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Diplomatic Network
1 March 2022
Berlin: ‘’Laboratorio Leopardi’’ inaugurated at Potsdam

At the initiative of the Italian Cultural Institute in Berlin and with the sponsorship of the Italian Embassy, the ‘’Laboratorio Leopardi’’ was opened at the University of Potsdam with the aim of making the first unabridged translation of the ‘’Zibaldone’’, supplemented with a critical comment on the relationship between Leopardi’s work and German culture. The […]

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Diplomatic Network
1 March 2022
Los Angeles: Muccino writes about himself in a book

On the occasion of Filming Italy Los Angeles, the Italian Cultural Institute scheduled a meeting with the director and screenwriter Gabriele Muccino, who will present his new book “La vita addosso. Io, il cinema e tutto il resto. Un’autobiografia” [Life on me. Me, cinema and everything else. An autobiography] published by Utet. The book is written […]

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Diplomatic Network
1 March 2022
Oslo: seminar on architecture in Italy and Norway

The Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo organized a seminar on “Architects’ travel. Routes, connections and resonances between Italy and Norway in the 20th – 21st centuries”. Architect Antonello Alici (Università Politecnica delle Marche) will be the protagonist of the event. The travels of artists and architects, as a direct experience of a place, have proved […]

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Diplomatic Network
23 February 2022
São Paulo: meetings on Italian authors

The Italian Cultural Institute in São Paulo has organized a series of meetings on authors of Italian literature. The first meeting is scheduled for 8 March 2022 and will deal with “Women in the Middle Ages”. The event, curated by Valentina Cantori, is called “Ripensare il canone: scrittrici italiane dalle origini al XX secolo” [Rethinking the standards: […]

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Diplomatic Network
22 February 2022
“Expert Hands” in Nur-Sultan: tales of Italian creativity

The Embassy of Italy in Nur-Sultan has launched a new integrated promotional programme entitled “Mani esperte” (“Expert Hands”). With its innovative format, the programme aims to recount the union between Italy’s creative spirit and the quality of its workmanship. About ten events are planned for 2022, as part of the broader programme of initiatives to […]

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Diplomatic Network
21 February 2022
Hamburg, online visit to the gardens of Villa Lante

The spectacular gardens of Villa Lante, one of the most famous Italian Mannerist gardens of the 16th century, are the subject of an online project – #andarpergiardini – created by the Italian Cultural Institute in Hamburg. They are the main attraction of Villa Lante, located in Bagnaia, which is part of the Municipality of Viterbo. […]

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Diplomatic Network
21 February 2022
London, a meeting on Marconi’s genius

A meeting dedicated to Guglielmo Marconi (1874 – 1937) will be held on Monday, February 21, at the Italian Cultural Institute in London. “The genius of the waves” is the title of the event dedicated to the famous Italian physicist, inventor of the wireless telegraph, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909. […]

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Diplomatic Network
18 February 2022
Italian Embassy in Teheran pays homage to Pasolini

The centennial of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s birth was celebrated in Teheran with a concert by pianist Giovanni Guidi, held at the residence of the Italian Ambassador, Giuseppe Perrone. The acoustic piano performance, entitled “100 lettere d’amore” (100 love letters) was composed by Giovanni Guidi specifically for the occasion, to commemorate the renowned Italian intellectual and […]

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Diplomatic Network
18 February 2022
“Traces/Huellas”, an exhibition on Italian contemporary art in Madrid

An exhibition on five decades of Italian contemporary art will open at the Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid on February 23. The exhibition “Traces/Huellas.Works from the Giorgio Persano Gallery 1971-2021,” curated by Giorgio Persano himself, will be open to the public until June 4. It exhibits about twenty works by Italian artists, ranging from the […]

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Diplomatic Network
18 February 2022
Senegal, Italian cinema at the Festival of Black Arts

A review of Italian documentaries and movies related to the World Festival of Black Arts, which was held in April 1966 in Dakar, highlighting Italy’s contribution to the success of the Festival, began yesterday, February 17, and will continue until March 10, 2022 in the Senegalese capital. The event “C’era una volta il ’66” is […]

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Events
17 February 2022
“Epiphany about Nature” in the Farnesina Collection

We would like to welcome “Epiphany about Nature” (1976) by Mario Giacomelli (Senigallia, 1925 – 2000) to the Farnesina Collection. The work forms part of the Epiphany about Nature series comprising aerial shots taken from a Piper airplane. As with his other collections, Giacomelli portrays the countryside near his hometown of Senigallia, transforming it into […]

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