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19 January 2017

Chile – “El oro no se oxida” exhibition by Pamela Pintus opens in Santiago

The Italian Cultural Institute in Santiago is hosting the exhibition “El oro no se oxida” (“Gold does not rust”) by Italian artist Panela Pintu, which will run until 23 February. The exhibit, promoted by the Italian Embassy in Chile, the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) and Sinopsis Australis, is curated by Carmelo Cipriani. The artist narrates […]

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18 January 2017

Finland – Enit makes a comeback at the Travel & Tourism Trade Fair

‎Enit, Italy’s National Tourism Agency, will be back at the next Travel & Tourism Trade Fair (Matka, 19-22 January 2017), after an absence of nine years. A major event in the tourism industry of Northern Europe, in 2016 Matka recorded 66,794 visitors, of which 13,700 were tour operators. Enit’s comeback on the Finnish market in […]

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18 January 2017

New Delhi – “The Weak Spot”: Giampaolo Simi takes centre stage at the Noir Literature Festival

Giampaolo Simi, whose latest novel, “Cosa resta di noi” (Sellerio), released in 2015 and the winner of the Premio Scerbanenco, the most prestigious national prize for noir fiction, will participate in a chat with Abheek Barua at the Noir Literature Festival that will be held in New Delhi from 27 to 29 January. The theme […]

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18 January 2017

Italian Baroque feasts ‘revamped’ in Lisbon

The “Festa Barocca” (“Baroque Feast”) exhibition, a journey through the protocol milestones of old feasts held at Italian Royal Courts, which began in the Renaissance and became even more flamboyant during the Baroque period, will open at Lisbon’s Palacio Nacional da Ajuda on Thursday. The exhibition narrates Italian culture in a homage to Portugal, being […]

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17 January 2017

Spain – Design, “ITmakES” promotes new know-how between Italy and Spain

In order to support new Made in Italy products in Spain, the Italian Embassy in Madrid is launching a series of projects entitled “ITmakesES”. The initiative, which has enjoyed the support of all the Italian business institutions in Spain, stems from the creative contaminations that have come about between Italian and Spanish designers, creatives, makers […]

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16 January 2017

Argentina – Concert by Elisa Iovele-Roberto Brandolisio duo

After the success recorded in 2016, the “Suono Italiano-Friuli in Musica” (“Italian Sound-Friuli in Music”) project promoted in Argentina by the Friuli Venezia-Giulia Region in conjunction with the Italian National Music Committee, is scheduled to continue into 2017. The Italian Cultural Institute in Córdoba, in partnership with the Councillorship for Culture of the Province of […]

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13 January 2017

Colombia – Author Iacopo Barison participates in the Hay Festival

The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Bogotá announces that the twelfth Hay Festival in Cartagena de Indias, taking place from 26 to 29 January, will also be attended by Italian author Iacopo Barison. Major literary figures including Mario Vargas Llosa (Nobel Prize Laureate for Literature 2010), Simon Sebag Montefiore, Andrea Wulf, Hisham Matar, Phil Manzanera, Carmen […]

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13 January 2017

Japan – Masterpieces of chamber music at the Italian Cultural Institute, concert by the Bortolotto-Andri duo

From Ludwig van Beethoven to César Franck and Nino Rota, the masterpieces of chamber music by the greatest composers will be feature in concerts to be given at the Italian Cultural Institute (ICC) in Tokyo by two talented musicians from Friuli: Laura Bortolotto on violin and Matteo Andri on piano. The duo, whose solo and chamber […]

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13 January 2017

Austria – From Visconti to Tornatore, Sicily in the movies

Many Italian films have Sicily as their common denominator, including The Earth Trembles by Luchino Visconti, Respiro by Emanuele Crialese, Forever Mery by Marco Risi and Cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore. Sicily is an island of contradictions – a landing stage for thousands of migrants and a reflection of the poverty of southern Italy, but also a […]

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12 January 2017

Israel – “Florence 66 – After the flood”, film and debate to remember the mud angels

Israel is paying tribute to Florence, 50 years since the flood that overwhelmed the city in 1966. The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Tel Aviv is marking this anniversary, on 14 to 19 January, at the Neve Schechter, with a special event attended by the Mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella. The documentary film “Florence 66 – […]

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12 January 2017

France – “Paris 1900” exhibition by Alfredo Muller in Strasbourg

The Italian Cultural Institute  (IIIC) in Strasbourg is preparing to host the exhibition titled “Paris 1900. Sguardo sulla scena. Regard sur la scéne . Glance on Stage. Portraits of actresses by Alfredo Muller.” The event, opening next Thursday is the result of meticulous work carried out by the ‘Friends of Alfredo Muller’ association. It brings together a series […]

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12 January 2017

United States – Sardinian textiles on show at the Italian Cultural Institute

MURATS, the Sardinian regional museum of textile art, has provided a selection of exhibits for a show being held at the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco from Thursday, 19 January to Friday, 24 February. “Sardinian textile production is fairly unknown outside the region and this show is intended to promote Sardinian craftwork and relaunch […]

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