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8 March 2022

Lyons organizes an exhibition of Italian-Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi

At the initiative of the Italian Cultural Institute in Lyons, an exhibition of the work of Italian-Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi will run from Thursday, 10 March, to Sunday, 12 March. The exhibition will be set up at the Lyons National School of Architecture (ENSAL), 3, rue Maurice Audin 69120 Vaulx-en-Velin. The exhibition, “Sur la […]

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8 March 2022

Virtual screening of the film “Il Giovane Favoloso” by Mario Martone in Chicago

The Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago has organized a virtual screening of Mario Martone’s film, “Il Giovane Favoloso” (2014), scheduled from March 11 to 14. The Italian director’s movie recounts the life of writer Giacomo Leopardi, beginning with his childhood. He is a child prodigy who grows up under his father’s relentless gaze in a […]

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8 March 2022

For International Women’s Day, the Farnesina is screening M A N I F E S T O, the short film from the Diritti Lab series created in collaboration with the Università IULM in Milan

8 8 March 2022. Diritti Lab, a project created through a collaboration between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Università IULM in Milan, is fully up and running. The project consists of 13 films produced by young final year students and graduates of the university, dedicated to 13 human rights and […]

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7 March 2022

The exhibition ” Scrivendo la Divina Commedia” in Saint Gilles

The graphic and calligraphy art exhibition “Scrivendo la Divina Commedia” (Writing the Divine Comedy) – an initiative of the Italian Cultural Institute of Brussels, organised as part of the celebrations for the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death – arrives on March 15 in the municipality of Saint Gilles, after having stopped off, among other […]

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7 March 2022

The jewels of Diego Percossi Papi on display in Bulgaria

The Italian Embassy in Sofia and the Italian Cultural Institute in Bulgaria, together with the National Gallery-formerly Royal Palace, have organised an exhibition on “Dante’s Precious Path. The Divine Comedy in the jewels of Diego Percossi Papi’. It is an event in which the works of the Roman master goldsmith will be exhibited for the […]

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4 March 2022

“Federico Fellini 100”, a film festival in California

Today, March 4, a film festival of Federico Fellini’s main works has started in Berkeley, California. The event (“Federico Fellini 100“), organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco for the centenary of the artist’s birth, will run until May 14 at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA). The […]

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4 March 2022

Cologne, conference on Dante and The Divine Comedy

The Italian Cultural Institute of Cologne, in collaboration with the Association Friends of the Institute, has organised a conference on Dante and The Divine Comedy. The cultural event “Dantes Welt und Dantes ich: La Divina Commedia” will be held at the Institute on 9 March (at 7 p m.). The speaker will be Paul Geyer, Director of […]

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3 March 2022

Bratislava commemorates Pier Paolo Pasolini

The Bratislava Italian Cultural Institute has planned a series of cultural events in March to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Pier Paolo Pasolini. It kicks off today, 3 March, at the Kino Lumière in Bratislava, with inauguration of the “Mamma Roma” photography exhibition which will run until 31 March, showing the photos shot […]

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3 March 2022

The Italian Embassy in Singapore donates books on Dante and Rodari

The Italian Embassy in Singapore, with the support of APICS, has donated to the National Library Board some 15 Italian children’s books translated into English. These include books on Dante and The Divine Comedy, Gianni Rodari’s Telephone Tales and books on Italy’s major art cities, including Venice, Florence and Milan. Ambassador Mario Vattani and NLB […]

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2 March 2022

Online conference on gender equality in cities

The network of Italian Cultural Institutes in the Nordic area – Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo and Stockholm – along with the Italian Embassy in Sweden, present “Equal Cities – Planning for equality, inclusion and an effective presence of women in the civic landscape”, an online conference scheduled for 3 March on gender equality in contemporary cities. […]

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1 March 2022

Berlin: ‘’Laboratorio Leopardi’’ inaugurated at Potsdam

At the initiative of the Italian Cultural Institute in Berlin and with the sponsorship of the Italian Embassy, the ‘’Laboratorio Leopardi’’ was opened at the University of Potsdam with the aim of making the first unabridged translation of the ‘’Zibaldone’’, supplemented with a critical comment on the relationship between Leopardi’s work and German culture. The […]

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1 March 2022

Los Angeles: Muccino writes about himself in a book

On the occasion of Filming Italy Los Angeles, the Italian Cultural Institute scheduled a meeting with the director and screenwriter Gabriele Muccino, who will present his new book “La vita addosso. Io, il cinema e tutto il resto. Un’autobiografia” [Life on me. Me, cinema and everything else. An autobiography] published by Utet. The book is written […]

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