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28 July 2025

Prague, Mastroianni on show with “Marcello’s Gaze”

The Italian Cultural Institute of Prague is hosting the photography exhibition Marcello’s Gaze (Lo sguardo di Marcello) until 17 September, dedicated to the unforgettable Marcello Mastroianni, just over one hundred years after his birth. A highlight of Prague’s summer cultural calendar, the exhibition was inaugurated on 17 July in the presence of numerous guests, including […]

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28 July 2025

Montréal, the Italian Contemporary Film Festival is underway

On 12 July, the official opening of the Italian Contemporary Film Festival took place at the Cinema du Musée in Montréal. The event is organised by Vision Méditerranéenne and ICFF Canada with the support of the Consulate General of Italy as part of Fare Cinema, the initiative promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]

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24 July 2025

July–August issue of the SFIM Newsletter now online

The SFIM Newsletter provides monthly insights into developments concerning Italian education abroad, highlighting key initiatives, educational projects, and cultural activities promoted by the Italian Education System in the World (SFIM). SFIM encompasses Italian schools and sections abroad, Italian language and culture courses, and lectureships at foreign universities. Highlights of this issue include: the follow-up to […]

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24 July 2025

MAECI and AMACI for the Contemporary Art Day: applications now open

The Italian Foreign Ministry is once again partnering with AMACI (the Association of Italian Contemporary Art Museums), through the global network of Italian Cultural Institutes, to promote the 21st edition of the Contemporary Art Day, which will take place internationally from Saturday 4 to Friday 10 October 2025. On Saturday 4 October 2025, the 21st […]

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24 July 2025

Elena Fontanella appointed as new Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid

Elena Fontanella, newly appointed and highly esteemed Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid, aims to strengthen the Italian cultural presence throughout western Spain by promoting decentralised activities, teaser events for major Italian initiatives, and joint projects with the various Italian institutions operating in Spain. A strong identity, hospitality, appeal, and the promotion of […]

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22 July 2025

Budapest, exhibition dedicated to Giacomo Marastoni

Following six years of preparatory work, the first major retrospective exhibition dedicated to Giacomo Marastoni was inaugurated on 18 June at the Budapest History Museum: “An Italian in Pest – Giacomo Marastoni (1804–1860) and the first Hungarian Academy of painting”. Giacomo Marastoni – or Jakab Marastoni, as he was known in Hungarian – was born […]

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21 July 2025

Paris, exhibition of Fausto Pirandello

The exhibition “Fausto Pirandello. Painting and the human condition” was inaugurated on Wednesday, 11 June 2025 at the Italian Cultural Institute of Paris, where it will remain open to the public until 3 October. The opening was attended by the curator and Giovanna Carlino Pirandello, President of the Fausto Pirandello Foundation. Celebrated by critics for […]

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18 July 2025

Public and Community Archaeology: The Italian Archaeological Mission at Erimi (Cyprus) on Archeologia Viva, July–August 2025

The evidence for fresh new results of the Italian Archaeological Mission at Erimi (Cyprus)  have been given significant visibility in the July–August 2025 issue of Archeologia Viva. The magazine, which also features the project on its cover, dedicates extensive coverage to the Italian Archaeological Project, which has been active for over fifteen years. The Italian […]

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16 July 2025

Stuttgart, Zucchero and Mario Biondi at Jazzopen 2025

Schlossplatz, Stuttgart’s largest central square, played host to two leading voices of the Italian music scene. As part of Jazzopen 2025 – a festival that first took shape in Stuttgart in 1994 – Zucchero and Mario Biondi took to the stage, delighting the German audience with some of the most beloved and unforgettable songs from […]

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15 July 2025

Rosario, a festival dedicated to Italian cinema

As it does every year, during the Fare Cinema Festival, the Consulate General of Italy in Rosario, in collaboration with “El Cairo, Cine Publico“, organises a series of meetings dedicated to contemporary Italian cinema. The Festival features free admission every Sunday in July and August. Contemporary Italian cinema speaks to us through a shared emotional […]

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15 July 2025

Athens, Nicola Piovani in concert

Federico Fellini, Roberto Benigni, the Taviani Brothers: four masters of Italian cinema who conquered the international scene thanks to the mastery of their movies, giving popular culture some of the most beloved soundtracks. Maestro Nicola Piovani, the composer of those soundtracks, celebrated them in a symphonic concert at the Odeon Herodes Atticus in Athens. The […]

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14 July 2025

Doha, Artist Quayola’s Exhibition “Nuovo Paesaggio”

The exhibition “Nuovo Paesaggio – New Landscape” by contemporary artist Quayola opened on 5 May in Doha and will run until 19 July Organized by the Italian Embassy in Doha and Studio Quayola, in collaboration with Fondazione AGO – Modena Fabbriche Culturali and co-financed by the Ministry of Culture, the project—curated by Claudio Composti – […]

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