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15 December 2015
South Africa – Embassy of Italy awards competition prizes

The Embassy of Italy in South Africa awarded the prizes to the four winners – Itumeleng Moleko (first prize winner), Nhleketo Nkanyane, Duduzile Mahlangu and Ntokozo Maluleka – of a photography contest involving 28 students of the Rivoningo elementary school in Soshanguvu, Pretoria. The participants were asked to photograph their daily activities with digital cameras […]

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15 December 2015
Malta – Celebration of Italy’s entry into the UN

La Valletta commemorated the 60th anniversary of Italy joining the United Nations. The evening, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute at the Spazju Kreattiv-Saint James Cavalier, coincided with Human Rights Day 2015. Theinstitute’s director Salvatore Schirmo pointed out the prominent role in the promotion of human rights and peacekeeping operations that Italy has played since […]

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15 December 2015
Belgrade – Wearing beauty, Exhibition on Italian jewellery

An exhibition currently under way in Belgrade offers visitors a chance to admire the best in Italian high-end jewellery – rings, necklaces, earrings and bracelets – and was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of that city (Kneza Miloša 56) in collaboration with the Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte of Milan and the Museo del […]

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15 December 2015
Washington – Art, in search of 20th century Italy with “Le onde”

“Le Onde: Waves of Italian Influence (1914–1971)”, running through 3 January at Washington’s Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, features the works of seminal 20th century Italian artists such as Lucio Fontana, Giacomo Balla and Giovanni Anselmo. The exhibition has been made possible with the support of the Embassy of Italy and Italian Cultural Institute […]

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15 December 2015
Chile – 2016 makes a lyric start

The Italian Cultural Institute of Santiago del Chile will kick off 2016 with an introductory course in Opera, aimed at covering the history of the genre up to the 20th century and offering a better understanding of what has been called the art that combines all the arts. The nine-part initiative has been organised by […]

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14 December 2015
Lebanon – Montefeltro and Renaissance landscape exhibition

The archaeological museum of the University of Saint Esprit in Kaslik, Lebanon is hosting an exhibition on Renaissance landscapes (“Progetto Montefeltro: Vedute Rinascimentali – I Balconi di  Piero della Francesca”) through 17 December. The exhibition, the result of a project based on the discoveries of Rosetta Borchia and Olivia Nesci, guides visitors through the experience of […]

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14 December 2015
Brussels – Music, performance by “E.R. Duni” Conservatory of Matera

The Chamber Orchestra of the “E.R. Duni” Conservatory of Matera will perform on Saturday 19 December at the Italian Cultural Institute of Brussels. The programme includes musical compositions by Nino Rota and others to be performed by 30 instructors and students conducted Daniele Belardinelli. Read more, in Italian.

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14 December 2015
Belo Horizonte – The Consulate offer “thanks” with special guests

The Italian Consulate of Belo Horizonte, under the guidance of Aurora Russi, has organised the event “Momento Grazie 2015” as a gesture of thanks for the support offered by the local authorities and community to our country and its firms.  Guests of honour will include the Hon. Renata Bueno, Italo-Brazilian deputy elected in the foreign […]

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Accreditation Notices
11 December 2015
ACCREDITATION NOTICE – “Meet the Artist” for “Farnesina Open Doors” (Farnesina, 16 December)

The Italian Foreign Ministry will host  “Meet the Artist”, an encounter with Michelangelo Pistoletto, one of Italy’s most important contemporary artists, co-founder and leading figure of the Arte Povera movement and recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement by the Venice Biennale. The event, scheduled to take place in the Farnesina’s Sala Moro at […]

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11 December 2015
Chile – Two books to remember the country’s recent past

“Today’s Chile as seen through its history”. That is the central theme of an event taking place on 16 December 2015 and organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Santiago in collaboration with our Embassy. Two new books by the Italian-Chilean publishing house Edicola Edizioni will be presented in the presence of the authors and […]

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10 December 2015
Geneva – Red Cross and Red Crescent – 32nd international conference under way

Italy is playing a leading role at the 32nd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, attended by representatives of nearly all the governments in the world, national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and partner organisations. Our country will be represented by officials from the Permanent Mission of Italy to the […]

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