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Diplomatic Network
28 April 2020
“The Lived Space”, contest for artists of the ICI in Tirana

The Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana announces an international contest addressed to artists of any nationality, with no limits to the use of expressive means, with new projects on the theme The Inhabited Space – Perspective Changes for the Decade to Come. The participation is completely free of charge and is reserved to artists born […]

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Events
27 April 2020
World Drawing Day: #ColourtheMinistryofForeignAffairs

On April 27th is celebrated World Drawing Day: established in London in 1962 by the International Council of Graphic Design Associations (Ico-D), which brings together professional designers, the event represents a significant opportunity to promote the value of communication through drawing. Art has always helped the human being to express himself, and graphic representation was one […]

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Diplomatic Network
24 April 2020
Lisbon: Air of Italy, Italian culture in a podcast

A conversation with jazz musician Massimo Cavalli will kick off on Thursday, April 30 with a new project by the Italian Cultural Institute of Lisbon. Aria d’Italia’ is a weekly podcast of 30 minutes in which the journalist Marcello Sacco presents Italian artists, writers and intellectuals to the Portuguese public and beyond.  The idea came […]

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Diplomatic Network
24 April 2020
International competition: The looking Glass and behind it

The Italian Cultural Institute of St. Petersburg and the MISP (Museum of Contemporary Art of St. Petersburg) have launched the competition ‘The looking Glass and Behind it’, dedicated to Italian artists of the 20th and 21st century: painters, sculptors, 3D artists. Interested artists will be able to send photographic documentation of their works and installations […]

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Diplomatic Network
24 April 2020
Covid19, thanks to the Ukrainian doctors with Puccini’s choir

The humming Choir from Giacomo Puccini’s opera “Madama Butterfly” as a tribute and thanks for the group of Ukrainian volunteer doctors who supported their Italian colleagues in the fight against Covid19 and who have now returned home. The project has been promoted and realized thanks to the collaboration between the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture, the […]

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Press Releases
24 April 2020
Sereni, cultural diplomacy an integral part of our foreign policy

“The contribution that the world of culture can give to the resumption of the promotion activities abroad of the Country System is decisive, not only for the value of the cultural activities themselves but also because it is precisely the action in the cultural field that defines the image and ‘narrative’ of Italy in the […]

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Diplomatic Network
23 April 2020
IIC: three appointments with the Festival Verdi Home streaming

Three new appointments with the great opera for the Festival Verdi Home Streaming are scheduled from Saturday 25th April  to May 2nd on www.teatroregioparma.it. The initiative came from the cooperation between the Teatro Regio and the Italian Institutes of Culture abroad, and presents to the public, free of charge and in full hd, titles taken […]

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Press Releases
23 April 2020
Coronavirus. Sereni, culture is the pivotal element of Italy’s recovery

“Publishing is a leading sector of the cultural industry in Italy, both for its economic importance for the projection of our country’s image in the world”. This message was written by the Vice Minister Marina Sereni to the De Sanctis Foundation, that today, on the occasion of World Book and Copyright Day, promotes a live […]

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Diplomatic Network
22 April 2020
Brasilia and Rome celebrate foundation anniversary

The oldest city in the world and the last born, if you can say so, celebrate the anniversary of their birth on the same day. On April 21st, in fact, Rome and Brasilia celebrate their foundation. The Brazilian capital is 60 years old this year. It is still very young but is already part of […]

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Diplomatic Network
22 April 2020
IIC Madrid: the affinity between Italy and Spain, a video project

The Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid launches an audio-visual project on its social networks. Well-known Italian authors, artists and intellectuals reflect on the similarities between Italian and Spanish culture, taking as a starting point the global isolation we have been in for several weeks. The project is made up of a series of videos, collected […]

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Diplomatic Network
17 April 2020
São Paulo: Covid-19, rereading together the plague of Manzoni

A rereading of the pages on the plague of “I Promessi Sposi” (The Betrothed), never so tragically topical. This is the initiative of the Italian Cultural Institute of São Paulo, which has organized a virtual reading group on the Zoom application. The appointment is for the morning of Friday starting from April 24, always at […]

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