The Italian embassy in Washington recently held a musical evening dedicated to the soundtracks of “Italian Great Movie Classics”, with music by Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone, Nicola Piovani and Armando Trovajoli. Read more, in Italian
Read moreItalian culture takes the Big Apple by storm, with a variety of events. Let’s start with the Futurist exhibition at the Guggenheim, much anticipated by critics and public. The exhibition will run through September and includes 300 works that tell the story of the movement from Marinetti’s Manifesto through painting, sculpture, architecture, design, fashion, cinema, […]
Read moreThe new “Italyan Koleji” was recently presented in Istanbul, bearing witness to Turkey’s growing interest in the “Bel Paese”. The school aims to offer a place for encounter and the dissemination of Italian language and culture. Read more, in Italian
Read moreAfter winning the 2014 Oscar for best foreign film in Hollywood, Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Great Beauty” opened the 10th International Film Festival in Bucharest. A large and enthusiastic audience was present for the screening at one of the capital’s best known movie theatres. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreThe Principality of Monaco will host the exhibition “Eccellenze campane in Costa Azzurra”, where buyers and food experts from around the world will be able to sample and explore the leading products of the region of Campania in the attractive setting of the Riviera. Read more, in Italian
Read moreThe city of Sofia plays host “Neorealism Italiano”, a film series dedicated to Italian Neo-Realist cinema that opens on Thursday 27 March and runs through 26 June. The series has been organised by the Italian embassy and Italian Cultural Institute of the same city, and will include screenings of nine undisputed masterpieces. Read more, in […]
Read moreThe Italian Cultural Institute will launch an exhibition today at the Baroque Chapel of sculpture, painting and drawings by Rachele Bianchi entitled “Un lungo viaggio attraverso il pensiero”. The show runs through 22 April and is being promoted by the National Institute of Contemporary Art and the Italian Cultural Institute, with the patronage of the […]
Read moreWhat’s new about this year’s Italian Olympics, a competition for students of Italian state schools and equivalency schools abroad, is that its participants will also include students from foreign and international schools around the world. In fact, four of the finalists in the event to be held on 11 and 12 April in Florence come […]
Read morePaolo Sorrentino’s fame knows no borders. Thanks to the success of “’La Grande Bellezza”, winner of the Oscar for best foreign film, works by the Neapolitan director have been screened in numerous missions in Italy’s diplomatic network. Among them is our Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which organised a screening of “Le conseguenze dell’amore”, followed by […]
Read moreThe Italian State School in Madrid has once again been selected as one of the 6 foreign schools in the list of Spain’s top 100 schools published in the El Mundo newspaper. The Italian school was praised for stimulating creativity and building personal growth and learning pathways based on dialogue with pupils and their families. […]
Read moreThe “Hanoi Fossilised” exhibition, by Vietnamese artist Vuong Van Thao, has been a great success. Organised by the Italian Embassy in Vietnam and running from 10 to 22 March, the exhibition was part of the “Y–Viet 2014” programme, also organised by our Embassy. Its aim was to safeguard and preserve cultural values, especially those of […]
Read moreCulture is one of the instruments in diplomats’ toolkit to promote their country abroad. The arts play an increasingly important role in international relations and often provide a bridge to foster dialogue between countries and peoples. Promoting the Italian language and culture Diplomats play a key role in disseminating a knowledge of the Italian language […]
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