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Cultural Diplomacy

11 June 2025

Edinburgh, Carlo Lucarelli presents “The Darkest Winter”

At the Italian Cultural Institute of Edinburgh on 29 May, renowned Italian author Carlo Lucarelli presented his historical thriller, “The Darkest Winter” (L’inverno più nero – Open Borders Press, 2025), in conversation with the translator Joseph Farrell, emeritus Professor of Italian at the University of Strathclyde. The novel is set in Bologna in the 1940s. […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

11 June 2025

Call for applications for the 2025 edition of “AIR – Artisti in Residenza” published

The call for applications for the 2025 edition of the project “AIR – Artisti in Residenza”, conceived and promoted by MIDJ with financial support from SIAE, has been published. The competition aims to create a network of artistic residencies in collaboration with Italian Cultural Institutes, Embassies and Consulates in Europe and around the world, open […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

11 June 2025

Brussels: The 2025 Edition of the Sanremo Giovani World Tour has concluded

The Brussels date marked the end of the 2025 edition of the Sanremo Giovani World Tour, the project resulting from a collaboration between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and RAI. Since 2019, the Sanremo Giovani World Tour has successfully promoted emerging artists of the Italian music scene, taking them to perform on […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

10 June 2025

Stockholm Prize Applications, Deadline Extended to June 22

The deadline to submit your application for the Stockholm Prize, a residency program dedicated to the themes of sustainability and eco-innovation in the fashion design sector, has been extended to June 22, 2025. The Prize, now in its third edition, is promoted by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture, the Directorate-General for Public […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

9 June 2025

Skopje, Concert of the Antonio Forcione Quartet

The Antonio Forcione Quartet performed at the Macedonia Philharmony Hall in Skopje. The event was organized with the support of the Embassy of Italy in Skopje and the Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade. The performance took the audience on a fascinating musical journey, rich in influences and evocative atmospheres from all over the world: from […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

6 June 2025

The Farnesina Collection in Berlin: first stage for “Identity beyond borders”

The first stage of the exhibition project Identity Beyond Borders, curated by Benedetta Carpi De Resmini and promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, will be held at the Italian Cultural Institute of Berlin from 19 June to 21 July 2025. The curatorial choice focuses on the female artists present in […]

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Diplomatic Network

4 June 2025

Buenos Aires, Republic Day at the Teatro Coliseo

On the occasion of the 79th Anniversary of the Italian Republic, the Consulate General of Italy in Buenos Aires organised the traditional concert for Republic Day at the Italian theatre “Coliseo”, featuring this year’s performance by Vinicio Capossela, one of the most acclaimed and long-standing singer-songwriters in the Italian music scene. With his concert titled […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

4 June 2025

Pubblicazione del volume “L’Italia all’ONU nel primo mandato in Consiglio di Sicurezza (1°gennaio 1959 – 31 dicembre 1960)”

The new volume in the series Documents on Italy’s International Policy, curated by the Unit for Analysis, Planning, Statistics and Historical Documentation of the Italian Foreign Ministry, entitled Italy at the UN during its first term on the Security Council (1 January 1959 – 31 December 1960), is now freely available to consult online. The […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

4 June 2025

Madrid, “Suggestions of Italy. From Neorealism to the 2000s” exhibition

On the occasion of PHotoESPAÑA 2025, the Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid, under the auspices of the Italian Embassy in Spain, has inaugurated at its headquarters the exhibition “Suggestions of Italy. From Neorealism to the 2000s. The gaze of 13 photographers”, curated by Riccardo Passoni. The exhibition recounts Italy through 64 authorial photographs, taken from […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

4 June 2025

London, “Insulae Aqua” exhibition

The Italian Cultural Institute of London and the Aedificante Association have presented the exhibition Insulae Aqua. Gianni Berengo Gardin and Filippo Romano, conceived and curated by Alessandra Klimciuk, hosted at the Institute’s headquarters until 25 June. The exhibition offers an opportunity to admire a selection of fifty-nine photographic works (in black and white and colour, […]

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Press Releases

3 June 2025

Tajani in Naples today for the second UNESCO Conference on Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century

Today the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani participates – at Castel Capuano in Naples – in the second of the UNESCO conference “Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century”, organized by the Farnesina in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and with the support of the Municipality of […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

3 June 2025

Online il numero di maggio della Newsletter SFIM

La newsletter dello SFIM approfondisce ogni mese le novità relative all’istruzione italiana all’estero, dalle iniziative di maggiore rilevanza e interesse, ai progetti educativi e alle attività culturali del Sistema della Formazione Italiana nel Mondo. Lo SFIM include scuole e sezioni italiane all’estero, corsi di lingua e cultura italiana e lettorati presso le Università straniere. Tra […]

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