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16 July 2015
Stuttgart – Wine label design competition for students in Germany

Designing the label for a bottle of Italian wine: that’s the idea behind a competition for students at the universities of Baden-Wurttemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarland. The initiative was launched by the Italian Cultural Institute in Stuttgart and the University for Foreigners in Siena. Candidates have until 4 September 2015 to submit their designs for […]

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16 July 2015
Tel Aviv – Contemporary Art: Italy and Israel, two worlds compared

Contemporary art will take centre stage at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv with an event entitled “Contemporary Art: Italy and Israel, two worlds compared”. Organised by the Institute in collaboration with Art Tribune, the event will include a presentation of issue “0” of Artribune Israel, whose editor in chief, Giorgia Calò, will be […]

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16 July 2015
Santiago – Music: Performances in Chile by the Sargas Duo

The Italian Cultural Institute in Santiago, in collaboration with our Embassy in Chile, is organising a series of concerts featuring the Sargas Duo (Italian musicians Massimiliano Girardi on saxophone and Luca Lavuri on piano). The programme will include pieces by composers ranging from Nino Rota and Ennio Morricone to Mario Pagotto and Danilo Lorenzini. Concerts […]

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15 July 2015
Italy-Russia – Cooperation through art

“Venice Art Biennale: Pros and Cons” was the title of an evening hosted by the Italian Embassy in Moscow as part of a cycle of events with personalities from the Italian and Russian cultural communities. The key topic of the evening was a brief history of the Biennale and the outlook for the future, as […]

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15 July 2015
Los Angeles – Boxing on Film series at the Italian Cultural Institute

A film series dedicated to boxing opens this evening in Los Angeles. The initiative was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute to coincide with the “Power and Pathos: bronze sculpture of the Hellenistic world” exhibition at the Getty Centre and the loan of the “Boxer at Rest” sculpture from Rome. Read more, in Italian

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15 July 2015
Brazil – Bahia hosts “As Strong As Paper” exhibition

The Museum of Modern Art in Bahia and the Italian Cultural Institute in Rio de Janeiro are working together on an exhibition entitled “As Strong As Paper”. The event, which runs from 16 July to 13 September 2015, will illustrate the importance of paper in Italian design and illustration, with exhibits such as letters, photos, […]

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14 July 2015
Algiers – “Written in Italy” to visit Africa for the first time

“Written in Italy”, a travelling exhibition of Italian literature translated into other languages, continues its journey with a visit to Algeria, its first to Africa. The exhibition will be part of “Italian Language in the World Week”, which runs from 19 to 24 October 2015. It will feature up 400 of the 3000 translated works […]

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14 July 2015
Toronto – Experimental music and sound art featuring S’odinonsuonare

The Italian collective S’odinonsuonare will be performing in Canada at the Electric Eclectic festival of experimental music and sound art in Meaford, in Ontario. Made up of Alessio Mazzaro, Valentina Zanon and Marco Campana, S’odinonsuonare was invited to take part by Gordon Monahan. The performances, on Friday 2 July and Sunday 2 August 2015, are […]

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13 July 2015
Prague – Exhibition: “Aquileia, Crossroads of the Roman Empire”

Thetravelling exhibition “Aquileia, Crossroads of the Roman Empire” will be visiting Plzeň in the Czech Republic, the European Capital of Culture for 2015, from 25 to 31 July. The project, supported by the Province of Udine, TourismFVG and Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, offers visitors a journey through time and features mosaics, amber, jewels and carved […]

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13 July 2015
Ottawa – Opera Lyra concert in Ambassador’s residence

The residence of the Italian Ambassador in Ottawa, Gian Lorenzo Cornado, provided a wonderful setting for the 20th edition of the “Opera Lyra” concert. Young singers from the Young Artist programme – Sean Clark, Benjamin Covey and Sasha Djihanian – performed in the residence garden accompanied by Jean Desmarais on piano. “Opera is a form […]

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13 July 2015
Albania – Italian haute couture via our diplomatic network

High fashion by Giada Curti arrives in Albania thanks to the Italian diplomatic network. The designer was the special guest at Gala Italia 2015, an event organised for the 3rd year running by our Consulate General in Vlorë. On 7 July she presented her latest 3 collections – Portofino, Shukran and Sophia – at the […]

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