Diplomazia Culturale

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19 February 2014

Melbourne – Australians contemplate Piranesi’s views

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) was an 18th century Italian architect, antiquarian, landscape artist and urban designer, but his etchings are among his best known and appreciated contributions to world culture. A selection of his works from the collections of noble Englishmen will be on display for the first time in Australia at Melbourne’s national library […]

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18 February 2014

Beirut – Best of the Venice Film Festival

Starting Thursday, the Lebanese capital’s Cinema Metropolis will present a selection of recent and classic films during the 70th edition of the celebrated festival. The Italian Cultural Institute in Beirut is organising the event in collaboration with the Venice Biennale and the Associazione Metropolis. Read more, in Italian.

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18 February 2014

Japan – Exhibition on D’Annunzio delights

Japan gave an enthusiastic welcome to the exhibition “Gabriele D’Annunzio in Japan in the early 20th century”. A resounding success in Tokyo was followed by Kyoto’s warm response. The exhibition coincides with the 150th anniversary of the celebrated Italian artist’s birth. Read more, in Italian.

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18 February 2014

Montreal – ‘Cinema e Cibo’, an Italian marathon

The Italy House, Italian Cultural Institute and Societe de developpement commercial Petite-Italie Marche Jean-Talon of Montreal have organised “Cinema e Cibo” for Saturday March 1st: an all-night marathon of film screenings and gastronomic delights to showcase masterpieces of Italian creativity in both sectors.

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17 February 2014

Pakistan – Italy co-sponsor of the Karachi Literature Festival

The recent Karachi Literature Festival – one of the subcontinent’s most important literary festivals – was a great success, attracting over 60,000 visitors. More than 120 panels were organised over three days with the participation of a large number of Pakistani and foreign authors and speakers. The festival was co-sponsored by the Italian embassy in […]

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17 February 2014

Brazil – Italy puts culture “on the field” for the World Cup

Cultural cooperation is growing between Italy and Brazil, and will get a special boost during the World Cup soccer championship. Italian Ambassador to Brazil Raffaele Trombetta met recently with President of the Clube do Choro Henrique Lima Santos in an effort to strengthen collaboration within the context of “Italia na Copa”, a cultural review being […]

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14 February 2014

“Digital Natives”: IT and the Montessori method in the kindergarten – conference at the Farnesina

Teaching information technology (IT) at nursery school to guide children towards an informed use of the new technologies. That is the challenge being tackled by the Farnesina’s Montessori-method kindergarten, which has embarked on an experimental project that was illustrated this morning [14 February 2014] at the “Digital Natives” conference at the Ministry. In his introductory […]

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13 February 2014

Seoul – Italy with Style: a showcase for Italian fashion and beauty brands

Seoul has hosted “Italy with Style”, an event showcasing the Made in Italy brand with over Italian 100 exhibitors in the clothing, footwear, fur, leather, eyewear, jewellery and cosmetics sectors.The initiative was organised by the ICE trade agency in collaboration with 7 trade associations and the fashion promotion body, Ente Moda Italia. Read more, in […]

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12 February 2014

Sydney – Alla scoperta della Mappa di Fra’ Mauro (in translation)

Continua l’opera di promozione in Australia della celebre ‘Mappa del Mondo’ di Fra’ Mauro.Esposta temporaneamente alla National Library of Australia di Canberra, il prezioso documento della meta’ del 1.400 sara’ presentato al pubblico di Sydney venerdi’ nel corso della conferenza di Angelo Cattaneo presso l’Istituto italiano di cultura. Esperto in cosmografia, cartografia e letteratura di […]

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11 February 2014

“Olympiad in Italian” – Registration extended to 28 February

Italian schools abroad now have until 28 February to register for the “Olympiad in Italian”. The extension was prompted by the high numbers of registrations in the run-up to the previous deadline of 31 January, and by requests from schools. The pre-selection is scheduled for 13 March and the final, in Florence, for 11-12 April […]

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11 February 2014

Italy-Argentina – A boost for university cooperation

The Italian Inter-University Consortium for Argentina (CUIA) is organising the 6th “Argentina Days”, which will take place from 7 to 15 April 2014. The sectors involved in this initiative to strengthen university links between the two countries include the cultural heritage, European studies, regional integration, science and technology, and bioscience and biotechnology. The“Days” will open […]

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10 February 2014

Monte-Carlo – In arrivo Film Festival de la Comedie (in translation)

In arrivo a Monaco l’XI edizione del Monte-Carlo Film Festival de la Comedie. Dal 18 al 22 febbraio la citta’ monegasca ospitera’ il festival che da anni promuove le pellicole italiane e di produzioni internazionali, suscitando l’interesse del mondo della comunicazione di settore, compratori e distributori. Il progetto, nato da un’iniziativa dell’attore Ezio Greggio e […]

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