Diplomazia Culturale

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30 May 2016

La Valletta – 21st Triennale di Milano presented in Malta

A presentation of the 21st Triennale di Milano International Exhibition, was organised by the Director of the Italian Institute of Culture in La Valletta, Salvatore Schirmo, with a view to promoting Italian design. With the support of videos, La Triennale General Director Andrea Cancellato took the audience on a journey through time and space, illustrating […]

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27 May 2016

Integrated promotion Action by the Farnesina: a delegation of Sichuan Province visits Campania

Today the Region of Campania hosts a mission from the Province of Sichuan, whose capital Chengdu was recently nominated the most economically attractive city of China. The mission, promoted by the Italian Consulate General in Chongqing, is part of the integrated promotion action of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Later today the […]

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27 May 2016

Brazil – Italy at Casa Cor trade fair in Sao Paulo

 Italy will be present at the 2016 edition of Casa Cor in Sao Paulo, which runs until June 10. Casa Cor is the largest exhibition of architecture and decoration in Latin America, which every year attracts renowned architects and industry professionals to Brazil to reinvent and furnish spaces with the products of the world’s leading […]

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27 May 2016

Washington – Italian embassy focuses on protecting cultural and human heritage

The protection of cultural and human heritage is again taking centre-stage at the Italian embassy in Washington, with two events scheduled for the end of May. On May 25, the embassy hosted Christian Greco, the director of the Egyptian Museum of Turin, for a conference on the experience of the museum in involving local communities […]

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26 May 2016

Yangon – Italy-Myanmar partnership in the culinary sector

The cooperation between Italy and Myanmar expands thanks to a new initiative: Ye Ko Naing, a young Burmese student at the Hospitality and Catering Training Accademy (HCTA) of Yangon, is about to begin his new training activity with ALMA, the international school of Italian cuisine. The HCTA, created by Aung San Suu Kyi in memory […]

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26 May 2016

Moscow – Italy-Russia conference on legacy of Benedetto Croce

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Benedetto Croce, the Italian Institute of Culture in Moscow, together with the Faculty of Humanities of the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, is organising a Russian-Italian conference dedicated to one of the most significant thinkers of the 20th century. The conference is […]

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26 May 2016

Germany – Italy guest of honour at German Gardening Fair

Italy was a guest of honour at the International Landscape Architecture and Gardening Fair, held at Schloss Fasanerie, the historic estate of the Prince-Electors of Hesse in the German town of Eichenzell. The privilege confirms Italy’s excellence in the field of protecting and maintaining historic landscapes and in the food and wine sector. Italy’s participation […]

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25 May 2016

Hamburg – Consulates Night, focus on photos by Salvo d’Avila

A long night-time event full of art, flavours, aromas and musical notes is scheduled for 26 May, from 6 to 10 p.m. “The Long Night of Consulates” will include the participation of a large number of diplomatic missions in Hamburg and will offer a wide range of events and initiatives. Events will also be staged […]

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25 May 2016

Tunisia – Quirinale’s bust of Hannibal on display in Bardo Museum

The renowned marble bust of Hannibal, owned by Italy’s Quirinale Palace and considered to be the most credible portrait supposedly of the Carthaginian commander, will be on display at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis from Friday, May 24, till June 30, as part of the “Hannibal in Carthage” exhibition. To mark the occasion, the […]

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24 May 2016

Great success for Qin Feng’s exhibition at the Giorgio Cini Foundation on San Giorgio Island, under the patronage of the MAECI​

The inauguration of Qin Feng’s exhibition was a great success. The exhibition was promoted by the Venice International University with the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAECI). The event, which took place on Thursday, 19 May, at the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice, was staged for the first time in the two Cloisters […]

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24 May 2016

‘Diplomazia e Dintorni’ – The Farnesina Collection

The 62nd episode of “Diplomazia e dintorni” (“Diplomacy and the Like”) is devoted to the “Farnesina Collection”, the contemporary art collection hosted at the Foreign Ministry that includes the work of the Italian masters of contemporary art. The programme will be aired at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 24 May on Radio LUISS. Enrico Vattani, head […]

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24 May 2016

Belgrade – Highlights and Stories of Italian Design

2016, the year of Milan’s 21st Triennale, also marks the 90th anniversary of the Italian Embassy in Belgrade. To celebrate the occasion, the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Belgrade presents the exhibition Highlights and Stories of Italian Design, which will be hosted in its premises on Kneza Milosa 56, from 30 May to 14 June. The exhibition […]

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