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Diplomatic Network
16 November 2021
São Paulo: a recital in honour of Enrico Caruso

To mark the centenary of the death of the great Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, the Italian Cultural Institute in São Paulo has organised a recital in which young artists will interpret the pieces he made famous. Organised in collaboration with the Scuola dell’Opera of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and the Cia Ópera São Paulo, […]

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Diplomatic Network
16 November 2021
Sydney, an evening of tasting Italian amaro brands

The Week of Italian Cuisine in the World will be celebrated in Australia with a special evening event on December 2, 2021, at the headquarters of the Italian Institute of Culture in Sydney, devoted to tastings of Italian amaro brands. Three institutional partners are collaborating for the occasion:  the Italian Institute of Culture, the Chamber […]

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16 November 2021
Leonardo Sciascia’s “Fables from the Dictatorship” in English translation

On the initiative of the Italian Cultural Institutes of Edinburgh, Dublin and London, Leonardo Sciascia’s “Favole della dittatura“, published in 1950, will soon be available in an English-language version. It was decided to publish an English-language version to mark the centenary of the birth of this prestigious Italian anti-fascist writer, essayist and playwright. The English-language […]

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Diplomatic Network
15 November 2021
Barcelona, a cycle of conferences on Primo Levi

The Italian Cultural Institute in Barcelona contributed to the organisation, together with the Institut d’Humanitats de Barcelona, of a cycle of conferences entitled “Primo Levi. Literature and testimony”. This initiative, which has been underway since November 8 and will continue until December 12, is curated by Marta Marin Dòmine. Primo Levi became a fundamental witness […]

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15 November 2021
Murano glass on display in Hong Kong

An exhibition on Murano glass, created in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong, can be visited until November 27 at the Novalis Contemporary Art Design Gallery in Hong Kong. The history of Venetian glass as an unmatched leader in the world of glass art dates back to the Renaissance, and the invention […]

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15 November 2021
A conference on Italian grappa held in Tokyo on 25 November

A conference on Italian grappa has been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo for 25 November. The speaker will be Hayashi Shigeru, a sommelier with particular expertise in Italian wines, who will talk about grappa, how its history is intertwined with the history of Italy, and recount his discovery of the spirits world. […]

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15 November 2021
Hasselt: exhibition of graphic art “Writing the Divine Comedy”

The exhibition of graphic and calligraphic art  “Writing the Divine Comedy” is returning to Hasselt, in Belgium, from 19 to 27 November 2021. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels, the exhibition has been made possible thanks to the collaboration of the Dante Alighieri Committee of Hasselt and can be visited at the TT-Center […]

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15 November 2021
Third edition of the Italian Wine Fair in Brazil

The third edition of the Italian Wine Fair was held in Brazil on November 10 in the elegant setting of the Nervi Room at the Italian Embassy in Brasilia. It was a specialized event intended for a select public, curated by the International Food&Wine critic, Sueli Maestri. The twelve main importers and distributors presented over […]

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15 November 2021
Rabat: “Waiting for the Cooking Week: Cinema is served”

On the occasion of the “Week of Italian Cuisine in the World”, scheduled from 22 to 28 November next, the Italian Cultural Institute of Rabat organised “Waiting for the Cooking Week: Cinema is served (Aspettando la Settimana della Cucina: Il Cinema e’ servito)”, a review of five films, proposed from 15 to 19 November 2021, […]

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15 November 2021
The sixth edition of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World kicks off in the USA

The sixth edition of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the world, an initiative promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation worldwide, is part of the renewed post-pandemic confidence, the resumption of transatlantic travel and the revival of trade between Italy and the US. The focus of the 2021 edition is Italian […]

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15 November 2021
“Enchanting Architecture”, the story of the IIC building in Stockholm

“Enchanting Architecture” is the title of a historical publication about the construction of the Italian Institute of Culture’s home in Stockholm, one of the most representative Italian buildings abroad, designed and furnished in the Fifties by Gio Ponti at the initiative of the engineer and industrialist, Carlo Maurilio Lerici, who also contributed significantly to financing […]

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15 November 2021
Italy to be guest of honor at the book fair in the United Arab Emirates

Italy will be the guest of honor at the 2022 edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF),  one of the top book fairs in the world for number of exhibitors (1600, from 83 countries) and number of volumes exhibited, but above all for number of agreements relative to sales of translation rights. Italy’s participation […]

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