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29 November 2018

The San Carlo Orchestra in Montreal

Naples’s Teatro San Carlo and its Orchestra, with Conductor Maurizio Agostini, held a concert in Montreal, at the Maison Symphonique, one of the world’s most prestigious temples of music. The programme included the performance of some of the most famous arias of the Italian music tradition and a special homage to Gioachino Rossini, whose 150th anniversary of his […]

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29 November 2018

The Art of dry-stone walling inscribed in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO

The UNESCO Convention Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage has inscribed “The art of dry-stone walling” in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The transnational candidacy was presented by Italy together with Cyprus, Croatia, France, Greece, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland. The unanimous decision by the 24 States that […]

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26 November 2018

Brasilia: exhibition on Italian painting between the two World Wars

  The exhibition “Classicismo, Realismo, Vanguarda: pintura italiana no entreguerras” opened yesterday evening at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil.  The initiative is the result of the cooperation between the Embassy of Italy to Brasil, the Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo and the CCBB.  The exhibition will be on display […]

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23 November 2018

Festival of Italian and Albinian Films from the ’60s to date

The University of Arts of Tirana, in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute, hosted the Schermo a schermo /Ekrane Përballë (Screen to Screen) Festival which screened a selection of films and videos by Italian and Albanian artists from the 1960s to date. If, in Italy, art films mainly have their roots in the ‘60s, in the […]

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21 November 2018

Fence around the Italian Embassy in Yerevan displays work by De Meo​

The fence around the Italian Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia, is now displaying an installation by Carlo De Meo, who has chosen to exhibit his work not inside the offices of the diplomatic mission but outside, so as to enable any passer-by to appreciate it. To celebrate the 18th Week of the Italian Language in the […]

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21 November 2018

Tunis showcases a combination of classical tradition and contemporary artistic research

The MAXXI Collection has become an ambassador of dialogue between peoples and an instrument of cultural diplomacy because art can build bridges to overcome isolationisms and nationalisms. The exhibition “Classic Reloaded.Mediterranea”, curated by Bartolomeo Pietromarchi, director of MAXXI Arte, together with Eleonora Farina, running from 29 November to 31 January 2019, will bring to the […]

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20 November 2018

Buenos Aires: the Aphrodite of Capua on display for three months.

​​Buenos Aires: the Aphrodite of Capua on display for three months. For three months, the Aphrodite of Capua will welcome the visitors of the Buenos Aires National Museum of Fine Arts in its main hall. The Argentinian Minister for Culture, Pablo Avelluto, took part in the opening ceremony together with the Italian Ambassador, Giuseppe Manzo, […]

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20 November 2018

A week dedicated to Dacia Maraini in Mexico City

Dacia Maraini will be presented to Mexican students and lecturers in a series of meetings organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Mexico City. The cycle will kick off on 21 November with a meeting with the students of the University of the Cloister of Sor Juana, featuring a dramatic reading of ‘Sor Juana’, a […]

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20 November 2018

University of Baghdad reopens the Italian Language Department

The Italian Language Department of the University of Baghdad is open again. Eight years after its closure, the Italian Ambassador in Baghdad, Antonio Pasquino, inaugurated the new department at the presence of the Deputy Rector and with the participation of Professor Mahmoud Salem Elsheikh from the University of Florence. Professor Elsheikh delivered a brief lecture […]

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15 November 2018

A showcase in Vienna for Amatrice’s firms

The Italian Embassy and the city of Vienna opened the historic rooms of Villa Metternich to host several agricultural firms, mainly coming from the area of Amatrice. This gave them the opportunity to present their products of excellence to the Austrian press and other professionals in the sector. The evening was organised thanks to the […]

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15 November 2018

La Dolce Vitti opens in Los Angeles at the Cinema Italian Style Festival​

La Dolce Vitti, the multimedia show presenting the portrait of one of the best-loved actresses of the Italian cinema, opened in Los Angeles in parallel with the Cinema Italian Style Festival. Hosted at the Italian Cultural Institute with the sponsorship of the Italian Consulate, the show was designed by the Istituto Luce Cinecittà in cooperation […]

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14 November 2018

Luxembourg: ‘Fare Cinema’ puts a focus on Mastroianni

Fare Cinema: A film festival in Luxembourg with a focus on Mastroianni and restoration The ‘Fare Cinema’ Festival, launched by the Foreign Ministry to promote high-quality film productions abroad, has landed in Luxembourg. The Italian Embassy has organised a series of screenings spanning from the classics of the past to contemporary cinema with two films […]

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