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5 August 2021

Montevideo: a lecture about Franco Battiato

Three months after the death of the great Sicilian composer Franco Battiato, the Italian Cultural Institute of Montevideo will be presenting a lecture by Antonella Agostinis about the artistic career of this tireless experimenter who explored a wide range of musical genres (from pop and prog to ethnics, electronics, and the avant-garde). An interdisciplinary and […]

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Diplomatic Network

5 August 2021

Cairo: reading in Italian. An appointment with Giovanni Verga

The Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo is resuming these monthly readings, in Italian, of the most interesting writers of our literature. On 11 August we will be beginning online, via Zoom, with “Vita dei Campi”, a novel written in 1880 by Giovanni Verga, whose centenary will be commemorated next year. In September our guest will […]

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Diplomatic Network

5 August 2021

Oslo: a lecture on the restoration of the Giotto frescoes in Assisi

The restoration of Giotto’s frescoes in Assisi has been defined as “a utopia that has become reality” and will be the topic of a conference on 31 August held by the Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo, organised by Camilla Sinding-Larsen, a graduate in Conservation of Cultural Heritage at the Higher Institute for Conservation and Restoration […]

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Diplomatic Network

5 August 2021

Bogotà: Italy is a participant at the International Book Fair

The Italian Cultural Institute of Bogotá is taking part in the International Book Fair, which has been held in the Colombian capital every year since 1988 and will be running this year until 20 August, bringing together book professionals, publishers, distributors, booksellers, agents and writers for an international showcase that is open to national and […]

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Diplomatic Network

4 August 2021

Kiev: an exhibition of Italian contemporary art

Pier Francesco Zazo, the Ambassador of Italy to Kiev, has opened the travelling exhibition “The Silk Road. Contemporary art and artists from Italy “at the” Kyiv History Museum “, in the centre of the Ukrainian capital. Curated by Angela Tecce and conceived by the Garuzzo Institute for the Visual Arts of Turin, it includes 38 […]

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Diplomatic Network

4 August 2021

Moscow: a documentary on non-tourist Venice

As part of the exhibition about Venice, on 20 August the Italian Cultural Institute of Moscow will be screening Tatjana Daniljanc’s documentary “Il giardino che è nascosto” [“The garden that is hidden”] at the Tsaritsyno open-air museum. This fascinating journey through Venice takes the form of stories recounted by ten Venetians: the city as a […]

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Diplomatic Network

4 August 2021

Los Angeles: a summer in the company of Alberto Sordi

The Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles is screening “A summer with Alberto Sordi”: four films by the great Roman actor whose career spanned seven decades and made him an icon of Italian cinema all over the world, both in comedy and light drama. Each of the films will be running for three consecutive days, […]

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Diplomatic Network

4 August 2021

Zurich, Crans-Montana: talking about Italian fashion

Talking about Italian art and fashion in Crans-Montana: the Italian Cultural Institute of Zurich, in collaboration with the AMITALIA Association, is holding a festival of films dedicated to the fashion greats. “House of Cardin” is the story of Pierre Cardin, who was born in Italy before becoming naturalised French, and was one of the most […]

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Press Releases

29 July 2021

Foreign Affairs Note – Global Education Summit; Sereni, Italy will contribute 25 million in the next 5 years to the Global Partnership for Education

“As already announced at the beginning of June, I have the honour and I am proud to confirm that we will increase our multi-year contribution to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). We will contribute Euro 25 million over the next 5 years, half of which will be earmarked for educating children in Africa.” This […]

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Events

28 July 2021

Ministry of Foreing Affairs and Accademia di Santa Cecilia, tribute to Morricone

On 6 July 2020, at the age of 91, Maestro Ennio Morricone sadly passed away. He was an extraordinarily talented composer and arranger, beloved by all for his rare ability to reach and move people with very different musical tastes. The Farnesina has decided to honour his memory by producing a limited edition box set, available to Embassies, […]

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Press Releases

26 July 2021

Deputy Minister B. Della Vedova visits the Republic of North Macedonia, 25-26 July 2021

Today, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova embarked on a visit to the Republic of North Macedonia. The Deputy Minister met the Speaker of the Parliament, Talat Xhaferi, to whom he reiterated Italy’s support to the country in the process of European integration and examined the key bilateral cooperation […]

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In detail

23 July 2021

Presentation event: “Lessons from Sciascia, around the world”

The Comitato Nazionale Sciasciano has designed a cycle of “Lessons from Sciascia” that began in Italy and is now continuing as a virtual “relay” around the world, including in cultures and countries that are very distant one from another, but are all animated by the desire to read and reread Leonardo Sciascia in a cosmopolitan […]

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