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8 May 2017
Malta – Art Camp 2017

Thanks to a collaboration between the Italian Embassy in Malta, the Italian Cultural Institute in Valletta and the Italian National Commission for UNESCO, Agnese Purgatorio, an Apulian artist whose work focuses on dialogue, borders and illegality, will be participating in the international Art Camp, organised in Gozo from 7 to 20 May 2017 by the […]

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Press Releases
8 May 2017
Alfano: “The upcoming reopening to the public of the IsIAO Library is an important fruit of the cooperation between the Foreign Ministry and the MiBACT”

“I am very happy that within the context of the 9th edition of “Farnesina Porte Aperte” (“Farnesina Open Doors”), more than 6 years after the closing of the Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente (IsIAO), the Institute’s prestigious library will reopen to the public on the premises of the National Central Library of Rome,” said […]

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Press Releases
3 May 2017
Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, is in Tehran to attend the International Book Festival, where Italy is the guest of honour

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, is on mission in Iran. Today, he is in Tehran to attend the International Book Festival, where Italy is the guest of honour and the first Western Country to be conferred this role. After participating in the Festival’s opening ceremony and having visited the Italian Pavilion, […]

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2 May 2017
Sweden – “Cinema Made in Italy – Festival of Italian Cinema”

The  “Cinema Made in Italy – Festival of Italian Cinema” was launched on April 27, in Stockholm,  following a 20-year tradition of cinema reviews organised in the capital city by the Italian Cultural Institute which, thanks to a collaboration with Istituto Luce-Cinecittà, will relaunch Italian cinema in Sweden. The Italian Ambassador to Sweden, Mario Cospito, […]

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2 May 2017
Italy Guest Country of Honour at the Tehran International Book Fair

Eternal, universal, distributed with balance over the centuries, the variety of arts perfected by man and the wonder of landscapes designed by nature: a timeless beauty. This will be the common thread in Italy’s participation as Guest Country of Honour at the Tehran International Book Fair (نمایشگاه بین‌المللی کتاب تهران‎‎), from 3 to 13 May […]

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27 April 2017
Farnesina Open Doors – 9th Transparency Day (5-11 May, 2017)

“It is with great pleasure that I welcome the “Farnesina Open Doors” event, now at its 9th edition.The opening of the Farnesina Palace to the general public is yet another opportunity to enhance the transparency of the activities carried out by Italian diplomacy, drawing citizens and institutions closer to our foreign policy. This year’s edition […]

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27 April 2017
Australia – Beyond classics. New Italian Cinema

L’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Sydney ritorna al Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre con una nuova entusiasmante rassegna intitolata Beyond classics. New Italian Cinema. Grazie ad un’accurata scelta tra i più freschi e geniali lungometraggi contemporanei italiani, gli spettatori avranno l’imperdibile occasione di vedere un’Italia descritta sul grande schermo attraverso lo sguardo d’autore ironico, sensibile, a […]

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27 April 2017
Australia – Beyond classics. New Italian Cinema

The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Sydney returns to the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre with an exciting new film season entitled Beyond classics. New Italian Cinema. Following a careful selection of the latest and most brilliant contemporary Italian feature films, viewers will have a unique opportunity to see Italy on the big screen through the ironic, sensitive, […]

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27 April 2017
‘Giorgio de Chirico. Metaphysical Apparitions’

The first big exhibition by the master of metaphysical painting entitled ‘Giorgio de Chirico. Apparizioni metafisiche’ (‘Giorgio de Chirico. Metaphysical Apparitions’) made its debut in Russia. The exhibition is a historic event if we consider that in 1929 only four of the artist’s works had been displayed in Moscow and some of his drawings and […]

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24 April 2017
Spain – “Time and the Voice”: songs from Sicilian School of Poetics

“Il Tempo e la Voce” (“Time and the Voice”) is a project aimed at translating some texts from the Sicilian School of Poetics and transposing them into music. The project was launched by Enrico Coppola, a musician and art historian, and by Giuseppe Di Bella, singer and songwriter and Chief Editor of the poetry collection […]

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