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21 March 2022

The Italian Embassy in Algiers presents the book “Enrico Mattei and Algeria”

The Italian Embassy in Algiers presents a new book entitled “Enrico Mattei e l’Algeria. Un amico indimenticabile (1962-2022)”, (“Enrico Mattei and Algeria: An Unforgettable Friend (1962-2022)”, with an introduction by Ambassador Giovanni Pugliese. The event takes place only a few days before the opening of the 25th edition of the Algiers International Book Fair, at which Italy will be guest […]

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18 March 2022

Italy-Morocco cultural cooperation meeting held

In order to increase cultural cooperation between Italy and Morocco, Italy’s Ambassador Armando Barucco held a working meeting with Ahmed Toufiq, Minister of Religious Endowments and Islamic Affairs and Khalil Mouallif, Director of the Academy of Traditional Arts of the Hassan II Mosque Foundation in Casablanca; the meeting was also attended by Stefano Trucco, President […]

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18 March 2022

Chicago: webinar on ‘’Urban Jungles and Potted Plants’’

As part of the initiative ”Le Voci della Natura: Ecologies and Nature in Italian Arts”, which explores the role of Italian art and science in redefining our perception of nature and ecology, the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago offers a webinar on the work of Luigi Ghirri, the undisputed pioneer of botanical representation through the […]

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17 March 2022

Exhibition of young Italian photographers in Addis Ababa

The photography exhibition “Eyes on Tomorrow. Giovane Fotografia Italiana nel Mondo” arrived in Ethiopia through the Italian Cultural Institute in Addis Ababa. This is the only stop in Sub-Saharan Africa for the exhibition which features the works of 9 artists with 9 open-air installations in the Zoma Museum gardens in Addis Ababa. “Giovane Fotografia Italiana” (young Italian […]

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17 March 2022

Sydney, Documentary “Syndrome K” featured at the Jewish Film Festival

The Sydney Italian Cultural Institute is taking part in the Jewish International Film Festival by screening the film “Syndrome K”, a 2019 Italy/USA co-production by American director Stephen Edwards.  This moving documentary tells a true, little-known story that took place in Rome during the Nazi occupation in 1943-44. Three courageous Italian doctors saved the lives […]

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17 March 2022

Brasilia: Candido Portinari, an artist for peace

An exhibition and a conference to celebrate the work of Candido Portinari. The initiative was organized by the Italian Embassy in Brasilia. The exhibition displays 28 etchings by the artist of Italian descent, whose parents emigrated from the Veneto Region at the end of the 19th century, and who has become one of Brazil’s greatest 20th century […]

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16 March 2022

Tokyo, examples of urban regeneration on display

The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo, as part of the initiatives for the 6th edition of the Italian Design Day, present the exhibition “Welcome, feeling at work’’, dedicated to the great urban regeneration project of the ‘’Kengo Kuma and Associates’ studio to revive the former Rizzoli area in Milan. The […]

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16 March 2022

Prague: glass takes centre stage at Italian Design Day

On 23 March, for the 6th edition of the Italian Design Day, the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague, together with CAMIC (the Italian-Czech Chamber of Commerce and Industry) will present “COMMON GLASS”, a project dedicated to the new language of contemporary glass, which gathers the most interesting realities of the […]

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15 March 2022

Tehran, 2002 sees sixth edition of “Domus Design”

The international exhibition “Domus Design – Tehran 2022” has been presented at the residence of the Ambassador of Italy in Iran. The exhibition, now in its sixth edition, consists of two sections. The first is an in-depth look at key moments in the history of Italian and Iranian design through a series of iconic objects. […]

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15 March 2022

Amsterdam, literary recital on the Shoah

The Italian Cultural Institute in Amsterdam is presenting “Questo è stato’’, a literary recital with Sabrina Modenini. The recital is based on the book of the same name by Piera Sonnino, with adaptation and direction by Andrea de Manincor. In her novel, Piera Sonnino tells the tragic story of the deportation and extermination of her […]

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14 March 2022

Two concerts of the singer Tosca in Algeria

The Italian singer Tosca lands in Algeria with her “Morabeza World Tour”. Thanks to the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Algiers, together with the Ministry of Culture and Arts, Tosca will take the stage on Saturday, 19 March, at the Théâtre National Algérien Mahieddine Bachtarzi, and on Monday, 21 March, at the Theâtre Régional […]

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14 March 2022

Seoul: female Italian Studies student is Ambassador for a day

Kim Chaewon, a student at the Italian Studies Department of the Busan University of Foreign Studies, is the winner of the first edition of “Ambassador for a Day”. The project, launched by the Italian Embassy in Seoul together with the Italian Cultural Institute, is targeted to female students interested in pursuing a diplomatic carrier. The […]

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