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Press Releases

13 March 2020

The MAECI adheres to the initiative “L’Italia chiamò” (Italy called)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) adheres to the initiative promoted by MIBACT “L’Italia chiamò. Courage, resilience, talent: the antibodies of Italians and Italians at the time of the coronavirus” (#litaliachiamo), with a video contribution dedicated to the Farnesina Collection and a focus on four works by Michelangelo Pistoletto, Emilio Vedova, Carla […]

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Diplomatic Network

6 March 2020

In Prague the campaign “Aiuta Venezia (Help Venice)!”

The Italian Embassy in Prague yesterday promoted the launch of the fundraising campaign “Aiuta Venezia!”, in collaboration with the Italian-Czech Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Czech National Television, the Municipality of Prague Capital and the company Jaspen. The campaign was launched in support of the Venetian capital following the severe floods that hit the […]

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Diplomatic Network

6 March 2020

Belgrade Dance Festival, two Italian companies on stage

Two Italian dance companies will participate this year in the Belgrade Dance Festival which will be held in Belgrade and Novi Sad from March 13 to April 12. The Italian Ambassador Carlo Lo Cascio illustrated the Italian participation in the Festival, which takes place with the support of the Italian Institute of Culture in Belgrade, […]

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Diplomatic Network

5 March 2020

Serbia: exhibition “Inspired by Italy” in Novi Sad

The Matica Srpska Gallery in Novi Sad, in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade and under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia, presents today an exhibition entitled “Inspired by Italy” dedicated to Serbian-Italian cultural and artistic ties. The exhibition includes a selection of artworks by […]

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Diplomatic Network

5 March 2020

Budapest: Tina Modotti’s photographs on display

Photographer Tina Modotti’s look at the life of Mexican farmers in the 1920s is at the centre of an exhibition opening on Friday 13th at the Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest. The exhibition, realized in collaboration with the Mexican Embassy as part of the Budapest Photo Festival, collects a series of photos taken between 1923 […]

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Diplomatic Network

4 March 2020

Tunis: opening of the digital exhibition “Raphael, Portrait Painter”

The show “Raphael, Portrait Painter” has opened in Tunis, until 28 March, at the Macam Gallery of the Musée National d’art modern et contemporain de la Cité de la Culture of Tunis, featuring 14 very high definition digital reproductions of the portraits by the world-famous Renaissance painter from Urbino. “This important event – said Ambassador […]

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Diplomatic Network

2 March 2020

Sydney: March dedicated to popular music and Raphael

A rich program of initiatives for the month of March at the Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney hosting on the 19th a concert of popular music of southern Italy with two extraordinary artists from Salento, Enza Pagliara and Dario Muci, and on March 20th a day devoted to Raphael, on the occasion of the five […]

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Diplomatic Network

25 February 2020

Myanmar: Italian Food Festival, open doors in Residence

Show-cooking of tagliatelle, orecchiette, gnocchi, pizza, live demonstration of mozzarella-making in front of the guests, a masterclass on Tuscan wines and pizza school for children. These were some of the most appreciated moments of the second edition of the Italian Food Festival which last Sunday attracted nearly 3,800 people to the garden of the residence […]

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Diplomatic Network

20 February 2020

Teheran: “Spotlight on Italian cinema”

The film festival “Spotlight on Italian Cinema”, organised by the Italian Embassy in Teheran, officially opened today in Teheran, at the Iranian Artists Forum. The event, aimed at celebrating and promoting contemporary Italian cinema, will run until 26 February and, for the first time, will be held in three cities, Teheran, Kish and Shiraz. The […]

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Diplomatic Network

20 February 2020

Belo Horizonte: first exhibition of Botticelli works in Brazil

There is great expectation in Belo Horizonte for the exhibition “Botticelli e il suo tempo” (Botticelli and his time), which will be inaugurated on May 5th. The exhibition will bring, for the first time in Brazil, 14 works by the Renaissance Master from eleven Italian museums, including the Uffizi, and private collections (Venice, Turin, Florence, […]

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Diplomatic Network

18 February 2020

Tirana: Mario Airò’s project Modelling water on display

The lines of Castelli ceramics shapes the natural motif of water and its flow, in an environmental installation that cites the theme of the fountain. The project ‘Modelling water’, by the Italian artist Mario Airò, will be exhibited in Tirana from 27th February, thanks to the commitment of the Italian Cultural Institute. ‘Modelling water’ was […]

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Events

18 February 2020

First performance of Lucia di Lammermoor Croatian National Theatre

Forty-five years after its last performance in Zagreb, Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor returned on Friday, February 14 at the Croatian National Theatre, directed by Maestro Pierluigi Pizzi and conducting the Zagreb Opera by Marcello Mottadelli. The evening, co-organized by the Embassy of Italy and the Superintendent of the Croatian National Theatre, was a tremendous […]

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