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15 December 2021

Virtual Renaissance Museum: the best of culture for a new beginning

The first 4D virtual museum comes into being on the sites that are the symbols of the Italian cultural heritage. Promoted by the Foreign Ministry and supported by the Ministry of Culture, the prototype of the “Virtual Voyage through the Renaissance and the Renaissances of the Italian Museum” was presented yesterday, December 14, at the […]

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14 December 2021

“Gio Ponti: the Arch-Italian”, a conference in Tel Aviv

The Italian Cultural Institute of Tel Aviv, in collaboration with the Polytechnic of Milan, has organised a conference in Tel Aviv today at 18:30 (Italian time) entitled “Gio Ponti: the Arch-Italian”. Lecturer: Fulvio Irace, professor emeritus at the said Polytechnic. Beginning with the recent exhibition “Gio Ponti: Loving Architecture” at the Maxxi Museum in Rome, […]

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14 December 2021

“We love ART”, Italian artists exhibit in Chongqing

At the Changjiang Museum of Contemporary Art in Chongqing, the exhibition “We Love ART. Vision and Creativity Made in Italy” was inaugurated a few days ago. It features original works by eight emerging young Italian artists. The exhibition was organized by the General Consulate of Italy in Chongqing jointly with the Italian Institute of Culture […]

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14 December 2021

Exhibition of contemporary Italian artists in Tashkent

“The Silk Road: Contemporary Art and Artists from Italy” is the title of an exhibition of contemporary art that will be inaugurated in Tashkent tomorrow, 15 December, at the Fine Arts Gallery of Uzbekistan-NBU, one of the most prestigious museums in Uzbekistan. Agostino Pinna, Ambassador of Italy to Tashkent, stated: “The Silk Road offers a […]

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14 December 2021

Belgrade, “Dieci corti in giro per il mondo”

On the International Short Film Day, celebrated on 21 December, the day of the winter solstice, the Italian Cultural Institute of Belgrade presents the initiative “Dieci corti in giro per il mondo (Ten short films around the world)”, scheduled from 13 to 22 December. The National Short Film Centre curates the initiative. The selection offers […]

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13 December 2021

Event in Panama for Italian Design Day 2021

The recently renovated historic ‘La Manzana’ building in the Casco Antiguo district of Panama City was the evocative setting for an event to celebrate Italian Design Day 2021, organised by the Italian Embassy in Panama with the Italian Trade Office in Bogotà (which also has responsibility for Panama), and the collaboration of AREA, the most […]

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13 December 2021

Photo exhibition on Nomadism presented in Algiers

A preview of the photo exhibition on Nomadism, which will be held in Algiers, in the first half of 2022, was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute to celebrate the Contemporary Art Day. The exhibition, entitled “Eyes on tomorrow. Young Italian Photographers in the World” was presented at a conference (both in person and on […]

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13 December 2021

Contemporary Art Day in Turkey, with Tosatti and Peluffo

The 17th Day of Contemporary Art was celebrated in Istanbul on 6 December, with a webinar entitled “Six Years in Istanbul” featuring the new Director of the Quadriennale di Roma art exhibition and sole artist at the Italian Pavilion of the Venice Biennale 2022, Gian Maria Tosatti. Furthermore, at the invitation of the Italian Embassy […]

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13 December 2021

Albania and Kosovo: a tribute to Morricone and Piazzolla

The Italian Cultural Institute of Tirana concludes its programming for 2021 with a tribute to two great musicians who were widely distant in their culture, origins, and life experiences, but were both absolute icons of the international music scene: the Italian composer Ennio Morricone (1928-2020) and the Italian-born Argentinian Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992). The event – […]

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10 December 2021

Tehran, Ambassador Perrone inaugurates archaeological discovery

The Italian Ambassador to Tehran, Giuseppe Perrone, carried out an official mission, from 8 to 10 December, in the Fars Province, the most important cultural and archaeological centre of Iran, the cradle of the Achaemenid and Sassanid civilisations. The primary purpose of the visit was the inauguration of the museification works of the Tol-e Ajori […]

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10 December 2021

Brussels: an exhibition for the Giornata del Contemporaneo

A presentation event of the 17th Giornata del Contemporaneo [Day of Contemporary Art], promoted by AMACI (the Association of Contemporary Art Museums in Italy), took place on 6 December at the Italian Embassy in Brussels. For the occasion, a number of works of contemporary art were exhibited at the residence of Ambassador Francesco Genuardi: in […]

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10 December 2021

Week of Italian Cuisine in Turkey, between science and art

A rich and varied program, ranging between art and science, was organized by the Italian diplomatic and consular representatives in Turkey on the occasion of the Week of Italian Cuisine (the Italian Embassy in Ankara, the General Consulate of Italy in Istanbul and the Italian Consulate at Izmir). It was a voyage that valorized every […]

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