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Press Releases
17 October 2013
Italy-Cuba: Giro in Havana for bilateral policy talks

Under-Secretary Mario Giro held the first session of a series of bilateral Italo-Cuban policy talks yesterday with his Cuban counterpart Deputy Minister Rogelio Sierra Diaz. Their discussions foregrounded economic collaboration, with Cuba’s expression of a desire to expand the Italian cooperative experience and illustration of investment opportunities on that Caribbean island, encouraged by incentives for […]

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17 October 2013
USA – From Florence to Chicago, masterpieces by Artemisia

The Uffizi Gallery of Florence is sending the celebrated “Judith beheading Holfernes” by Artemisia Gentileschi to the Art Institute of Chicago, where it will be included in an exhibition entitled “Violence and Virtue” organised in collaboration with the Foundation for Italian Art and Culture. Read more, in Italian

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15 October 2013
Turkey – Italian artists conquer Istanbul

All eyes are on Italian artist Margherita Moscardini whose installation “Istanbul City Hills. On the Natural History of Dispersion and States of Aggregation” for the XIII Bicentennial of Contemporary Art in Istanbul -received the acclaim of the Turkish critics. The piece has been chosen to become part of the permanent collection of Rome’s MAXXI museum […]

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15 October 2013
Uruguay – Italy stands out at book fair

Italy was a protagonist at the Book Fair of Montevideo, Uruguay’s main publishing event. An ad hoc stand run by the Italian Cultural Institute promoted the Italian publishing sector, the Institute’s activities and the Italian language. Read more, in Italian

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14 October 2013
Los Angeles – Marinelli foundry sculpture on display

From 16 October to 9 November the Los Angeles Italian Cultural Institute will provide the setting for the bronze sculpture of Florence’s historic Marinelli foundry, in an exhibition entitled “Of bronze and fire. The art of the foundry – Tuscan works” and, at the same time, a selection of works will be on view in […]

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Interviews
14 October 2013
Giro: «La reputazione della lingua fa bene al Paese» (Il Sole 24 ore)

Oggi inizia la settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo. Si tratta di un’occasione per riflettere sul valore della nostra lingua come accesso alla cultura italiana, creatrice di simpatia, di legami e di molteplici interessi verso il nostro Paese. Le 1.200 iniziative in più di 94 Paesi che compongono la settimana della lingua mettono in luce […]

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11 October 2013
Italy–Mozambique – Jazz Festival to celebrate peace agreements

Celebrating the peace agreements to the sounds of jazz, at an initiative organised by the Italian Embassy in Mozambique to mark the anniversary of the accord signed in Rome in 1992 that ended the civil war in the country. Now in its 9th year, the Italy-Mozambique Jazz Festival is an eagerly anticipated event in Maputo’s […]

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11 October 2013
Brasilia – “Renaissance Masters” on display

The exhibition “Mestres do Renascimento” (Renaissance Masters) opens in Brasilia today, 11 October 2013, and will run until late January 2014. The show is the largest featuring the Renaissance ever to be held in Latin America. As Italian Ambassador Raffaele Trombetta commented, “the exhibition underscores the excellent state of Italian-Brazilian relations, where we are advancing […]

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11 October 2013
Italy – USA – Art conservation showcased in Washington and New York

The Accademia dei Lincei and America’s National Academy of Sciences have taken part in a symposium on the “Science and Innovation for the Study and Conservation of Works of Art”. The event was organised in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Washington and the Italian Cultural Institute in New York, as part of the Year […]

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10 October 2013
Italy-Japan – Valensise in Tokyo. Abe to visit Rome, possibly in January 2014

Japan “is looking with great interest at the planned visit to Italy by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at Prime Minister Enrico Letta’s invitation, early next year”. The visit could take place as early as January 2014, announced the Secretary General of the Farnesina, Michele Valensise, who also mentioned a possible mission to Tokyo by Foreign […]

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