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29 February 2012

New York – music: Elisa introduces new album at the Italian Cultural Institute

The Italian Cultural Institute of New York will showcase Elisa on 14 March. The Trieste-born singer-songwriter will perform several cuts from her new album ‘Steppin’ on Water’, soon to be released in the U.S, which contains part of the sound track from Robert Faenza’s film “Un giorno questo dolore ti sarà utile”.

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29 February 2012

Vilnius: Italy participates in the Book Fair

Italy ran two stands – one for the Italian Cultural Institute and one for Corraini publishers of Mantova – at the 13th International Book Fair in Vilnius, the most important annual publishing event in the Baltic region. An exhibition was also held of works by Bruno Munari, defined the “Leonardo of the 20th century” for […]

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29 February 2012

Paris: preview of Italo-French coproduction of ‘La Certosa di Parma’

A preview showing of the film “La Certosa di Parma” was held on 28 February at the Embassy of Italy in Paris in the presence of Minister for Culture Frédéric Mitterrand. The film is a co-production of RAI Fiction and France Télévision and is based on the celebrated novel by Stendhal. It was filmed in […]

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28 February 2012

Terzi in Asia – Road show in Italy on business opportunities in Vietnam

Ore 15.30 – Terzi in Asia – Road show in Italy on business opportunities in Vietnam A road show in four major Italian cities to present our business community with all the opportunities for investment and work in Vietnam. This was the announcement by Minister Giulio Terzi during a press conference in Hanoi with his […]

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28 February 2012

Los Angeles Italian Cultural Institute: the work of Alighiero Boetti in two exhibitions in Los Angeles

Two major exhibitions of the work of Alighiero Boetti opened on 25 February in Los Angeles. The exhibition openings were preceded by a conference with contemporary art scholar Christopher Bennett, followed by a conversation moderated by Alma Ruiz, curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art di Los Angeles (MOCA), which included Bennett and Randi Steinberger.

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28 February 2012

Los Angeles – Cinema: Ferretti and Lo Schiavo, oscar for Italy

The American Academy Oscars ceremony held at Hollywood’s Kodak Theater awarded the prize for “Best Art Direction” to Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo, in the respective roles of Production Designer and Set Decorator for Martin Scorcese’s film “Hugo”. In his acceptance speech, Lo Schiavo dedicated the statuette to our country. To read more select […]

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27 February 2012

Rabat: Exhibition “the Farnesina palace and its collections”

The itinerant exhibition “The Farnesina Palace and its Collections” comes to Morocco. The event opened on 23 February at the Ecole Nationale d’Architecture (ENA) in Rabat, in the presence of Minister for Habitat and Urban Development (and former ambassador to Italy) Nabil Benabdellah, ENA Director Bensaid, Italian Ambassador Piergiorgio Cherubini, the acting cultural attaché at […]

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24 February 2012

Ankara: Venetian routes in the Mediterranean. Photography exhibition and book presentation

The book “Percorsi veneziani nel Mediterraneo” will be presented at 18.00 on Thursday 1 March at the Contemporary Arts Centre in Ankara. The photography exhibition of the same name will be opened at the same time. Both events have been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Ankara in collaboration with Cankaya City Council and […]

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24 February 2012

Havana: Sustainable development: italian universities at the higher education conference

Universities from Rome, Naples and Milan attended the 8th international higher education conference, “”Universidad 2012″, on sustainable development. The aim of the conference was to underscore the role and responsibilities of the higher education sector with respect to today’s society. The delegation from Rome’s “La Sapienza” University entered into agreements with the Universities of Havana, […]

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23 February 2012

Los Angeles-Italia Fest: from Argento to Avati, italian cinema frontlines in Hollywood

The “Los Angeles-Italia, Film, Fashion and Arts Fest” opened on 19 February at Hollywood’s Chinese Theatre – a strategic one week before the presentation of the Academy Awards. To read more select ITALIANO at the top of the page.

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21 February 2012

Montevideo: the year of italian culture opens in Uruguay

“Manantiales”, one of the best-known places near Punta del Este, is the perfect setting for Omar Galliani’s exhibition “Notturno”. The artist is one of the greatest representatives of Italian contemporary art and is in Uruguay especially for the opening. The exhibition was organized by the Italian Cultural Institute in Montevideo, in collaboration with curator Massimo […]

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21 February 2012

Italy-China: numbers of chinese students enrolling in italian universities shows marked increase

There has been a further marked increase in the numbers of Chinese students enrolling in Italian universities for academic year 2012-13 through the Marco Polo and Turandot programmes. The rise is in line with the trend for recent years. The Marco Polo programme envisages one semester of Italian language study for foreign students, in our […]

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