Diplomazia Culturale

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19 August 2016

Ireland – Dublin hosts an exhibition on Aquileia and the Roman Empire

An exhibition, which was originally set up in 2009 and has since then toured all of Europe, arrives in Dublin. “Aquileia: the Crossroads of the Empire” will open at the Italian Cultural Institute in Dublin on August 23, where it will run till September 23. The exhibition narrates the story of Aquileia and the role […]

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18 August 2016

Australia – “Dante Alighieri” Society in Melbourne celebrates 120th anniversary​

The “Dante Alighieri” Society in Melbourne celebrated 120 years of activity in an event attended by the Consul General, Marco Cerbo, and the Minister for Industry of the State of Victoria, Lily D’Ambrosio,  in addition to many more local dignitaries and representatives of the Italian community and of the academic world. The Dante Alighieri’s head […]

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18 August 2016

United Kingdom – “Italians and the UK” multimedia project presented in London

T​he Italian community is one the UK’s most numerous, well-rooted and long-standing. To narrate this ‘love story’, Lorenzo Colantoni, journalist, and Riccardo Venturi, a world-renowned photographer, in partnership with the Italian Foreign Ministry and National Geographic Italia, have launched a multimedia project called “Italians and the UK”. The outcome of the project is a book […]

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16 August 2016

Australia – “Italy, a regional power”

Italy will be the focus of a debate in Sydney on how the Country evolved into a regional power and on how it has changed from the Unification of Italy to date. The debate will follow the presentation of Gabriele Abbondanza’s book “Italia potenza regionale: il contesto africano dall’Unità ai giorni nostri” (“Italy, a regional […]

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16 August 2016

Russia – In September Moscow to showcase Italy, from Raphael to Giuseppe Verdi

Italian painting and music will take centre stage in Russia’s September art scene. Thanks to the cooperation between Italian and Russian cultural institutions, with the support of the Italian Embassy, three major cultural events are scheduled to open in Moscow in September. The first, opening on Sept. 2 at the Pushkin Museum, is the exhibition […]

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11 August 2016

Mexico – Book details the evolution of education in Mexico before and after the revolution

A book called “Scuole, maestri e pedagogie nel Messico prima e dopo la rivoluzione” (Schools, teachers and teaching methods in pre- and post-revolutionary Mexico) will be presented on Tuesday, 16 August at 6 p.m. at the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Mexico City. The study of Mexico’s education system is in the journal “Annali di […]

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11 August 2016

Serbia – Film retrospective pays tribute to Mastroianni in Belgrade

The Yugoslav Film Archive in Belgrade is dedicating a section of its “World Movie Stars” screenings to Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni. The retrospective kicked off on 7 July and ends on 1 September, with films shown every Thursday. Films starring the Italian actor already shown include: Mario Monicelli’s “Big Deal on Madonna Street”, in which […]

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11 August 2016

South Korea – Davide Bramante presents “No East, No West”

Seoul is to host “No East, No West”, a photography  exhibition by Italian artist Davide Bramante. The exhibition, co-hosted by the Korea Foundation and the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Seoul, runs until 28 August. It features a set of highly evocative photographs Bramante shot in unique sites across the world, from Seoul and Busan in […]

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10 August 2016

Japan – ‘Panta Rei’, works by Italian and Japanese artists on show at Task

Tokyo’s Task Museum will be hosting “Panta Rei”, an exhibition of ceramic pieces, organized by the Italian Cultural Institute in Osaka in partnership with the Task Museum. “Panta rei” the famous assertion ascribed to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus, reminds us that everything flows, nothing abides and as a result it is not possible to step […]

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9 August 2016

Athens – “Naos”: Synergy of Art presents music and dance in a Greek temple

The temple of Aphaia on the Greek island of Aigina, south-east of the Acropolis in Athens, will come alive with dance and music on 18 August. Synergy of Art presents”Naos”, organised with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in Athens and featuring  Silvia Macchi, Anne Kern, Andreas  Kanellopoulos, Cristina Varotsos, Filippos Koutsaftsis, Dimitris  Kountas, […]

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9 August 2016

Montreal to host Italian fashion exhibition “Eleganza”

From Valentino to Armani and Fendi to Prada, Italian fashion takes centre stage in Montreal where the McCord Museum presents “Eleganza: Italian Fashion, From 1945 to Today” an exhibition which runs until 25 September. “Eleganza” displays the work of Italian stylists that changed the fashion landscape, especially in the post-World War II period. It was […]

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8 August 2016

Norway – Bergen conference focuses on Italian urban space

An interdisciplinary conference called “The Italian City – Urban Space and Representation” will be held in Bergen from 12 September to 14 September. The conference, organized by Marco Gargiulo, professor of Italian Linguistics at the University of Bergen Department of Foreign Languages, with the Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo, will discuss the city, its linguistic, […]

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