Diplomazia Culturale

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30 January 2015

Brussels – Artists and Mediterranean, Blumm Prize to photographer Vancon ‎

The Embassy of Italy in Brussels hosted the ceremony for the “Blumm Prize Future Frames: comparing identities” award, the winner of which was French artist Laetitia Vancon. The artist’s work, entitled “My Home, My Prison” focuses on the ancient practice of family feuds in a northern Albania governed by the “Kanun”, a legal code that […]

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29 January 2015

Marseilles – Pompei and Europe, nature and history

Art historian and CNRS(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) researcher Maria Teresa Caracciolo, expert on European painting of the 18th and 19th centuries and Franco-Italian relations during the Revolution and the Empire, will hold a conference entitled “Pompei and Europe. Nature and History”, at the Italian Cultural Institute of Marseilles on 10 February. The conference […]

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29 January 2015

Athens – Conference on “Extermination of Jews in Greece”

On Thursday, 29 January, a conference will be held in Athens entitled, “From Salonika to Athens. The extermination of the Jews in Greece”. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute, the event is part of the international Holocaust Remembrance initiatives and commemorates, in particular, Italy’s attempt to save as many Jews as possible – including non-Italians […]

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28 January 2015

Iran: Restored Pomodoro sculpture returned

Arnaldo Pomodoro’s sculpture “The Sphere” once again shines in the garden of the Teheran Museum of Contemporary Art, where it has been since the institution’s foundation. The restored piece was returned to its owners during the museum’s “Dusting the Earth” ceremony. Italian ambassador Mauro Conciatori delivered a greeting to the conference for the presentation of […]

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28 January 2015

U.S.: Major acknowledgement for Italian language

The United States’ CollegeBoard, a non-profit organisation that every year helps more than seven million students prep for college admission, gave a boost to efforts to promote the Italian language in the U.S. by committing to support funding for the continued inclusion of Italian among the Advanced Placement (AP) programme language exams. Italian ambassador to […]

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28 January 2015

Valona: Presentation of ‘Essays on culture, politics and power’

The Consulate General of Italy in Valona recently hosted a press conference for the presentation of Franco Ferrarotti’s “Essays on culture, politics and power”. The book contains some of the author’s most important essays, using the theories of Weber and Horkheimer, on social rationalisation and bureaucratisation processes, on Italy and on the modernisation of a […]

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28 January 2015

Valona: Presentation of ‘Essays on culture, politics and power’

The Consulate General of Italy in Valona recently hosted a press conference for the presentation of Franco Ferrarotti’s “Essays on culture, politics and power”. The book contains some of the author’s most important essays, using the theories of Weber and Horkheimer, on social rationalisation and bureaucratisation processes, on Italy and on the modernisation of a […]

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27 January 2015

Brussels – Domenico Scarpa presents “Così fu Auschwitz”

The Italian Cultural Institute of Brussels will premier Primo Levi’s collection “Così fu Auschwitz. Testimonianze 1945-1986” [That was Auschwitz. Testimonials 1945-1986], a book edited by Fabio Levi and Domenico Scarpa (Einaudi, Turin 2014) that gathers what are, for the most part, previously unpublished testimony and documentation. Speakers at the event, to be held at 19:00 […]

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27 January 2015

Paris – exhibition of work by Carlo Mollino

An exhibition will open in Paris on 5 February of the work of eclectic architect, designer, race car driver and pilot, photographer, professional skier and professor of architectural composition at the Turin Polytechnic Institute. On display will be project drawings, architectural and automobile designs and models illustrating the extraordinary output of this important post-war figure. […]

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27 January 2015

Berlin – Exhibition ‘Botticelli Renaissance’ launched

A press conference was recently held in Berlin to launch the exhibition “Botticelli. 2015-1445. The Botticelli Renaissance”. Attendees included Director General of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Eissenhauer. The exhibition is set to open in September and intends to retrace the 19th and 20th century rediscovery of the great Florentine master, and will focus not […]

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26 January 2015

Guatemala: in mostra ‘i volti di Atitlan’

“I volti di Atitlan”. E’ questo il titolo di una mostra organizzata dall’Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Iic) di Citta’ del Guatemala, in cui sara’ presentata un’esposizione fotografica di Roberto Quesada, a sostegno delle iniziative realizzate nel 2014 dedicate alla sensibilizzazione sullo stato del Lago di Atitlan. Le stesse hanno preso avvio con il Foro Internazionale […]

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26 January 2015

Bruxelles: si discute di ‘Via Francigena: un cammino europeo’

“La Via Francigena: un cammino europeo”. Ne discuteranno il 3 febbraio a Bruxelles i rappresentanti delle Istituzioni europee, della Regione Toscana e del mondo italiano ed europeo della cultura e del settore turistico, che illustreranno la Francigena quale esperienza culturale-turistica di dimensione europea e di buona prassi di governo del territorio. L’iniziativa e’ organizzata dalla […]

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