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29 October 2013
Buenos Aires – The genius of Leonardo on display

An exhibition on Leonardo Da Vinci organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and Embassy in Buenos Aires will come to an end on 2 November. The show is an itinerant one that showcases the great Italian master’s inventive genius through 64 full-scale reconstructions built to the specifications of his actual drawings and manuscripts. Read more, […]

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28 October 2013
Unesco Day – Memory Shared at Vittoriano

As part of the UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual heritage, the Istituto Luce Cinecittà organised an event entitled “Memory Shared” at Rome’s Vittoriano museum complex. The event enjoyed the patronage of the Italian National Commission for UNESCO and the Ministry of Culture (MIBAC). Read more, in Italian

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28 October 2013
Paris – Open house at Cultural Institute for Genchi

The Italian Cultural Institute of Paris hosted the presentation of Martino Genchi’s “Acuta Cuspide”, which will remain on display in the French capital through 30 January 2014, and is part of the “Promesse dell’Arte” programme created by the Institute in 2012 as a showcase for young Italian artistic talent. Read more, in Italian

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28 October 2013
St. Petersburg – 20 Artists to describe Italian regions

The itinerant Italian contemporary art exhibition “Venti per una” opens today in St. Petersburg – the work of 20 artists from or active in as many regions of Italy. The show was the idea and creation of the Istituto Garuzzo per le Arti Visive (IGAV ) in partnership with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and […]

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25 October 2013
Turkey – The Italian school of Istanbul celebrates 125th birthday

The Italian upper secondary school Istituti Medi Italiani (IMI), established in 1888 and one of the oldest Italian schools operating abroad, celebrated its 125th birthday on 23 October with an event organised by the Italian Embassy, Consulate General and Cultural Institute. Read more, in Italian.

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25 October 2013
New York – “Un caffe con” … Eco

“Un caffe con”, organised by the Italian Permanent Mission to the United Nations featured special guest Umberto Eco who, speaking before a group of Italian and foreign UN correspondents, introduced Encyclomedia, a digital concept that uses history, literature, sciences, music, philosophy and art, to gather the main historical events in European civilization from ancient to […]

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25 October 2013
Moscow – Presentation of the Grande Museo Duomo of Milano

On 28 October, Moscow’s Museum of Contemporary History will host the presentation of the November reopening to the public of the Grande Museo del Duomo di Milano and the remounting of the Veneranda Fabbrica archive. The event is being organised with the collaboration of the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Moscow. Read […]

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25 October 2013
Bucharest – Recital commemorates Verdi and Wagner through the eyes of their wives

The lives of the two composers as seen through the spiritual filter of those who were close to Verdi and Wagner for many years: their wives Cosima Wagner and Giuseppina Verdi. Previously unpublished correspondence and song will make for an elegant and artistic evening with soprano Leontina Vaduva and actress Medeea Marinescu, flanked by pianist […]

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24 October 2013
Madrid – “Verdi’s Words” celebrated during Italian Language Week

Madrid paid homage to Giuseppe Verdi during the 13th Italian Language Week, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute, with an event on “Verdi’s Words”. The topic was selected to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth and the publication of “Verdi de puno y letras”, the first Castilian translation of his letters. Read more, […]

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