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27 January 2015
Berlin – Exhibition ‘Botticelli Renaissance’ launched

A press conference was recently held in Berlin to launch the exhibition “Botticelli. 2015-1445. The Botticelli Renaissance”. Attendees included Director General of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Eissenhauer. The exhibition is set to open in September and intends to retrace the 19th and 20th century rediscovery of the great Florentine master, and will focus not […]

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23 January 2015
Lebanon – Photomed – Italian photographs on display

Photomed, the photography exhibition founded in France, is visiting the Land of Cedars this year. Featuring emerging photographers from the countries of the Mediterranean, the exhibition will run in various galleries in Beirut until 11 February 2015. The event was organised with help from the Embassies of France, Italy and Spain and the EU delegation […]

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22 January 2015
Brussels: pedalling for freedom in memory of Ennio Odino

It is difficult to sum up in just a few lines a life as full as that of Ennio Odino’s. As a resistance fighter he escaped a massacre in Liguria, and was then interned in Mauthausen concentration camp. After he was freed he returned to Italy, where he became a professional cyclist alongside Fausto Coppi. […]

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22 January 2015
Brussels: pedalling for freedom in memory of Ennio Odino

It is difficult to sum up in just a few lines a life as full as that of Ennio Odino’s. As a resistance fighter he escaped a massacre in Liguria, and was then interned in Mauthausen concentration camp. After he was freed he returned to Italy, where he became a professional cyclist alongside Fausto Coppi. […]

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22 January 2015
Hamburg: author Bajani presents his homage to Tabucchi

Italian author Andrea Bajani has presented his novel “Mi conosci” to German readers, at an event hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Hamburg. The book is a homage to the memory of his friend and fellow author, Antonio Tabucchi, who died in 2012. The novel, published in Germany with the title “Erkennst Du mich”, […]

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21 January 2015
Montreal – Michelangelo’s sculptures through the lens of Aurelio Amendola

A photography exhibition by Aurelio Amendola will bring the sculptures of Michelangelo Buonarroti to the Canadian city of Montreal. Hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute, “Michelangelo’s sculptures through the lens of Aurelio Amendola” opens on Thursday 5 February and runs until Friday 27 February 2015. The exhibition features 36 black-and-white photographs by the world-famous photographer. […]

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20 January 2015
Croatia: Developing university cooperation

Italy and Croatia are developing stronger university cooperation. Our Ambassador in Zagreb, Emanuela D’Alessandro, led an Italian delegation that included the rector and deputyrector of the University of Camerino, Flavio Corradini e Claudio Pettinari; the president of the Association of Italian Entrepreneurs in Croatia, Dubravko Hoic; and the director of the ICE-Italian Trade Agency office […]

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20 January 2015
Budapest – Dante and his “Vita Nuova” celebrated on the banks of the Danube

To mark the 750th anniversary of the birth of Dante Alighieri, the network of Italian Cultural Institutes is organising a series of events to celebrate the father of the Italian language. Our Cultural Institute in Budapest has organised a performance of “Vita Nuova/Dante Alighieri” with Paolo Antonio Simioni (who is also the director) and Giuseppe […]

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20 January 2015
Budapest – Dante and his “Vita Nuova” celebrated on the banks of the Danube

To mark the 750th anniversary of the birth of Dante Alighieri, the network of Italian Cultural Institutes is organising a series of events to celebrate the father of the Italian language. Our Cultural Institute in Budapest has organised a performance of “Vita Nuova/Dante Alighieri” with Paolo Antonio Simioni (who is also the director) and Giuseppe […]

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16 January 2015
Mexico: The “impossible show” of Leonardo, Raphael and Caravaggio

The Year of Italy in Latin America opens with “Leonardo, Raffaello, Caravaggio: una mostra impossibile”, hosted by Mexico City’s Centro Nacional de las Artes (CENART) from 15 January through March. The exhibition will consist of high-definition reproductions of the great Italian artists’ masterpieces, and will be the first in a packed calendar of approximately 200 […]

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15 January 2015
Budapest: Italian Institute opens Caffe’ Letterario

The Italian Cultural Institute of Budapest began a 6-month cycle of encounters at its own Caffè Letterario, which will consist of monthly readings from great Italian novels, both classic and contemporary, over a fine cup of coffee. The authors featured will begin with Camilleri, and include Tabucchi, Eco and others. 

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