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10 February 2016
Barcellona – On display Gabriele Sisti’s “Archivio quotidiano” photographic show

Imagination, creativity, the world of dreams, the subconscious: all this is inside Gabriele Sisti’s photography. “In this new one-man show, Gabriele Sisti decided to leave behind the world of traditional photography in order to explore new expressive possibilities through the juxtaposition technique, through which he combines two or more of his own images with those […]

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10 February 2016
Buenos Aires – Olivo Barbieri photo exhibition to open in Buenos Aires

“Olivo Barbieri: images 1978-2014” is the title of an exhibition to be held in Buenos Aires from Mar. 2 at the Recoleta Cultural Centre. The event has been organised by the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in the Argentine capital, by the hosting Centre and by the Maxxi Museum in Rome. The exhibition illustrates the […]

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10 February 2016
London-“Cinema Made in Italy” festival to begin in March

The “Cinema Made in Italy” festival will be held from March 10 to 14 at the Cine’ Lumiere in London’s South Kensington area. The festival has been organised by the Istituto Luce Cinecitta’ and the Italian Institute of Culture in London. Many of the movies in the festival’s programme will be screened for the first […]

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9 February 2016
Chile exhibition celebrates artists Ciccarelli and Mochi

“Arte italiano, una huella en Chile” is the title of an exhibition to be held in Santiago de Chile from Mar. 1 to 21. The show will celebrate artists Alessandro Ciccarelli and Giovanni Mochi who, in the mid-nineteenth century became respectively the first and third directors of the newly established Academy of Fine Arts in […]

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9 February 2016
Italy – Launches competition at Karachi Literature Festival

The Italian consulate in Karachi, together with the publishing house “Metropoli d’Asia”, launched a literary competition in Pakistan at the prestigious Karachi Literature Festival, which drew tens of thousands of visitors to the city. Italy played a major role in the cultural festival, as the four scheduled panel discussions show. Discussions focused on Italian and […]

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9 February 2016
Athens – Winner of 2015 Strega Prize meets public

The winner of the 2015 Strega Prize, Nicola Lagioia, was invited to an evening in Athens. It was organised by the Italian Institute of Culture with Megaron Plus cultural programme organiser. Athens was chosen because one of the committees concurring in awarding the prestigious literary award is there, and each year, the winner is invited […]

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9 February 2016
New Delhi – “Bravo, Bravissimo!”, Teatro Verde Company fascinates Indian audiences

After winning last year’s “Best puppet musical cabaret award” at the Harmony World Puppet Carnival (the world’s most famous marionette and puppet festival), this year Rome’s Teatro Verde Company represents Italy at the 14th edition of the Ishara International Puppet Festival 2016 in India. The Roman company gave life to the Festival alongside eight more […]

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8 February 2016
USA – Italy president of the eu’s ‘protecting our heritage’ programme

“Protecting our Heritage” is the name of a programme proposed by the “EUNIC” network (European National Institutes of Culture), of which Italy is the rotating president for 2016 in Washington through the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC). The initiative, under the patronage of UNESCO and supported by the EU’s permanent delegation to Washington, has two […]

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8 February 2016
Argentina – On show the Unesco heritage sites seen by 14 italian photographers

Buenos Aires will host the exhibition “UN.IT UNESCO Italia: The world heritage sites in the work of 14 Italian photographers” from Mar. 3 to Apr. 3. The exhibition, which will be inaugurated by Minister of Heritage and Cultural Activities and Tourism (MIBACT) Dario Franceschini, has been organised by the Farnesina and MIBACT in partnership with […]

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8 February 2016
Tokyo – From Giotto to Caravaggio: a virtual tour of the Uffizi Gallery of Florence

A virtual tour through the Uffizi Gallery of Florence. The Italian Institute of Culture in Tokyo will host, from Feb. 13 to March 13, an interactive exhibition that will guide visitors through the Florentine Palazzo, unveiling frescoes and masterpieces and presented to the Japanese public through reproductions by Hitachi Ltd. The exhibition is organised by […]

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5 February 2016
Montreal – Museum of Fine Arts displays splendours of Pompeii

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will host the exhibition called “Pompeii” from Saturday, February 6 to September 5. The initiative was organised thanks to a collaboration between the Italian Institute of Culture and the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, which hosted the exhibition from June 13, 2015 to January 3 last. It is the […]

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5 February 2016
Italy and Oman – United by music in Muscat

Italy and Oman have been united by music. A concert called “The Sounds of Italy and Oman – Harmonies across the Seas” will be held on Monday at the auditorium of the Bait al Zubair Museum in Muscat. The concert, promoted by the Italian Embassy in Oman, will be attended by the under-secretary of the […]

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