Diplomazia Culturale

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7 January 2016

Tokyo – Italian Institute of Culture holds symposium on Botticelli

The Italian Institute of Culture in Tokyo will hold a symposium on Botticelli on January 16, chiming with the launch of the “Botticelli and His Time” exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art. Leading Italian and Japanese experts attendin the symposium will include Osano Shigetoshi of Tokyo University, Alessandro Cecci, art historian and former […]

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7 January 2016

Jakarta – From Indonesia to Singapore, designer Valentina D’Amato establishes herself with support from the Italian Institute of Culture

Fashion, decor, design. The Art 1: New Museum & Art Space in Jakarta features modern art masterpieces, contemporary works that are both fascinating and suggestive. It now hosts a Made in Italy area thanks to Sicilian textile designer Valentina D’Amato, who recently visited the Indonesian capital to present her collection of furnishings and fashion accessories […]

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5 January 2016

Moscow – Art and cinema, the genius of Caravaggio takes centre stage in Russia

“Caravaggio”, by Angelo Longoni, will be screened from January 15 to 19 at Moscow’s Pushkin Museum. The film, an intense and suggestive portrait depicting the bright and dark sides of a genius, is the grand finale of the exhibition “Caravaggio, his Precursors and Followers”, which is on show until January 10. The screening, organised by […]

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5 January 2016

Paris – “The Rules of Vision” exhibition by Luca Campigotto on show

The Italian Cultural Institute in Paris will open its activities for 2016 on Tuesday, Jan. 5 with the inauguration of a photographic exhibition by Luca Campigotto. The exhibition, “The rules of vision”, will be inaugurated in the presence of François Hébel, art director of the first edition of the Grand Paris Photography Month 2017, and […]

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5 January 2016

Ankara – ‘Italian Horizons 2016’, programme of events in Turkey

Italy will stage an all-round programme of events focused on cultural, political and economic themes in Turkey in 2016. The programme, entitled “Italian Horizons for 2016” will be presented to the press on Jan. 19 at the Italian Embassy in Ankara. The Italian Embassy, together with other Italian institutions operating in Turkey, will offer local […]

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5 January 2016

Beijing – The roadshow to promote La Triennale di Milano kicks off

The roadshow promoting the 21st  Triennale di Milano has kicked off in Beijing. It is organised by the Italian Embassy together with the Italian Trade Commission (ICE) and the China Council for Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT). The mission to China’s main cities aims to present design as a driver of new economies, logistical innovations […]

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4 January 2016

Strasbourg – Emma Dante presents “Le sorelle Macaluso”. A tale of seven women

Emma Dante, one of the most interesting and controversial Italian directors, has decided to bring on stage the story of a matriarch.  “The Macaluso Sisters”, which will run at the Maillon-Wacken Theater  from January 12 to January 16, 2016, tells the story of seven sisters . The performance will be staged  with the support of […]

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4 January 2016

Haifa – Cinema and history, “Rinascere in Puglia: Shores of Light, Salento 1945-47”

Between 1945 and 1947 thousands of Jews who survived the Holocaust found refuge and safety in Apulia. Several hundred children were born in the Salento region but shortly after left for Israel, leaving behind their fleetingly Italian origins. Shuni, Esther and Rivka, “three daughters of the South of Italy”, are the main characters in a […]

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4 January 2016

Athens – Exhibitions, “Tracce e recessioni” colour the Italian Cultural Institute

Originality and coherence, cohesion and continuous experimenting with means and methods. In the exhibition entitled “Tracce e recessioni” (“Traces and Relinquishments”), which the Italian Cultural Institute in Athens will keep open to visitors till January 20, Maria Kompatsiari presents old and new collections of her works. Taking representation as her point of departure, the artist […]

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31 December 2015

Santiago del Chile-Director Romeo Castellucci at the STGOaMIL Festival

Santiago del Chile once again hosts the renowned STGOaMIL theatre festival with performances by some of the most important companies in the world. The Italian Cultural Institute and Embassy of Italy in Chile will offer famous actor and director Romeo Castellucci (Societa Raffaello Sanzio) as Italy’s illustrious representative at the festival, who will be performing […]

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31 December 2015

La Valletta – Art, treasures of the Convent of San Marco enchant Malta

On Thursday 14 January, in the context of a cycle of conferences on Italian art organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of La Valletta, art historian and founder/director of the Fine Arts Museum of Malta Fr. Marius Zerafa will reveal the “Treasures of the Convent of San Marco in Florence” to the Maltese public. The […]

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31 December 2015

Beijing – Design and Architecture: the Triennale di Milano presented in China

Design, art, architecture, cinema, communication and society: the 21st Triennale di Milano prepares for its official presentation to the Chinese public at 15:00 hours on Monday 4 January at the theatre of the Italian Cultural Institute of Beijing. The event has been organised by the Institute and the Embassy of Italy in Beijing in collaboration […]

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