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Press Releases

9 November 2023

Mission of Undersecretary Tripodi to Paris for the UNESCO General Assembly and BIE meetings

Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Maria Tripodi is on a mission to Paris, where she attended the UNESCO General Assembly and met with delegates from the Bureau International des Expositions from Japan, Chile, Cook Islands, Liberia, Suriname, and Slovenia to promote the ExpoRoma2030 candidacy. The Undersecretary, accompanied by the Italian Permanent Representative to […]

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Diplomatic Network

9 November 2023

Archaeological finds from Basilicata on show in Hamburg

“Il racconto della bellezza. Tesori della Basilicata antica (The tale of beauty. Treasures from ancient Basilicata) is an exhibition of archaeological finds curated by the Italian Cultural Institute of Hamburg. The collection, organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ministry of Culture, the National Museum Network of Basilicata and […]

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Diplomatic Network

8 November 2023

Week of Italian Cuisine, in Dakar with “Yaye Senegal”

The Italian Cultural Institute of Dakar is organising a preview evening of the Week of Italian Cuisine on 10 November. It will be the occasion to present “Yaye Senegal” (Mama Senegal), the docu-film born from the culinary exchange project between Italian and Senegalese chefs, promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute and produced by Upset Studios. […]

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Events

8 November 2023

Preventive peace at UNESCO: Michelangelo Pistoletto speaks to Ministers of Education around the world

This afternoon, at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, a meeting will be held between Ministers of Education from around the world, who will discuss the role of education as a fundamental tool for achieving global peace, the ultimate goal of the United Nations. For the occasion, Maestro Michelangelo Pistoletto has been invited to dialogue with […]

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Diplomatic Network

8 November 2023

Sydney: Italian artists at International Festival of Photography

The Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney, which has been collaborating with the International Festival of Photography ‘Head On’ for over a decade, is promoting the participation of five Italian artists for the 2023 edition. These are Antonio Denti, Diego Fedele, Flavio Brancaleone, Mauro Curti and Pierpaolo Mittica. Two of the artists, Fedele and Brancaleone, have […]

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Interviews

8 November 2023

Interview with Minister Antonio Tajani: “Our oil paired with typical African dishes among the challenges of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World” (Gambero Rosso)

The first Week of Italian Cuisine in the World was held in 2016. The aim was to promote our food and wine culture in the world, as national heritage to be preserved and enhanced. In the various editions, there have been many novelties and innovations in this integrated promotion initiative of the Italian Ministry of […]

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Diplomatic Network

7 November 2023

Prague commemorates Angelo Maria Ripellino

To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of poet and Slavist Angelo Maria Ripellino and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of his famous novel-essay Praga magica (Magic Prague), the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague today hosted an international conference in its Baroque Chapel, organised with the support of the Italian Embassy. […]

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Diplomatic Network

7 November 2023

Johannesburg: “Arte povera” lands in South Africa

The Italian Consulate General in Johannesburg launched the exhibition “Arte Povera and South African Art: In Conversation”, designed to further strengthen the cultural bridges between Italy and South Africa by fostering intercultural dialogue and the exchange of experiences between the two regions through the universal language of Art. The initiative, organised at the Wits Art Museum of […]

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Diplomatic Network

6 November 2023

Stockholm, packed calendar for the Cuisine Week

The 8th edition of the “Week of the Italian Cuisine in the World” – entitled “Dining with the Italian cuisine: well-being with taste” – will kick off in Sweden on 13 November with an event featuring Cilento and its cuisine as a protagonist. For the occasion, the Swedish book “Den Goda Maten” (The Good Food) […]

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Diplomatic Network

6 November 2023

Strasbourg: Sardinia photographed by Sander on display

The Italian Cultural Institute in Strasbourg is hosting – from 9 November 2023 to 7 February 2024 – the traveling photographic exhibition “Sander Sardinia 1927,” curated by Florent To Lay as part of a project bringing together the Italian Cultural Institutes of Hamburg, Cologne, Montreal and Strasbourg. In 1927, when German photographer August Sander travelled […]

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Diplomatic Network

3 November 2023

Sarajevo, presentation of the “Ars Aevi” museum project designed by architect Renzo Piano

The Italian Embassy in Sarajevo, together with the relevant Office of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), has organised the second conference “A Vision Becomes Reality”, dedicated to the project of the “Ars Aevi” Museum of Contemporary Art. The conference was held in Sarajevo at the prestigious Vijećnica building, seat of the city municipality. […]

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Press Releases

2 November 2023

Speech by Undersecretary Tripodi at the inauguration of the 33rd General Assembly of ICCROM

Italy’s Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Maria Tripodi, spoke on behalf of Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, at the FAO headquarters in Rome for the inauguration of the 33rd General Assembly of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and […]

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