Diplomazia Culturale

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19 April 2022

“Eyes on Tomorrow” photography show in Addis Ababa

The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Addis Ababa organized the Ethiopian stop of the “Eyes on Tomorrow” photographic show, the only edition to be held in sub-Saharan Africa and the largest hosted abroad, with nine artists and nine open-air installations. The exhibition is hosted in the extremely beautiful gardens of Addis Ababa’s Zoma Museum since […]

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Diplomatic Network

19 April 2022

Amsterdam, Conference on Sicily in the Byzantine period​

The Italian Cultural Institute in Amsterdam will host a conference next 22 April (7:30 PM) organized by the Werkgroep Italië Studies (WIS) titled “Un’isola multiculturale – L’archaeologia in Sicilia durante I periodi Bizantini, Islamici e Normanni” (“A Multicultural Island – Archaeology in Sicily in the Byzantine, Islamic and Norman Periods”). The lecturer will be Joanita […]

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Diplomatic Network

15 April 2022

“Welcome Venice” to be screened online in Ireland​

The screening of the film “Welcome Venice”, directed by Andrea Segre, will take place – following the initiative of the Italian Cultural Institute of Dublin – on Monday 18 April. The film will be shown in Italian, with English subtitles. “Welcome Venice” is about two men, Pietro and Alvise, heirs of a family of fishermen […]

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Diplomatic Network

15 April 2022

​Strasbourg – Farhad Ostovani exhibition

The Italian Cultural Institute in Strasbourg is hosting an exhibition entitled “Primavera” featuring works by painter Farhad Ostovani. Organised to mark the 700th anniversary of the death of the poet Dante Alighieri, the event opened on 12 April 2022 and runs until 4 May. The exhibition features 33 watercolours (composed of pastels and pigment on […]

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Diplomatic Network

15 April 2022

Buenos Aires — Italian films at BAFICI Festival

The Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires is taking part in the Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI), one of the most important in Latin America. The festival, which runs from 20 April to 1 May 2022, includes a broad selection of Italian films. These include the documentary “Italo Disco. Il suono scintillante degli […]

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Diplomatic Network

14 April 2022

Ambassador to Brazil, Azzarello visits Rio Grande do Sul

Italian Ambassador to Brazil, Francesco Azzarello has ended his official trip to the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The diplomat visited the capital, Porto Alegre and the industrial and wine-growing regions of Caxias do Sul, Bento Goncalves and Pinto Bandeira. On 5 April, the diplomatic mission kicked off with a meeting with staff from […]

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Diplomatic Network

14 April 2022

Solo exhibition of the work of Giordano Martone in Marseille

The Italian Cultural Institute in Marseille organized a solo exhibition of the work of Giordano Martone entitled “La ricerca della ricerca” (“The Search of Research”) which opened in the premises of the Institute last 7th of April at the attendance of the artist. The exhibition will run until the 7th of May. The works exhibited are the […]

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Diplomatic Network

14 April 2022

Artist Piero Mottola on show at Havana

The Italian Embassy in Havana announces the participation of artist Piero Mottola in the 14th edition of the Havana Biennial contemporary art show hosted at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. The Italian artist is due to exhibit his “Voices of Life”, a sound installation comprising ten acoustic speakers and an emotional map that the author […]

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Events

13 April 2022

“Vivo d’Arte” Award 2022

Online the call for entries for the 2022 edition of the prize reserved for young Italian artists living abroad. The fourth edition of ‘Vivo d’arte’, the competition promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with Fondazione Romaeuropa dedicated to young Italian artists under 36 years of age, permanently living abroad, is launched. Entries to the competition take the form of original […]

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Diplomatic Network

12 April 2022

​Berlin: “Femminile, plurale” film festival opens

The “Femminile, plurale” film festival has opened in Berlin. With 11 works by Italian female directors, the festival offers a glimpse of “women’s” film in today’s Italy. In his opening remarks at the introductory event, the Ambassador of Italy, Armando Varricchio, observed that “the ‘Femminile, Plurale’ film festival picks up and revitalises the spirit of […]

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Diplomatic Network

12 April 2022

Madrid: reading group dedicated to children

To mark World Book and Copyright Day on 23 April, the Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid has programmed “C’era una volta, in Istituto…”, (“Once Upon a Time, in the Institute), a reading group for children between nine and eleven years of age. The initiative is part of the “L’Istituto dei piccoli” project, a cycle of […]

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Diplomatic Network

12 April 2022

Strasbourg: exhibition inspired by Dante’s “Vita Nova”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Strasbourg is organizing “Primavera” (“Spring”), an exhibition by painter Farhad Ostovani inspired by Dante Alighieri’s “Vita Nova” to celebrate the 7th anniversary of the poet’s death. The exhibition, which is scheduled to run until 4 May, displays 33 watercolors (composed with crayons and pigments on photographic supports) to accompany the […]

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