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27 August 2014
USA – Exhibition on Italian Neoclassicism and Futurism

The National Gallery of Art in Washington has mounted an exhibition on Italian Neoclassicism and Futurism that will run from early September to February 2015. The exhibit is part of the cultural events organised in honour of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. “I am very pleased to see the National […]

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26 August 2014
Hong Kong – “Cine italiano!” coming in September

Hong Kong awaits the third edition of “Cine Italiano!”, a film festival that brings the best of Italian production to that Asian city. This year’s event, which opens on 17 September, will see the Asian premier of “Allaciate le Cinture”, the latest effort by Turkish film director Ferzan Ozpetek, who has been living and working […]

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26 August 2014
Strasbourg – “Terra, fuoco, ferro, legno” exhibition opens

In conjunction with the 6-month Italian European presidency, an exhibition entitled “Terra, Fuoco, Ferro, Legno” will open on 2 September in Strasbourg. Maria Christina Carlini will exhibit a series of works in clay, wood, iron and Corten steel at the Italian Cultural Institute that represent the most significant achievements in the career of an artist […]

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25 August 2014
Montevideo – “Nel nome del Padre” artwork dedicated

The Italian Cultural Institute of Montevideo recently hosted the dedication of “Nel nome del Padre”, an artwork by Cesare Viel and Luca Vitone. The over 6-metre-high permanent installation is constructed on a steel-reinforced concrete column prepared by the artists, on which they inscribed the names of 357 women distinguished for their creativity, and is placed […]

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25 August 2014
Montreal – Italy participates in Festival Films du Monde

Montreal is hosting the 38th Festival des Films du Monde. Italy is competing with a variety of offerings, and Italian actor, screenwriter and director Sergio Castellitto is chairing the festival jury. This year’s edition, dedicated to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, aims to promote cultural diversity and understanding among peoples, and spread the knowledge of cinema to […]

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25 August 2014
Lodz – Performance by Ascanio Celestini

Ascanio Celestini’s theatre presentation “Saccarina, cinque al soldo” will make a stop in Lodz for the 70th anniversary of the liquidation of the ghetto of that Polish city. The spectacle will be staged on 30 August at the Nowy Teatr, and consists of a tale for voices and music that begins with the cries of […]

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25 August 2014
Prague – Wind orchestra from Udine astounds

The “Euritmia” musical association’s youth wind orchestra of Povoletto (Udine) will give an open-air performance on Friday 29 August at the Church of Saint Nicholas in the Old City of Prague. The concert is made available by a series of media partners that includes the Italian Cultural Institute of Prague. “Euritmia” is among the oldest […]

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22 August 2014
Italy–Cameroon – Ambassador meets civil engineering students

The Italian Ambassador in Cameroon, Samuela Isopi, recently visited the National Advanced School of Public Works (NASPW) in Yaoundé. The School is engaged in a joint training programme with the University of Padua’s Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. Since 2010, the NASPW and the University have jointly provided training for 580 young Cameroonians, […]

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19 August 2014
6th Italian Film Festival in Maputo

“La Grande Bellezza” is the film selected to open the 6th Italian Film Festival in Maputo this evening, 19 August 2014, at the city’s Teatro Avenida. The Festival, which runs until 23 August, is being organised with the collaboration of “Il Sorpasso”, an Italian arts organisation in Lisbon, with support from private sponsors. In coming […]

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13 August 2014
Hong Kong – Success for Italian Cooperation-Science Park

Italy is among the leaders of the “Soft-landing programme for technology and innovation collaboration” of the Hong Kong Science Park (HKSTPC). The purpose of the initiative, supported by our Consulate General in Hong Kong, is to offer universities, research centres and eventual foreign spin-offs a chance to promote and develop their innovative ideas in 5 […]

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13 August 2014
Brazil – Arte Pará 2014 opens to registration

Registration has opened for the 33rd edition of Arte Pará, northern Brazil’s largest contemporary art fair, held in the State capital of Belem. The event has the support of our diplomatic network in that Latin American country, and is open to local and foreign artists living in Brazil. Read more, in Italian

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8 August 2014
Environment – Italo-Serbian Urbesoil project launched

The Urbesoil project, consisting of a team of researchers made up of Italians from ENEA and Serbians from the University of Novi Sad, was launched to study the movement of potentially toxic elements within an urban environment. Approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Urbesoil is an integral part of the Italo-Serbia science and technology […]

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