Vietnam as seen through the eyes of an Italian artist: from 18 September to 2 October Casa Italia in Hanoi will present Barbara Pellizzari’s own personal artistic interpretation of everyday life in that Asian nation in an exhibition entitled “Attimi – Images of the ordinary in Vietnam”. Read more, in Italian
Read moreOltre 50 mila abitanti e uno sviluppo intenso, soprattutto abitativo: Umm El Fahem – in arabo, la “madre della carbonella” viste le grandi foreste circostanti – è la città araba di Israele in più forte crescita, ma anche quella che si candida a diventare un polo culturale di arte contemporanea. Arroccata sul crinale montuoso da […]
Read more“Being young in Europe” is the title of a seminar organised by the Fyouture association in light of the enlargement of the European Union and the European Youth Conference taking place in Italy in December 2014. The initiative is intended for young people in Macedonia and the organisations representing them and is designed to encourage […]
Read moreA month of Italian culture and language. Throughout October, the Principality of Monaco will be hosting a rich programme of events that includes film and music, photography and crafts, publishing, theatre, art, food and wine, and business too. The initiative, now in its 4th edition, was conceived by Ambassador Antonio Morabito. October will also see […]
Read more“Once again, we’re bringing the best of Italian film to Bosnia. We’ve chosen Tuzla to present masterpieces that describe our country through stories with a universal flavour, stories that know no cultural, language or generational barriers”. These were the comments of the Italian Ambassador in Sarajevo, Ruggero Corrias, as he announced the Italian Neorealism season […]
Read moreThe Italian artist Gianni Politi makes his debut in the Czech Republic with a one-man show which opens in Prague on 15 September. Entitled “’Giovane pittore romano”, the exhibition – part of the “’Anteprima” cultural and artistic exchange programme – will be hosted in the Italian Cultural Institute. The event was organised by the Institute […]
Read moreViolinist Matteo Fedeli will be performing at a special concert in Geneva celebrating the 60th anniversary of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). The concert will take place on 19 September. Maestro Fedeli, who will be playing a Stradivarius, will be accompanied by the United Nations Orchestra conducted by Antoine Marguier. The concert enjoys […]
Read moreThe second edition of the “L’eccellenza per italianità” prize, which awards Argentinian personalities of Italian origin who have distinguished themselves in their profession,has been presented in Argentina. Organised by the “L’Italiano” newspaper, the event took place at the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires in the presence of our Ambassador to Argentina, Teresa Castaldo, and […]
Read moreThe exhibition on “Perugino, maestro di Raffaello” has opened at the Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris. The exhibition has been organised as one of the cultural events of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Staged with the patronage of the Italian Embassy in Paris and the subject of an event at the […]
Read moreThe Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Benedetto Della Vedova, met the Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister, Ho Xuan Son, at the Farnesina today under the strategic partnership established in 2013. “We examined how best to strengthen and build upon relations between our two countries”, observed Della Vedova, “following Prime Minister Renzi’s visit to Hanoi in June 2014 […]
Read moreThe first Italian film-maker to win an Oscar was Vittorio De Sica, with “Sciuscià” – a neorealism masterpiece from 1947. And in March 2014 Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grande bellezza” brought the total of Italian Oscar-winning films to 13. All of these films will now be screened by the Italian Cultural Institute in Barcelona, during the […]
Read moreThe exhibition entitled “Juxtapoz Italiano – Four Artists who Defy Convention” has opened in Los Angeles and will run until 1 October 2014. The exhibition brings together the work of Nicola Verlato, Fulvio di Piazza, Marco Mazzoni and Agostino Arrivabene, four painters who interpret and innovate the figurative tradition in Italian art. The four represent […]
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