Diplomazia Culturale

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9 November 2021

Leonardo and Bramante at Santa Maria delle Grazie in Helsinki

The Italian Cultural Institute in Helsinki is organising an online meeting on Leonardo’s and Bramante’s works at Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, on Thursday 11 November. Those behind the meeting, to be held in Italian on a Zoom platform (from 17:00 to 18:00), are the Politecnico di Milano and Turku University. The event will […]

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Diplomatic Network

9 November 2021

Italian exhibition in Bratislava: “New post-photography”

The “Mesiac photographs” exhibition, currently on show in Bratislava, also includes an Italian group exhibition, “New post-photography” illustrating the evolution of photography in today’s world and its relationship with the media and social networks. Curated by Gigliola Foschi, it was organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Bratislava and was inaugurated on 07 […]

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Diplomatic Network

8 November 2021

‘Bangla’ film at the Italian film festival in Sydney

The cooperation between the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney and the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, the cultural hub of Liverpool City Council in the Australian city, organizing film festivals focusing on contemporary Italian productions, continues for the seventh consecutive year. This year, the title of the film festival was ‘A lieto fine – Happy ending’, […]

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Diplomatic Network

8 November 2021

Italy-Denmark, 160 years of diplomatic relations in an exhibition

This year, Italy and Denmark will celebrate the 160th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries (1861-2021). In honor of this important event, from November 4 to December 4, 2021, the Italian Institute of Culture in Copenhagen is hosting an exhibition entitled “160 years of diplomatic relations between Italy and Denmark”, celebrating the birth […]

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Diplomatic Network

8 November 2021

Sydney film festival

The Italian Institute of Culture in Sydney renews its collaboration with the Sydney Film Festival, in its 68th edition this year. It is the main event of its kind in Australia, and one of the most prestigious showcases of the sector in the world. Over the years, in its collaboration with the Festival, the Institute […]

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Press Releases

6 November 2021

Agreement signed between the Uffizi Gallery and the Bund One Art Museum in Shanghai. Di Maio: “In China, this will provide a well-rounded account of Italy and its wonders.”

Italian art in China: an agreement signed today between the Uffizi Gallery and the Bund One Art Museum envisages ten exhibitions in Shanghai over a period of five years featuring works from the Florentine museum including masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance, beginning in 2022, the Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism, with “Botticelli and the […]

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Diplomatic Network

5 November 2021

Lima: new lighting for the Italian Museum

The Italian Embassy in Lima and Enel, together with the Culture Ministry of Peru, inaugurated the new lighting system at the Museum of Italian Art in Lima, a gift of Italy to Peru on the occasion of the Bicentennial of Peruvian independence. The innovative lighting system gave new life to the façade of the building, […]

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Diplomatic Network

5 November 2021

“Domus Eyes on Iran” a monographic work by the Embassy in Teheran

The “Domus Eyes on Iran” project by the Italian Embassy in Tehran has produced a monographic supplement to the November issue of “Domus” magazine. The preview launch was held a few days ago in Giò Ponti’s Villa Namazee, built in Tehran in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The event was attended by the Italian […]

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Diplomatic Network

5 November 2021

Los Angeles: great success for the third edition of the Italian Tv Festival

The third edition of The Italian TV Festival, held in person in Little Italy – San Pedro, NeueHouse – Hollywood and Terra – Eataly Los Angeles, wrapped up in Los Angeles with an award ceremony of Tiziano Ferro, Valeria Golino and Joe Bastianich. The goal of the event, conceived, organised and produced by Good Girls […]

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In detail

29 October 2021

Panama: signature of executive protocols of the Cultural and Scientific Cooperation Agreement

Last Monday, October 25, a ceremony was held in Panama City to sign two new executive protocols of the Cultural and Scientific Cooperation Agreement in force since 2007 between Italy and Panama. The protocols address the restoration sector’s theoretical and practical training activities, one of the most representative fields of Italian excellence worldwide. In the […]

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Diplomatic Network

29 October 2021

First edition of the De Sanctis Europe Award in Brussels

On October 28, the bilateral Embassy in Brussels hosted the first edition of the De Sanctis Europe Award, established by the De Sanctis Foundation and organized jointly with the Italian Institute of Culture. The Award is an initiative of high-level cultural diplomacy with the scope of rewarding personalities who have distinguished themselves in the field […]

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Diplomatic Network

29 October 2021

Second “Suite Italiana” concert in Beijing

“Luci ed Ombre” (Lights and Shadows) is the title of a concert of classical music that was held on October 27 at the Auditorium of the Italian Institute of Culture in Beijing. The pianist Beatrice Rana and the cellist Ludovica Rana performed music by Felix Mendelssohn, Fryderyk Chopin and Giovanni Sollima. The concert was the second […]

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