Diplomazia Culturale

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2 February 2017

Russian Federation – Collodi and Tolstoj’s “Burattini” take centre stage in Moscow

The Italian Cultural Institute in Moscow will host a lecture by Vladimir Novikov entitled “Comparative analysis of Carlo Collodi’s ‘Pinocchio’ and Aleksei Tolstoy’s ‘The Adventures of Burattino’”, on February 8 at 7 p.m. The two novels are indeed very different. In his version, Tolstoy adapted the original Italian story to the Russian culture by making […]

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1 February 2017

Hungary – Pázmány Film Festival shorts screened at Italian Cultural Institute

The Pázmány Film Festival, an international short film festival now at its fourth edition, scheduled in Budapest from 6 to 10 February, counts on a jury made up of young students. The festival is organised by the Departments of Italian, French and Spanish Studies of the Catholic University Pázmány Péter, the Eötvös József College (ELTE) […]

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31 January 2017

Austria – Books, Mimmo Gangemi presents “La signora di Ellis Island”

In 1902 many Italians took off to look for a better life in America, and they included Giuseppe, 21, the eldest child of a peasant’s family from the Aspromonte. He left everything behind and traveled across the ocean, but promised to comeback. He is the main character of “La signora di Ellis Island” [The lady […]

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31 January 2017

An all-Italian contemporary dance performance staged in Belgrade

“The one who dances walks on water and into flames”, said Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, surely moved by a form of communication capable of leaving everybody in awe. Paolo Mangiola, dancer, choreographer and professor who lives between Rome and London, knows this only too well. He has long practiced as a freelance […]

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30 January 2017

Guatemala – Architecture, “Building the Dream” with Andrea Maffei

The Italian Cultural Institute (ICC) in Guatemala City will host architect Andrea Maffei for a special lecture on 30 January. Mr Maffei will come from Milan for an event called “Building the Dream”, organised by the University Francisco Marroquin, in collaboration with the ICC. The Italian architect partners on Milan’s “CityLife” project with Arata Isozaki, […]

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27 January 2017

United Kingdom – The Italian Cultural Institute in London is hosting “Destruction/Reconstruction”

A photo exhibition by Daniele Molajoli and Flavio Scollo that depicts the devastation caused by the terrible earthquake which struck central Italy on August 24. The quake killed many inhabitants, disfiguring one of the wealthiest historic and artistic sites in the country. The medieval villages, the frescoed churches and the historic buildings have all been almost […]

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27 January 2017

Toronto showcases “workwear” through the prism of joy and elegance

On January 27 the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Toronto hosted “Workwear”, an exhibition designed and curated by Milan-based architect, designer and artist Alessandro Guerriero. The exhibition was first displayed at Milan’s Triennale with a view to promoting job opportunities for young people with disabilities, who were challenged to go from sketches to pattern development. […]

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27 January 2017

Belarus – The Year of Italian Culture kicks off in Belarus

An exhibition combining the masterpieces of Futurism and Suprematism, a Forum on Green Economy, a photo-documentary exhibition on Italo-Belarusian relations, a commemorative concert, theatrical performances, film showings, fashion shows, academic and artistic exchanges are only a few of the initiatives programmed for the Year of Italian Culture in Belarus celebrating the 25th anniversary of the establishment […]

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27 January 2017

The IIC in Madrid screens “Anita B” on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017

On Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017, which commemorates the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, the Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid screened the film “Anita B.” Directed by Roberto Faenza and based on Edith Bruck’s novel “How Many Stars Twinkle in the Sky”. The screening was organised in conjunction with the Institute […]

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26 January 2017

Qatar – A concert to help the populations struck by the earthquake

Support the Italian populations struck by the earthquakes in 2016. This is the aim of the charity concert organised by the Italian Embassy in Qatar next 26 January at the Opera House in the Katara Cultural Village in Doha. The box office proceeds and the revenue from a special lottery sale will be entirely devolved […]

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26 January 2017

Czech Republic – “The World of Outsiders” at the Italian Institute in Prague

‎The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Prague will be hosting till February 28, 2017, “The World of Outsiders” a photographic exhibition by Pavel Konecny, a Czech collector of Art brut. The exhibition features 10 Italian marginal artists and their works that Mr Konecny photographed during his several journeys to Italy from 2011 to 2015. “The […]

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26 January 2017

Tunisia – Shared places of worship and architectural affinities between Italy and Tunisia

As part of the “Lieux saints partagés” exhibition hosted at the Bardo National Museum, the Italian Cultural Institute in Tunis will present the conference “Shared places of worship and architectural affinities” with Paolo Belloni, architect and professor at the Milan Polytechnic, and Najla Allani, director of the Ecole Nationale d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme of Sidi Bou […]

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