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10 March 2016

XXI Triennale International Exhibition Milan “21st Century. Design after Design”

The 21st edition of the Milan Triennial Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Modern Architecture entitled “21st Century – Design after Design” will be held from April 2 to September 12 this year, twenty years after the last one took place. The exhibition’s theme highlights the opportunities for deeper connections between industry, art and society, with […]

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10 March 2016

Tunis – A shelter for heroes: the first Garden of the Righteous in an Arab country

For the first time an Arab country will plant its Garden of the Righteous: Tunisia will host it inside the grounds of the Italian Embassy in Tunis. The announcement was made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, in a message broadcast during the planting ceremony of six new trees in […]

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10 March 2016

Brussels – Debate on the walls of the new Europe

Tomorrow’s second meeting of the cycle of lectures “L’Europa e l’Altro” (L’Europe et l’Autre) will focus on ‘The walls of the new Europe’.  Henry Laurens from the College de France, Michel Foucher from the College d’Eudes Mondiales will hold the debate and Luigi Mascilli Migliorini, from the University of Naples “L’Orientale”, will moderate it. The […]

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10 March 2016

Latin America – Writer Erri De Luca goes on tour

Italian writer Erri De Luca will begin his tour of Latin America on the 14th of March in Uruguay and then in Argentina on the 16th  for a series of conferences in which he will speak about his literary work and his most recent books. Erri De Luca is considered one of Italy’s most important […]

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9 March 2016

Africa – The RomAfrica Film Festival to make a comeback in July

The second edition of the RomAfrica Film Festival (RAFF) is set to take place again at the ‘Casa del Cinema’ in Rome’s Villa Borghese park from 13 to 16 July. The event, which is part of the Italy-Africa Initiative, was presented at the Foreign Ministry at the presence of the Deputy Director General for Globalization, […]

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9 March 2016

Argentina – ‘Arte in Scena’ exhibition opens in Buenos Aires

“Arte in Scena” (Art on Stage), a modern art exhibition, will be open in Buenos Aires from March 19 to June 5 as part of the Year of Italy in Latin America. The exhibition, curated by Anna Mattirolo, was organised by Rome’s National Museum of 21st Century Arts (MAXXI) and the Proa Foundation in the […]

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9 March 2016

Eastern Europe – Paolo Giordano tours Budapest, Bratislava and Prague

Italian writer Paolo Giordano has embarked on a tour through Eastern Europe, where his latest novel “Like Family” has been released in Hungarian, Slovak and Czech. In the Czech capital, the author spoke with students of Italian Studies at the Department of Philosophy of the Charles IV University. He was accompanied by the translator of […]

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8 March 2016

Lisbon – Books, “L’Abbazia dei cento peccati” by Marcello Simoni translated in Portuguese

In a recent interview, Marcello Simoni said he was in debt with Umberto Eco, owing to “the great writer, the master key to an imaginary world, his Middle Ages bestseller”. His books represent global phenomena, like “The Abbey of One Hundred Sins” (“L’Abbazia dei cento peccati”), a historic novel which will presented in the Portuguese […]

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8 March 2016

Italy-Japan – “Japanese Enchantments” at the Farnesina’s kindergarten

To celebrate the Japanese ‘Hinamatsuri’ festivity – the dolls’ festival – the kindergarten of the Farnesina hosted the event “Incanti Giapponesi” (“Japanese Enchantments”) to attune children to Japanese culture through educational games conducted by specialised staff. The dolls festival, in fact, is an important occasion in which to pray for the good and health growth […]

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8 March 2016

Vietnam – Hanoi Opera House sold out for soprano Angela Nisi

The National Vietnamese Symphonic Orchestra opened the opera season with an all sold out performance at the Hanoi Theatre. The programme included arias from Italian operas by Gioacchino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gaetano Donizzetti and Giacomo Puccini, with the extraordinary participation of star soprano Angela Nisi. The young artist was much applauded by the packed Hanoi […]

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7 March 2016

Tirana – Literature, Chiara Gamberale meets the Albanian public

Chiara Gambarale in Tirana: the meeting with the writer is scheduled at 6 p.m. on Thursday, 31 March at the Unesco Hall of the National History Museum of Tirana, where she will present the Albanian translation of her two novels “Per dieci minuti” and “Le luci nelle case degli altri”. The presentation is promoted by […]

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7 March 2016

Beirut – “Middle Eastern Musical Dialogues” between Italy and Lebanon

The Lebanese tour of the Stefano Maurizi-Luciano Biondini-Mohammed Abuzekry trio entitled “Middle Eastern Musical Dialogues” has just ended. It expressed a musical dialogue between the cultures of the West and of the Middle East. The tour was organised by the Italian Institute of Culture in Beirut together with several Lebanese partners. The project, born from […]

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