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Press Releases
26 July 2022
On Thursday 28 and Friday 29 July the Directors of the network of Italian Cultural Institutes will be meeting at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples

On Thursday 28 and Friday 29 July the Conference of the Directors of the Italian Cultural Institutes will be taking place at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples. The Conference provides an opportunity for dialogue on the promotion of Italian culture throughout the world, with debates, seminars and working groups. The event has a […]

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Diplomatic Network
26 July 2022
​Beijing – Masterpieces from the GNAM in Rome

The Ambassador of Italy in Beijing, Luca Ferrari, recently opened an exhibition dedicated to Italian art entitled “The Infinite Universe of Wuji: Masterpieces from the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Roma”. The exhibition is open to the public until 30 October 2022 at Beijing’s World Art Museum. The initiative was organised as part […]

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Diplomatic Network
26 July 2022
Georgia, Italian musicians at the Batumi MusicFest 2022

The Italian Embassy in Georgia renews its collaboration with the prestigious Batumi Black Sea Music and Art Festival, now at its 9th edition, which this year will be running from 23 to 31 July. To close the Festival, which is held under the High Patronage of UNESCO, an exceptional concert will be organised to mark the […]

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Diplomatic Network
25 July 2022
​Italy-Greece dialogue features “Testimoni di pietra” photographic exhibition

A cultural dialogue between an Italian photographer, Cosmo Laera, and a Greek photographer, Giannis Giannelos, is displayed in an exhibition on the island of Kythnos, in the Cyclades archipelago, under the patronage of the Italian Embassy in Greece and organised in collaboration with the Municipality of Kythnos and the Italian Cultural Institute of Athens. The […]

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Diplomatic Network
25 July 2022
Tunisia, flute player Griminelli performs at International Festivals

The Italian Cultural Institute of Tunis helped set up the El Jem and Hammamet International Music Festivals, which featured, for the first time ever in Tunisia, flute player Andrea Griminelli and the Octa Jazz Quartet. Italy’s Ambassador in Tunis, Lorenzo Fanara, attended both events. At the El Jem Festival – held in the Roman amphitheatre […]

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Diplomatic Network
25 July 2022
Pianist Nazareno Ferruggio in concert in South Africa

The Italian Cultural Institute in Pretoria has organised two concerts by the eminent pianist Nazareno Ferruggio. The first concert will be held at the Atterbury Theatre in Pretoria on Monday, 8 August, and the second will be hosted at the Durban Jewish Club on Tuesday, 9 August. Scarlatti and Chopin are the composers of the […]

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In detail
25 July 2022
Interview of the Director General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy, Pasquale Q. Terracciano

The Director General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy at the Farnesina, Pasquale Quito Terracciano, participates in the ANSA Forum titled “Italy, Cultural Superpower – The Role of the Farnesina”.  The interview, conducted by the Deputy Director of ANSA, Stefano Polli, is focused on the importance of cultural diplomacy in the promotion of Italy abroad, especially […]

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Diplomatic Network
22 July 2022
​Berne — “UpCycle” exhibition

The Embassy of Italy in Berne has organised an exhibition entitled “UpCycle. When art reinvents the world”. Hosted in the Embassy residence, the exhibition is open to visitors until 31 July 2022. It was produced in collaboration with the Consulates General of Italy in Zurich, Lugano and Geneva, the Consulate of Italy in Basel and […]

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Diplomatic Network
21 July 2022
Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum on display in Hong Kong

For the first time, the masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum in Naples are on display in Hong Kong in an exhibition opened on 15 July 2022 at the Hong Kong Museum of Art and made possible thanks to the support of the Consulate General of Italy as part of the celebrations for the Italy-China Year […]

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Diplomatic Network
21 July 2022
The “Jodice/Canova” itinerant exhibition lands in Melbourne

To mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Italian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822), the Italian Cultural Institute in Melbourne announced the opening of “Jodice/Canova”, an itinerant exhibition hosted at the LCI Gallery Space in Collingwood after making a stop in Bassano del Grappa, Milan, Arezzo, Mexico City, San Marino, and Hong Kong. The exhibition […]

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Diplomatic Network
20 July 2022
Brazil, Italian Embassy takes part in CINE BIKE Festival

The Italian Embassy in Brasilia will be present at the first edition of CINE BIKE, International Festival of Cinema and Urban Mobility, staged at the Cultural Centre Banco do Brasil, in the Brazilian capital, and open to the general public until 31 July. The event aims to foster more sustainable lifestyles, promoting bicycles as the main means […]

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Diplomatic Network
20 July 2022
Zerocalcare’s comic strips on display in Lyon

The Italian Cultural Institute of Lyon has set up the exhibition “From Rebibbia to Kobane”, dedicated to Roman cartoonist Zerocalcare, which showcases forty plates, curated by Ralph Doumit. The exhibition presents the stories the author has dedicated to his life in Rome, in the Rebibbia neighbourhood, and to his commitment in favour of the Kurdish […]

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