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1 August 2014
Tirana – exhibition featuring the work of Agnese Purgatorio

“Rimani mi dicesti ed io restai” is the title of an exhibition featuring 12 artworks and a video installation by Agnese Purgatorio that has opened in the Albanian capital. The exhibition is the first in a programme entitled “Confini: linguaggi, spazi, cose, persone” organised jointly by the Italian Cultural Institutes of Cologne, Strasbourg, Zagreb and […]

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1 August 2014
Dubrovnik – Baricco’s “Oceano Mare” performed on the beach

The sea and stones of the beach at Dubrovnik were the setting for a theatrical performance drawn from Alessandro Baricco’s “Oceano Mare” and directed by Mani Gotovac. The initiative was organised with support from the Italian Cultural Institute in Zagreb in collaboration with the Croatian National Theatre in Varazdin and the Dubrovnik Festival. Read more, […]

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31 July 2014
Hong Kong – Commemorative retrospective on Mastroianni

Hong Kong will celebrate Marcello Mastroianni by dedicating a retrospective to him in the context of the Summer International Film Festival, with screenings of seven of the great Italian actor’s best known films. The series is called “Marcello Mastroianni: The Great Lover”, and will run from 16 to 26 August at the Hong Kong Arts […]

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31 July 2014
Buenos Aires – “A un passo dall’orizzonte” photo collective

“A un passo dall’orizzonte”, is the title of a group photographic exhibition organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires to be held from 6 to 19 August, within the context of the Festival de la Luz. The Festival dates back 1989 and the 150th anniversary of the birth of photography. This year’s edition […]

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30 July 2014
Argentina – Italy to be special guest at the Fiera del Libro Teatral

The Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires will be the special guest at the 12th “Feria del Libro Teatral” taking place in the Teatro Nacional Cervantes in the Argentine capital from 6 to 17 August 2014. Italy has always been a leading participant in the event, with the 2013 edition seeing a concert celebrating the […]

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29 July 2014
Italian language and culture – Farnesina and Dante Alighieri Convention

The collaborative relationship between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Dante Alighieri Society was given a new lease of life with the signing today, Tuesday 29 July 2014, of a new Convention. The agreement was signed in the Farnesina’s Aristide Sartorio room by the Director General for Country Promotion, Ambassador Andrea Meloni, and the […]

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29 July 2014
Italy-USA: Celebrating Futurism in New York

Italian Futurism will be celebrated in New York on 26 August 2014. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute, the event will feature a performance by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory based on the ideas of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and Giovanni Papini. Read more, in Italian

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29 July 2014
Paraguay – Asuncion celebrates Boggiani

An exhibition entitled “The Incomplete Circle” dedicated to the life and works of Guido Boggiani opens on 6 August 2014 at the Museo del Barro in Asuncion. Boggiani was an Italian painter, photographer, explorer, ethnologist and trader who spent many years in Paraguay and forged close bonds with its people. Organised by the Italian Embassy […]

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28 July 2014
Japan – Embassy and ENIT launch “Visit Italy” contest

The goal of “Visit Italy”, a photography contest organised by the Embassy of Italy in Tokyo and ENIT (Italian National Tourism Board) is to allow Japanese people who have travelled to Italy to show what they learned and to increase the number of Japanese who choose to travel to Italy in the future. The contest […]

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28 July 2014
Maputo – Embassy of Italy offers literary aperitifs

The Embassy of Italy in Maputo Mozambique has begun a cycle of literary aperitifs in collaboration with the Dante Alighieri Society. They are dedicated to poetry, and recently offered an opportunity to announce the local winners of the “Nosside” prize who won honourable mention for their verse in either Portuguese or the local language, in […]

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28 July 2014
Munich – Day of Italian Artists in Bavaria a success

A day dedicated to Italian culture and art in Munich, where a full calendar of events was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Munich Forum Italia and COMITES to celebrate Italy’s turn at the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Read more, in Italian.

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28 July 2014
Cyprus – Italy offers Aeschylus’ tragedies

Italy participated in the 18th International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama with two of the Aeschylus tragedies – “The Libation Bearers” and “Eumenides” – from the “Oresteia” trilogy. The performances featured a cast of noteworthy Italian actors, and were held at the Makario III amphitheatre in Nicosia and the Ancient Odeon Theatre in Paphos. Read […]

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