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Cultural Diplomacy
1 July 2025
The June issue of the SFIM newsletter is online

Every month the SFIM newsletter delves into the latest news on Italian education abroad, ranging from the most relevant and interesting initiatives, to educational projects and cultural activities of the Italian Education System in the World.  The SFIM includes Italian schools and sections abroad, Italian language and culture courses and lectorships at foreign universities.  Among the news in this issue: the award ceremony of the “progettoDiventerò” at the Teatro alla […]

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Cultural Diplomacy
1 July 2025
Tirana, Enzo Cucchi’s first exhibition in Albania

The exhibition I soli di tutte le terre, inaugurated on 5 June, 2025 at the Center for Openness and Dialogue (COD) in Tirana, marks the first institutional exhibition in Albania of the famous Italian artist Enzo Cucchi, a key figure of the Transavanguardia. Promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute and curated by Spazio Taverna, the […]

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Cultural Diplomacy
1 July 2025
New York, Naples on display with the Caputo Award

The Caputo Award exhibition, hosted at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York from 17 to 30 June 2025, marked the first international stage of a project created to enhance the young talents of the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples. The works on display reflect the deep connection between art and food tradition, on […]

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Cultural Diplomacy
1 July 2025
The call for applications for the sixth “Berlin Prize” is online

The call for applications for the sixth Berlin Prize is available online, offering two young Italian architects the opportunity to spend a period of six months in Berlin (January-June 2026) for a training and professional experience at a selected architectural firm and to explore issues related to reuse and urban regeneration. The Berlin Prize 2025 […]

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Cultural Diplomacy
30 June 2025
In memory of Professor Giuseppe Orefici

A scholar of pre-Hispanic Peru, Prof. Giuseppe Orefici passed away on June 27, 2025. His scientific and human profile is recalled by Dr. Maria Ilaria Pannaccione Apa, Director of the HUACAS Archaeological Mission (Peru). Prof. Orefici was Director of two Archaeological Missions supported by the Foreign Ministry, in Tiahuanaco (Bolivia) and Cahuachi (Peru). The central […]

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Cultural Diplomacy
30 June 2025
Buenos Aires, “Pittura italiana oggi” in collaboration with Triennale Milano

The Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires and Triennale Milano present – from June 26 to September 21, 2025, at the Palacio Libertad. Centro Cultural Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, the exhibition “Pittura italiana oggi. Una nuova scena“ (Italian Painting Today. A New Scene”) an initiative promoted by the Unit for the Coordination of Italian Cultural Institutes […]

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Cultural Diplomacy
24 June 2025
Edinburgh, the translation of Chiara Valerio’s latest novel was presented

The Scottish launch of The Little I Knew, the English translation of Chiara Valerio‘s novel Chi dice e chi tace (Sellerio, 2024), a finalist for the 2024 Strega Prize, was held on 19 June 2025 at Pilrig St Paul’s in Edinburgh. The book, translated from Italian by Ailsa Wood, was published by Foundry Editions on 10 June 2025.  The meeting […]

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Cultural Diplomacy
24 June 2025
Beijing, first translations of Leopardi and Galileo presented

The ceremony to present the first translations of Italian and Chinese classics – which will implement the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and China’s National Administration for Press and Publishing on 8 November, 2024 – took place on 18 June at the Beijing Pavilion of the BIBF (Beijing International Book Fair), […]

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Diplomatic Network
23 June 2025
Copenhagen, three days of Italian Design

Design was the protagonist in Copenhagen at the “3daysofdesign” fair, which from 18 to 20 June animated the Danish capital with many events and exhibitions. The theme of this edition, “Keep it Real”, wanted to “highlight individual expression and experiences, echoing the desire for a more sensitive, inclusive and responsible world”. For the occasion, the […]

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Events
20 June 2025
Exhibition on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Messina-Taormina Conference

On the occasion of the ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Messina-Taormina Conference (1955), held at Palazzo Zanca (the seat of the Municipality of Messina) on 18 June, the Historical-Diplomatic Archives of the Foreign Ministry, in collaboration with the European University Institute of Fiesole, organized a commemorative exhibition entitled “70 years since the Messina […]

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Cultural Diplomacy
20 June 2025
Skopje, 25th Week of Italian Cinema

The 25th edition of the Week of Italian Cinema was held in Skopje, organised by the Embassy of Italy within the framework of the “ITALIAN SCREENS” project, promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and the Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual of the Ministry of Culture, with the organisational […]

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