Diplomazia Culturale

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1 September 2022

Brasilia, an exhibition on a century of the Embassy’s history

Italian Ambassador to Brazil, Francesco Azzarello, opened “The Italian Embassy in Brasilia. A photographic journey from Rio to the Brazilian Highlands” exhibition held in the Nervi Room at the Embassy. A book featuring the illustrations shown at the exhibition was released to mark the occasion. The Ambassador said “we wanted to use little-known photographs to […]

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1 September 2022

New premises of the Italian Middle School open in Istanbul

The new premises of the Italian Middle School have opened in Istanbul. The school is hosted at the Palazzo dei Dragomanni which, at the initiative of the Italian Embassy and thanks to the funds of the Italian Lyceum in Istanbul, was restored to its ancient splendour after long restoration work. The Palazzo has a high […]

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30 August 2022

“Medea in Cappadocia” exhibition celebrates Pasolini

The Italian Cultural Institute in Istanbul and the Tuscia University’s Studies and Restoration Mission in Cappadocia have organised the exhibition “Parlami, Terra! Medea in Cappadocia con Pasolini e Maria Callas”, to be staged from 10 September to 10 November 2022 at the Open Air Museum of Göreme and at Uçhisar Castle, in Cappadocia. The event […]

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29 August 2022

Manetti Bros. open the Italian Film Festival in Singapore

The Italian Film Festival is back in Singapore. The film event, presented by the Italian Embassy, is scheduled to take place from 14 to 25 September. The opening film of the festival, which celebrates its 20th edition this year, will be “Diabolik” by directors Marco and Antonio Manetti (Manetti Bros.). Ambassador Mario Vattani said: “Thanks […]

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29 August 2022

La Bohème by the Lviv Theatre at the Puccini Festival

A special staging of the opera “La Bohème”, produced by the Lviv Theatre with 140 Ukrainian artists and stage crew workers, was performed last 23 August at the Gran Teatro of Torre del Lago within the framework of the Puccini Festival. The performance confirmed that music is a medium of peace and solidarity that made […]

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26 August 2022

Formula 1, a laboratory for innovation and the promotion of Made-in-Italy products

In view of the Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix to be held in Spa next Sunday, 28 August, yesterday the Italian Embassy in Brussels hosted an event to promote Made-in-Italy products before a qualified audience of Italian, Belgian and international guests. The initiative falls within the scope of the Farnesina’s action aimed at a 360° […]

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23 August 2022

Shanghai – “Uffizi Self-portrait Masterpieces”

As part of the Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism 2022, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Consulate General of Italy in Shanghai have announced an important exhibition focusing on self-portraits by celebrated artists. The exhibition, “Uffizi Self-portrait Masterpieces”, was organised in collaboration with the Bund One Art Museum and the Gallerie degli Uffizi and […]

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22 August 2022

Graphic art exhibition in the Netherlands

The graphic art exhibition “Mirror – Face to Face”, organized by the Club for UNESCO of Vicenza and the Dutch Foundation Grafein, together with the Italian Cultural Institute in Amsterdam, will be open to the public from 1 to 30 September at the Amstelkerk in Amsterdam, and then again from 15 October to 13 November […]

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17 August 2022

Italian Cultural Institute in Lima opens doors to the public

The Italian Cultural Institute in Lima is organising a guided visit – scheduled for 27 August – of the building that houses the Institute itself. Built between 1929 and 1930, it is known to be the centre of the Italian community’s cultural life and is recognised as National Cultural Heritage. The guided visit will allow […]

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16 August 2022

Dakar, auditions for contemporary urban dancers

The Italian Cultural Institute in Dakar sponsors the new edition of ‘EurAsia Auditions On Tour in Senegal’ organised by the international network of the EurAsia Dance Project directed by Stefano Fardelli in partnership with the M’Bosse Danse company and in association with the Alliance Française de Kaolack, the Résidence Mame Diarra de Kaolack and the […]

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12 August 2022

Vršac hosts “Days of Italian Culture”

The Cultural Centre in Vršac , in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Belgrade, presents the “Days of Italian Culture”, to be held from 10 to 20 August as part of the Vršac Cultural Summer event. Visitors will get to see the exhibition “Nikola Tesla, the man who defined the future”, as well as […]

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11 August 2022

Mexico City, exhibition of Dante’s inferno in comic form

The Italian Cultural Institute in Mexico City presents Dante’s Inferno in comic form, an exhibition showing how Dante’s Inferno has been described and depicted by some of Italy’s most important cartoonists. The exhibition will be held from 11 August to 6 October at the Museo Miguel N. Lira di Tlaxcala. In the past hundred years, […]

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