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18 September 2017
BRAZIL – Italy attends the Film and Food Festival in Brazil

The Cine Pireneus in Pirenopolis, in the Brazilian State of Goias, is hosting the Slow Filme – International Film and Food Festival, until Sunday, 17 September. The programme includes film screenings, laboratories, workshops and food and wine tasting events. Now at its 8th edition, the festival this year is curated by film director and critic […]

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18 September 2017
United Kingdom – Festival of Italian Literature, an observatory on contemporaneity

A two-day event (on Saturday, 21 and Sunday 22 October), with more than 30 guests, in which famous masters and emerging young talents will meet in London. Italian, British and international authors will meet to discuss literature and other contemporary issues such as migration, politics, London, Italy, gender differences and contemporary culture. Once again, London […]

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15 September 2017
‘Raccontamenti’ by Chiara Montenero

At the Bardo Museum in Tunis, literature, source of inspiration, becomes an exhibition  The titanic and fascinating endeavour of Chiara Montenero, eclectic poet and writer, is to transpose the essence and the atmosphere of the literary work of famous authors onto the limited space of a canvas. Ms Montenero came to the realm of visual […]

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14 September 2017
Austria – Pallavicini presents “Atomic Dandy” (“Atomico Dandy”) in Vienna

“Hartliebs Bucher” bookshop in Vienna will be the venue for a presentation by Piersandro Pallavicini of his book “Atomic Dandy” on Friday, 15 September. The Italian Cultural Institute of Vienna will co-organise the event.  Born in Vigevano in 1962, Pallavicino lectures at the University of Pavia. He is also an inorganic nano chemistry researcher, and […]

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13 September 2017
Australia – the Lavazza Italian Film Festival starts tomorrow in Melbourne

The Lavazza Italian Film Festival (LIFF) kicks off in Melbourne tomorrow. This film festival has been bringing the best of Italian film production to Australia since 2000. Opening the festival will be the film “Let yourself go!” (“Lasciati andare”), directed by Francesco Amato and starring Tony Servillo. Other films to be screened include “Indivisible” (“Indivisibili”) […]

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13 September 2017
Japan – Exhibitions, the “Voices and colours of nature” (“Voci e colori della natura”) live again in the works of Laura Galvagno

 The exhibition “Voices and colours of nature” (“Voci e colori della natura”) includes 20 abstract works of art which take their inspiration from the world of nature and were created by Laura Galvagno between 2014 and 2017. The Artistic Area of the Italian Cultural Institute in Osaka will host the exhibit, which opens on 15 September […]

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13 September 2017
France – Open day at the Italian Cultural Institute in Marseilles on Saturday

Next Saturday, there will be an open day at the Italian Cultural Institute in Marseilles.  The Institute is organising a “Casa d’Italia” tour as part of the 2017 European Heritage Days and the IV Biennial on immigration organised by the  RHMIT network (history and memory of immigration and territories network), dealing with history, recollections, heritage […]

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13 September 2017
The exhibition in Paris: “Sempre libera. Maria Callas at La Scala”​

The Italian Cultural Institute in Paris has teamed up with the Accademia Teatro alla Scala to organise an exhibition marking the fortieth anniversary of the death of Maria Callas. To mark the fortieth anniversary of the death of Maria Callas, which occurred in Paris on 16 September 1977, the Italian Cultural Institute has teamed up […]

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12 September 2017
Seminar on visas issued in favour of students and researchers

Professor Elda Morlicchio,  Rector of the Università Orientale of Naples, extended an invitation to the officers of the Farnesina’s Visa Centre to participate in a seminar. The event, entitled “Facilitare  l’emissione di visti d’ingresso in Italia in favore di studenti, ricercatori e docenti internazionali” [“Facilitating  the issuance of entry visas to Italy in favour of […]

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12 September 2017
Belgium – Sottsass on show in Brussels marking 100th anniversary of his birth

The Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ettore Sottsass, one of the major Italian designers of the 20th century, will launch the exhibit “Ettore Sottsass.  Smalti 1958” [Ettore Sottsass, Enamels 1958], curated by Fulvio and Napoleone Ferrari, great collectors and founders of the Museo Casa […]

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12 September 2017
Russian Federation – Saint Petersburg hosts Gianrico Carofiglio

The Italian Cultural Institute in Saint Petersburg has organised a reading with writer Gianrico Carofiglio on 27 September. Over the years, the former magistrate-turned-writer has become one of the best loved Italian authors. His books have been translated into 28 different languages. During the event, which will be hosted at the Aleksandrinsky Theatre, excerpts from […]

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12 September 2017
Giacomelli’s photography at Moscow’s MAMM

Moscow’s Multimedia Art Museum (MAMM) will host the exhibition of Mario Giacomelli’s photography entitled  “Mario Giacomelli. La poetica del paesaggio” [“Mario Giacomelli. The poetry of landscapes”], curated by Carlo Emanuele Bugatti, on 16 September. The launching ceremony will take place on Thursday 14 September and will be attended by Maurizio Mangialardi, Mayor of the the […]

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