Diplomazia Culturale

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12 May 2016

Washington – Italian Embassy opens its doors for Europe Day

“This is a celebration we specially have at heart, not only because it gives us the opportunity to get people better acquainted with Italy and the Italian Embassy, but also because it is Europe Day,” said Armando Varricchio, the Italian Ambassador in Washington. Indeed, everything is ready for the celebration of Europe Day on Saturday, […]

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12 May 2016

Lithuania – Italian films at Cinemando Festival in Vilnius

The third edition of the Cinemando Festival of the best Italian films will soon begin in Vilnius. The Festival is organised by the Made in Italy Association and the Italian Institute of Culture in the Lithuanian capital, with the support of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism. Seven recent films will be screened in […]

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12 May 2016

Yangon – Italy and Myanmar consolidate relations in the name of art

Italy and Myanmar have joined forces in the name of art. Proof of this is the Myanm/ART exhibition project to be presented at the 21st edition of the Triennale di Milano.  Pier Giorgio Aliberti, the Italian Ambassador in Yangon, is an enthusiastic and convinced supporter of the project. He said: “The Italian Embassy staunchly supports […]

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11 May 2016

The Farnesina at the World Food Research and Innovation Forum and CIBUS in Parma

The World Food Research and Innovation Forum will be one of the initiatives organised for the “Week of Italian Cuisine in the World” which will be held every year starting from November 2016, staging events in the more than 300 offices of the network of Italian diplomatic and consular offices and Institutes of Culture. The […]

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11 May 2016

Guatemala – Students celebrate the Milan Triennale

The Milan Design Triennale and the genius of the great Milanese designers is the focus on an exhibition held between May 9 and 17, presented by 30 students of the Faculty of Architecture at the Francisco Marroquín University in Guatemala. The Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Guatemala City has organised the event to celebrate […]

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11 May 2016

Podgorica – A show of the selected works by Rosario Genovese

Podgorica is to host Rosario Genovese’s exhibition “Poetico Universo”. The Dvorac Petrovica Contemporary Art Centre is presenting the exhibition which is promoted by the Italian Embassy in Montenegro and organised by art director Ermenegildo Frioni. It will include a catalogue with texts written by Francesco Gallo Mazzeo and Marcello Palminteri and a 30-year anthology of […]

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10 May 2016

Berlin – Culture Institutes and embassies join forces for “My Unique Jazz Festival”

A single Festival will feature the whole wealth of European jazz. Berlin will again host the “My Unique Jazz Festival” from 13 to 21 May. In addition to featuring musicians from more than 14 European Countries, this year’s edition will be co-organised by 13 European Institutes of Culture and embassies belonging to the network of […]

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9 May 2016

Sydney – Italian Institute of Culture offers a tour of Italy’s famous wine-producing regions

The Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Sydney offers a tour of Italian wines across Italy’s most famous wine-producing regions and the excellence of their products. The first event of the series (organised by the IIC in partnership with the Osteria Balla Manfredi) will be hosted at the IIC on 12 May, from 6 to […]

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9 May 2016

Jakarta – 7 Italian films screened at European Film Festival

Seven Italian films are being shown at the European Film Festival in Jakarta. Now at its 16th edition, the festival will screen 78 films by the most acclaimed European directors. The festival opened with “Long Live Freedom” (“Viva la Liberta”) by Roberto Ando’ at the Indonesian capital’s Epicentrum Theatre. A large audience attended the screening […]

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9 May 2016

Tokyo – ‘Napoli Festa’ makes comeback in Kagoshima with a 2-day celebration

The Japanese city of Kagoshima has held its second ‘Napoli Festa’, a tribute to its sister city Naples. For the occasion, the central ‘Napoli dori’ (Naples Street) was closed to traffic and turned into an exhibition area for holiday packages and products from Naples and other parts of Italy. Concerts and talk shows on Naples […]

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9 May 2016

Bangkok – May events: Italian Festival in Thailand 2016

The May billboard of the Italian Festival in Thailand 2016 is particularly dense, with the Italian Embassy in Bangkok offering over 50 cultural and promotional events thanks to the support of 41 Italian and Thai sponsors and 21 local partners. This months’s programme was launched on 6 May with a dual event: the Siam Paragon […]

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6 May 2016

Iraq – An exhibition opens today at the MAXXI which tells the story of Italy’s fight to help preserve a cultural heritage

An exhibition called “Mesopotamia: Rising Again from Beauty” was opened today by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mario Giro. It runs from 7 May to 22 May and takes visitors on a journey across a multifaceted experience made of hologram projections, 3D reconstructions, videos, photographs and an original score. The exhibition tells a story […]

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