Diplomazia Culturale

Cultural Diplomacy

10 May 2024

“Palermo Mon Amour” photo exhibition in Madrid

The Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid is pleased to host in its exhibition spaces the “Palermo Mon Amour” exhibition, an unprecedented “plunge” into the history of a contradictory and imaginative city through the camera lens of exceptional authors: Enzo Sellerio, Letizia Battaglia, Franco Zecchin, Fabio Sgroi and Lia Pasqualino. For its Madrid stop, thanks to […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

9 May 2024

Spain – “Mediterranea” exhibition arrives in Valencia

The Consul General of Italy in Barcelona, Emanuele Manzitti, together with the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Barcelona Annamaria Di Giorgio, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciences (CASC) Santiago Lumbrera, the Director General of CASC Ana Ortells Miralles, and the Honorary Consul of […]

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Press Releases

8 May 2024

MAECI at the Turin International Book Fair

From 9 to 13 May 2024, at the instigation of the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be featured at the Turin International Book Fair with its own pavilion, the theme of which will be “La Farnesina incontra…” (The Italian […]

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Press Releases

6 May 2024

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Tajani’s mission to Friuli Venezia Giulia

The Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will be in Gorizia tomorrow. There, he will meet the city’s Mayor, Rodolfo Ziberna, to reiterate the importance of the joint designation of Gorizia and Nova Gorica as the 2025 European Capital of Culture within the framework of the Italian […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

6 May 2024

Sydney, conference on the construction of the Opera House

The Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney will organise a meeting on 9 May focusing on Paolo Stracchi and Luciano Cardellicchio‘s multi-year research project entitled Vele, Piovre e Gru Telescopiche: la costruzione dell’Opera House di Sydney” (Sails, Octopuses and Telescopic Cranes: the Construction of the Sydney Opera House). Over the last 50 years, the Sydney Opera […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

6 May 2024

Bratislava, Tracce Mediterranee by Giorgio Distefano

Giorgio Distefano‘s solo exhibition Tracce Mediterranee, organised by the Italian Institute of Culture, will be inaugurated on 16 May 2024, at the Považská galéria umenia v Žiline (Žilina Civic Gallery) in Bratislava. With this event, which will take place in the artist’s presence, the 17th Italian Festival in Slovakia Dolce Vitaj will also officially start. […]

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Press Releases

4 May 2024

Undersecretary Tripodi met in Caserta the Campania’s Municipalities that were awarded the Call for Proposals for the organisation of cultural activities in favour of Italian descendants in the world

At Caserta’s Auditorium, the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Maria Tripodi, met the President of the Province, Giorgio Magliocca, and the representatives of the 118 Campania’s Municipalities that were awarded the Foreign Ministry’s Call for Proposals for the organisation of cultural activities in favour of Italian descendants in the world. The […]

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Press Releases

3 May 2024

Undersecretary Tripodi signs a Memorandum at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to launch the Year of Cultural Exchange between South Korea and Italy

Acting on behalf of Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani, Italy’s Undersecretary of State to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Tripodi signed with the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Korea Yu In Chon the Memorandum on the Year of Cultural Exchange between South Korea […]

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Press Releases

3 May 2024

Mongolia – Caravaggio exhibition inaugurated

The Director General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) Alessandro De Pedys and the Italian Ambassador to Mongolia Giovanna Piccarreta today inaugurated the first exhibition of Caravaggio’s works in Mongolia at the Genghis Khan Museum in Ulanbataar. The event was attended by Mongolia’s Minister of […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

3 May 2024

Erbil – a seminar with the Directors of the Italian Archaeological Missions and the Directorates of Antiquities of Iraqi Kurdistan

Following the inauguration of the exhibition on the Italian archaeological missions in Iraqi Kurdistan organised by the Italian Consulate at the Media Hall Gallery in Erbil, a seminar was held on 29 and 30 April, which was attended by all 11 Directors of the Italian missions and the Directorates of Antiquities and Heritage of the […]

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Diplomatic Network

3 May 2024

Chile – Amerigo Vespucci leaves Valparaíso to continue world tour

The Amerigo Vespucci, the jewel of the Italian Navy, has left Valparaíso to continue its world tour begun in 2023 and ending in 2025. The world’s most beautiful ship, considered a veritable “floating embassy”, made a stop in Chile for the first time in its history, reaching a record number of more than 22,000 visitors […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

2 May 2024

Davide Rivalta’s ‘wild animals’ exhibited in Oslo

The exhibition of bronze sculptures by artist Davide Rivalta – titled “Come si aspetta ogni ritorno” (How we await every return) – will open on 3 May in the park of the Oscarshall Royal Palace on the Bygdøy peninsula, in Oslo. Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway will attend the ceremony. The exhibition, born in […]

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