1918 raccontata dai poeti” (published by Nottetempo) features the voice of Ungaretti, whose “San Martino del Carso”, written in 1916, recounted the drama of the front and trenches of the Great War. The bookalso includes works by 52 other poets, including Apollinaire, Joyce, Pessoa and Mandel’štam, from 16 different countries. It was […]

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10 November 2015
Los Angeles – A showcase for contemporary Italian film

Contemporary Italian cinema comes to Los Angeles for Afi Fest 2015, presented by Audi and Cinema Italian Style 2015, promoted by Luce Cinecittà with American Cinematheque with the patronage of the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles and the support of the Ministry of Cultural Assets and Activities. The event has been organised in […]

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9 November 2015
Monaco – I suoni dell’infinito: quando la poesia incontra la musica

I versi dei più grandi protagonisti della poesia incontrano le note dei più importanti compositori per portare in scena, in un viaggio fra parole e musica, tutto il fascino di emozioni senza tempo. La grande letteratura di Metastasio, D’Annunzio e Carducci, le note di Bellini, Puccini, Tosti, Martucci e Pizzetti: è tutto pronto all’Istituto italiano […]

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9 November 2015
Italia e Vietnam – Uniti da studio della lingua di Dante

Italia e Vietnam uniti dallo studio della lingua italiana: decine di studenti vietnamiti si sono raccolti al Tempio della Letteratura di Hanoi per accogliere il presidente della Repubblica, Sergio Mattarella, in visita nel Paese del sud-est asiatico. I ragazzi provengono dalle universita’ di Hanoi, Thang Long e Phuong Dong dove studiano la lingua di Dante. […]

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