Diplomazia Culturale

Events

8 October 2019

Madrid celebrates the world of Mario Merz​

​An installation by Mario Merz on display at the Italian Embassy in Madrid inaugurates the “Contemporary Day”. The work, exhibited at the Palacio de Amboage, headquarters of the Embassy, is the ‘overturned bottle’ made available courtesy of the Mario Merz Foundation on the occasion of the retrospective “El tiempo es mudo”, which the Reina Sofía […]

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8 October 2019

Belgrade: “Contemporary Day” dedicated to Luigi Di Sarro

Contemporary Day is an initiative which promotes the world of contemporary art with a special emphasis on Italian culture. ​The Italian Cultural Institute of Belgrade participates in this event with an exhibition dedicated to Luigi Di Sarro. The exhibition “Theater in the form of photography ‘, organized on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the […]

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Events

7 October 2019

Open Doors at the Farnesina to mark Contemporary Art Day

An Open Doors Day will be held at the Farnesina on 12 October for the annual edition of Contemporary Art Day, the event now at its 15th edition organised to celebrate and disseminate Italian contemporary art. Promoted by the Association of Italian Contemporary Art Museums  (AMACI) with the support of the MiBACT, the Day will see all […]

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Diplomatic Network

7 October 2019

Hanoi: Italian-Vietnamese Forum on Higher Education

Hanoi hosted the Italian-Vietnamese Forum on Higher Education. The event, organised by the Italian Embassy and by the Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, in association with Uni-Italia Vietnam and Van Lang University, tackled themes relative to the mobility of students, researchers and professors, joint research projects, financing options, visa-related issues, and the creation of […]

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Diplomatic Network

4 October 2019

Conference for the 60th anniversary of Italian Studies at the University of Skopje

The organization of an international conference entitled “Italian studies in the new millennium: new challenges in linguistics, literature and cultural research” was the result of a fruitful cooperation between the Italian Embassy in Skopje and the Department of Italian Language and Literature of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje. The conference, which took place on 27 and […]

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Diplomatic Network

4 October 2019

Paris hosts the exhibition entitled: ‘Recovered Treasures – the art of saving art’

The Unesco headquarters in Paris will host an exhibition of art masterpieces  recovered, in fifty years of activities, by the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage . The exhibit, which will run until 17 October,  opened on 3 October and was attended by the Director General of Unesco, Audrey Azoulay, Italy’s Permanent Representative Massimo Riccardo, […]

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Diplomatic Network

4 October 2019

Sydney: De Giorgi exhibits his works combining the Mimetic Theory and echoes of Japan

‘When the gods walked the earth – Quando gli dei camminarono sulla terra’, is the title of the exhibition dedicated to the works of Mauro De Giorgi that will open on 10 October at the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney at the attendance of the artist. Organised with the support of the Raven Foundation, the […]

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Events

3 October 2019

Deputy Minister Del Re at the 15th edition of LuBeC: culture is a pillar of sustainable development

Today, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, opened the round table on “Training, international cooperation, promotion of the cultural system: policies and experiences compared”, organised by the Fondazione Scuola dei beni e delle attività culturali, within the framework of the 15th edition of LuBeC (Lucca Beni Culturali). In her […]

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Diplomatic Network

2 October 2019

Belgrade: chamber music concert, from Brahms to Paganini

“A Bridge for Music”, a concert organised by the Italian Cultural Institutein Belgrade, is part of the Italy-Serbia international cooperation project which bears the same name. Two are the events on schedule involving the Conservatorio “N. Paganini” and the Teatro Carlo Felice of Genoa, in cooperation with the Faculty of Music of the University of […]

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Diplomatic Network

2 October 2019

Skopje: concert with music by Leoncavallo

To mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Italian composer Ruggero Leoncavallo and the 60th anniversary of the introduction of the teaching of the Italian language in Macedonia, the Italian Embassy organised a concert with opera music at the Skopje Philharmonic. The tenor was Blagoj Nacoski, Macedonian-born but resident in Italy for over 210 […]

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Diplomatic Network

30 September 2019

Sydney: an Italian artist in Australia and Australian artists in Sicily

The Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney organised a residency exchange programme between Sicily and Australia with the participation of two North Australian aboriginal artists and a Sicilian artist. The project is aimed at promoting the sharing of innovative artistic techniques between the two Countries and also involved Regina Pilawuk Wilson, a very well-known artist belonging […]

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Diplomatic Network

26 September 2019

Teheran: the façade of the residence of the Italian Ambassador becomes the backdrop for street artists

Two street artists, one Italian and one Iranian, will exhibit on the façade of the residence of the Italian Ambassador in Teheran for a year. This project, called “Urban Art Unites”, opened with the work of Paolo Bordino (known as PAO) and the Iranian Mehdi Ghadyanloo, who is the author of many murals in Teheran. […]

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