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17 September 2015
London – Great Pop Art thanks to an Italian curator

The exhibition “The World Goes Pop” opens tomorrow at London’s Tate Gallery, touching off the fall art season. A total of 160 works – five of which from Italy – were brought together, as co-curator Flavia Frigeri explained, “to reconsider the idea of Pop Art and, since we all know Andy Warhol or Roy Lichtenstein, […]

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16 September 2015
Lisbon – Light and glass in art and science, 15 artists

The exhibition “Within Light/Inside Glass. An intersection of Art and Science” opening tomorrow at the Millennium Foundation of Lisbon, will run through 9 January. The exhibition has been organised by Vicarte (Vidro e Ceramicas para as Artes) and the research unit of the science and technology department of the Universidade Nova di Lisbona, with the […]

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16 September 2015
Argentina – Focus on the Italian contemporary presence

The Italo-Argentine idea laboratory will present “EPICA” on October 1st, a study on the contemporary Italian presence in that Latin American country and part of a research project on Italian mobility. The laboratory is a think-tank created by a group of Italian and Argentine professional of Italian descent with the patronage of the Embassy of […]

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16 September 2015
Scutari – Cinema for kids, Italian films directors at the AniFestRozafa 2015

Four Italian short films will be competing at the AniFestRozafa international children’s film festival taking place inScutari from 20 to 27 September. Guests of the 2015 edition will include Italian directors Marco Di Gerlando and Italo Sabetta, who will be on hand at the screenings of their films and to run workshops. Bari children’s film […]

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16 September 2015
Madrid – “Universos y paradojas”: Carlo Ossola discusses Italo Calvino

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the death of Italo Calvino, and in collaboration with Siruela publishers, on 29 September (20:00 hours) the Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid will host the presentation of Prof. Carlo Ossola’s “Italo Calvino: Universos y paradojas”. The book explores the universe of the wonderful, restless and infinite “collection […]

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15 September 2015
Colombia – Legal expert Ferrajoli leads academic tour

Italian academician and legal expert Luigi Ferrajoli will lead a series of events in Colombia dedicated to jurisprudence. This student of Norberto Bobbio, after holding a conference on 14 September at the Universidad Javeriana, is scheduled to speak on “Post-Conflict Justice” at the opening of the Congreso internacional de derecho procesal at the Universidad Santo […]

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15 September 2015
Baghdad – Heritage defence in Iraq, a Cooperation project database

The Italian Development Cooperation has launched a pilot-phase project within the framework of the project “Technical assistance for the rehabilitation and management for Iraqi Cultural Heritage”, aimed at the creation of a geo-referenced database and subsequent analysis of the status of the archaeological sites and monuments targeted and threated by ISIS. The project is being […]

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15 September 2015
Sofia – Exhibitions on “Italian fashion: dream creations”

The National Gallery of Art of Sofia will open its doors to Italian fashion excellence with the exhibition “Italian fashion:dream creations”, the story of Italian designers and their successes – from the Fontana sisters to Armani to Valentino. The exhibition will open on Wednesday 16 September at 17:00. Read more, in Italian

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14 September 2015
Uruguay – Montevideo hosts two events dedicated to Expo Milan theme

Montevideo will host two events in the coming days organised by the Italian Cultural Institute there and dedicated to the Milan Expo theme “Feed the Planet, Energy for Life”. On Tuesday 22 September Serena Wiederkehr and Mathias Britos, who moved to a farm on the outskirts of Montevideo a few years ago, will speak at […]

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14 September 2015
Oslo – Piedmont’s red wines in Norway, a exceptional market

Ambassador of Italy to Oslo Giorgio Novello will take part in the conference “Norway: an exceptional market for Piedmont’s red wines”, aimed at updating Italian producers on the latest developments in a market that accounts for 70 million litres of alcoholic beverages per year. A full 40% of that product comes from Italy, for an […]

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14 September 2015
Stockholm – Books, Melania Mazzucco launches “Sei come sei” in Swedish

Melania Mazzucco will launch the Swedish-language version of her novel “Sei come sei” (Einaudi, 2013, 235pgs.) at the Italian Cultural Institute of Stockholm on Monday 28 September at 18:00. The author, whose works have been translated in 24 countries, will read from her moving story about the love between a father and daughter. The event […]

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