Diplomazia Culturale

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20 June 2025

Tokyo, “Calvino in Japan. Travelling, reading, writing”

The final conference of the “Calvino here and elsewhere” series, part of the global celebrations marking the centenary of the birth of Italo Calvino, was held at the Auditorium of the Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo. The event, entitled “Calvino in Japan. Travelling, reading, writing”, was organised in collaboration with the University of Tokyo, the […]

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20 June 2025

Santiago de Chile: Neapolitan singer FLO in concert

The Italian Cultural Institute of Santiago de Chile, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy, the Honorary Consulate General in Valparaíso, the Municipal Theatre of Viña del Mar, the Corporación Cultural de Puente Alto, and the Italian Cultural Institute of Montevideo, organised a series of concerts featuring Neapolitan singer FLO, accompanied by guitarist Federico Luongo […]

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18 June 2025

Algeri, lo spettacolo “Vita Meravigliosa” su Patrizia Cavalli

La prestigiosa cornice del Teatro nazionale di Algeri ha ospitato il 30 maggio “Vita Meravigliosa”, un ritratto in versi e in musica di Patrizia Cavalli, tra i poeti italiani contemporanei più letti e amati. Introdotto dall’artista algerino Fayçal Belattar, lo spettacolo ha regalato al pubblico algerino la performance di Iaia Forte accompagnata dalla musicista Diana […]

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18 June 2025

“Making books”: stories of publishing between Italy and Spain

A collaboration between the Italian Cultural Institute of Barcelona, the Scuola del Libro in Rome, and the Biblioteques de Barcelona has given rise to “Making books. Conversations on publishing between Italy and Spain”, an event dedicated to those who create, promote, and write books across the two countries. Held on 12 June, the day-long event […]

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16 June 2025

San Francisco – “Fare Cinema” with Italo Svevo and Italo Disco

As part of the 2025 edition of Fare Cinema, the film festival curated and promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and its diplomatic network abroad, the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco organised two evenings dedicated to showcasing Italian culture through documentary film, spanning music and literature. Both events featured […]

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13 June 2025

Tumshukayko, the 5500-year-old temple that tells the story of the origins of complex societies in the Andes

In the mountains of Peru, an Italian-Peruvian team rediscovers one of the oldest temples in South America. In the heart of the Peruvian Andes, at 2,200 meters above sea level in the Callejón de Huaylas valley, an extraordinary archaeological site is re-emerging from the past: Tumshukayko, a temple complex dating back some 5500 years. Located […]

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13 June 2025

Santiago de Chile, “Chimeras” exhibition

The Italian Cultural Institute of Santiago de Chile, in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) and with the support of the National Fund for the Development of Culture and the Arts of the Chilean Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage, presents the exhibition “Chimeras. The 1974 Biennale as a social laboratory of the […]

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12 June 2025

Public diplomacy and archives: an exhibition in Brussels on the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations between EU Member States

On 23 May, an exhibition organised by the EuDiA network – European Diplomatic Archives – was inaugurated in Brussels at Europa Lex, one of the official venues of the European Council. The exhibition is dedicated to the acts marking the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations between various European Union Member States. The Historical Diplomatic Archive […]

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11 June 2025

Edinburgh, Carlo Lucarelli presents “The Darkest Winter”

At the Italian Cultural Institute of Edinburgh on 29 May, renowned Italian author Carlo Lucarelli presented his historical thriller, “The Darkest Winter” (L’inverno più nero – Open Borders Press, 2025), in conversation with the translator Joseph Farrell, emeritus Professor of Italian at the University of Strathclyde. The novel is set in Bologna in the 1940s. […]

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11 June 2025

Call for applications for the 2025 edition of “AIR – Artisti in Residenza” published

The call for applications for the 2025 edition of the project “AIR – Artisti in Residenza”, conceived and promoted by MIDJ with financial support from SIAE, has been published. The competition aims to create a network of artistic residencies in collaboration with Italian Cultural Institutes, Embassies and Consulates in Europe and around the world, open […]

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11 June 2025

Brussels: The 2025 Edition of the Sanremo Giovani World Tour has concluded

The Brussels date marked the end of the 2025 edition of the Sanremo Giovani World Tour, the project resulting from a collaboration between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and RAI. Since 2019, the Sanremo Giovani World Tour has successfully promoted emerging artists of the Italian music scene, taking them to perform on […]

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10 June 2025

Stockholm Prize Applications, Deadline Extended to June 22

The deadline to submit your application for the Stockholm Prize, a residency program dedicated to the themes of sustainability and eco-innovation in the fashion design sector, has been extended to June 22, 2025. The Prize, now in its third edition, is promoted by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture, the Directorate-General for Public […]

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