“Argentine Architecture Speaks Italian” is the title of a seminar organised for Monday 4 March by the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires. Its purpose will be to discuss Italians’ contribution to the construction of that city and to Andean artistic culture. Read more in Italian.
Read moreThe year of Italian culture in the United States aims to strengthen ties with the American people, with whom Italy “shares the values of democracy, rule of law, identity and respect for people”, asserted Minister Giulio Terzi, who presented the initiative along with US Secretary of State John Kerry. More than 180 events in 40 […]
Read moreAn historic map has been published in Italian on the presence of Italians in the city of Shanghai “Gli Italiani a Sciangai, 1608-1949”, offering Italians working in Shanghai documentation of an historic memory in addition to making a contribution to the reconstruction of the history of the city itself. The map is to be published […]
Read moreThe 17th edition of the Sofia International Film Festival (Siff) will showcase a retrospective dedicated to the Taviani brothers and 12 of their best known films from March 1st to 27th at the Bulgarian capital’s House of Cinema. Paolo Taviani will be on hand for the screening of “Cesare deve morire”. The event’s organisers are […]
Read moreThe Italian Cultural Institute of Brussels will host the opening of “Champions”, an exhibition of photographs by Stefano Nicolini, whose work, entirely without digital manipulation, depicts the sports champion and the role the artist has attributed to it in a nascent global society.
Read moreA sold-out house for the performances by Italian theatrical companies “Teatro Sotterraneo” and “Ricci&Forte” at the 13th edition of the Madrid theatre festival “Escena contemporánea”. The event is one of Spain’s most important as a result of its ability to draw young experimental theatre companies from all over Europe. The Italian companies mounted their performances […]
Read more(Italian only) Rettore del Convitto, Emilio Fâtovic’, Caro Ministro Francesco Profumo, Ambasciatore Ding Wei, Capo del Dipartimento Studi Orientali della Sapienza, Prof. Federico Masini ragazzi e ragazze, ringrazio molto gli organizzatori per l’invito a festeggiare tutti insieme la “Festa di primavera”, il “capodanno cinese”. Rivolgo ai nostri amici cinesi i miei più cordiali auguri per […]
Read moreAfter the exhibition dedicated to the “Tendenza” movement at the Pompidou Centre, France turns the spot light once again on the art of building in Italy. The Italian Cultural Institute in Paris will host an exhibition of projects by Startt (Studio di Architettura e Trasformazioni Territoriali) on the future of Italian architecture. Read more, in […]
Read moreThree Italian chefs battled it out at the “San Francisco Italian Athletic Club” on Monday 25 February, each seeking the prize for the best first-course dish. The event was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, the SF Italian Athletic and FIERI, in collaboration with Viola Buitoni Club. Read more in Italian.
Read moreL’Italia protagonista di un emozionante viaggio tra le piramidi della Velle di Nazca. Il professor Giuseppe Orefici, direttore della missione di scavo italiana a Cahuachi, ha tenuto nel centro storico di Lima, in suggestivi locali del ministero degli Esteri peruviano, la conferenza “Le piramidi di Cahuachi: progressi delle ricerche sul centro teocratico Nazca”. Feconda collaborazione […]
Read moreJapan as it was in the late 19th century as seen in the hand-coloured black and white photos produced by Adolfo Farsari, Italian photographer living in that Asian country at the time. The exhibition was inaugurated at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo.
Read moreThe Swedish translation of Sandro Veronesi’s “Calm chaos”, winner of the 2066 Premio Strega, was launched in Stockholm at the Italian Cultural Institute, where the author conversed with Swedish radio journalist Anneli Dufva before answering questions from the audience and signing copies of the book translated by Louise Kahan and published by Contempo publishers.
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