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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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8 August 2016
Eight Italian schools abroad are part of the UNESCO Associated Schools International Network

Eight Italian schools abroad joined the UNESCO Associated Schools International Network in the 2015/16 school year, compared to the two that had taken part in 2013/14, when the programme was first introduced. Admission to the Network is based on schools’ ability to propose educational projects that raise awareness among students on United Nations and UNESCO values. […]

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4 August 2016
Reggio Emilia’s educational system on show in Toronto

​An exhibition called “Lo stupore del conoscere” (The wonder of learning), promoted by the Ontario Reggio Association in association with the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Toronto, runs until November 13. It was organised by Reggio Children and the North American Reggio Emilia Alliance, and began a world tour in 2008 which ends in 2018. […]

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4 August 2016
Limassol – “Fuocammare” by Gianfranco Rosi at the Festival of Documentaries in Cyprus

Italy is represented at the International Festival of Documentaries in Limassol in Cyprus, the festival that every year offers professional directors and local producers the chance to learn about new developments in documentaries. The festival, the 11th, includes a screening of the documentary “Fuocammare” by Gianfranco Rosi, with the support of the Italian Embassy to […]

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2 August 2016
Italy and Japan join forces to develop a “tractor” laser beam

A laser beam capable of attracting and trapping quantum objects: it is not science fiction but the result of a study revealed in the article “Quantum coherent tractor beam effect for atoms trapped near a nanowaveguide” recently published on Scientific Reports (Springer-Nature Publishing Group). Sandro Wimberger, of the Department of Physics and Earth Sciences of […]

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2 August 2016
Barcelona – “Pesci fuor d’acqua” by Angela Barusi on show in Catalonia

“Pesci fuor d’acqua” (“Fish out of Water”) is the title of the exhibition by Angela Barusi, that the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Barcelona will open to the public from 20 September to 11 October. A presentation note posted on the IIC’s website reads: “The artist’s long creative process evolved over a period of 20 […]

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1 August 2016
Tehran – World Youth Orchestra. The “Sounds for Iran” Project

The second phase of the “World Youth Orchestra –  Sounds for Iran” project, involving musicians from Italy, Iran and other Countries, will kick off in Tehran on 2 August. The first phase of the Project took place in June in Italy with a musical laboratory set up for young Iranian musicians.   Project activities will top […]

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