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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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Diplomatic Network
16 February 2022
Berlin: The Italian Embassy welcomes the stars of Italian cinema

The Italian Embassy in Berlin celebrated the participation of Italian cinema in the 72nd International Film Festival by hosting an event with film directors, actors, producers and technical experts. “I am very happy that in Berlin we are represented by a recognized master like Paolo Taviani and by several young film directors, a combination of […]

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Diplomatic Network
16 February 2022
Sydney: a musical journey to celebrate Dante

“In Viaggio con Dante“, a musical show divided into three parts:Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso, concluded the initiatives organized to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death. It was presented by the Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney in collaboration with Vicinity QBV. On February 24, at the Queen Victoria Building, the music performed on the piano by […]

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Diplomatic Network
16 February 2022
Tunis: a documentary on the “Sicilians of Africa”

“Sicilians of Africa. Tunisia, the promised land” is the title of the documentary film, produced by Alfonso Campisi and directed by Marcello Bivona, that the Italian Cultural Institute in Tunis will premiere at the CinéMad’Art in Carthage on 17 and 18 February. The film tells the story of the Sicilian community in Tunisia during the […]

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Diplomatic Network
15 February 2022
“Italian Film Week” in South Korea

An Italian classical film festival is scheduled from 18 to 27 February 2022 in Busan, a port city in South Korea. It is an initiative promoted by “Il Media” and co-organized with the Italian Cultural Institute in Seoul. The “Italian Film Week” will be hosted at the Busan Cinema Centre and will screen nine films […]

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Diplomatic Network
14 February 2022
Helsinki: photos of the battlefields from which the EU was born

This intense and moving photographic exhibition retraces the scars left on the ground by the Great War and the Second World War. It takes us on a journey to explore how, from the ashes of the battles fought on the mountains of the Alps and the Carpathians, the idea of a united Europe came into […]

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Diplomatic Network
14 February 2022
Prague to host a conference on Canova

In order to mark the bicentenary of the death of Antonio Canova, the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague, in association with the National Gallery Prague, shall pay homage to the great Venetian artist with a conference honouring his timeless genius. Canova’s masterpieces, inspired by classical art, can be found in the most important museums in […]

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Diplomatic Network
14 February 2022
Shanghai: concert to launch the Language of Opera Programme

On 17 February, the Italian Cultural Institute, in association with the Italian Consulate General of Shanghai, will put on a concert to launch the “Italian, the language of opera: music, arias and classics“ programme at the Tri space in Shanghai with the intention of celebrating the Italian opera tradition in China. “Belcanto“ has always been […]

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Diplomatic Network
11 February 2022
“From menhirs to nuraghes” exhibition on Sardinia now staged in Greece

The exhibition, “Sardinia, a Megalithic Island. From menhirs to nuraghes: stone stories from the heart of the Mediterranean”, was inaugurated today, 11 February, at the National Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. The event is promoted by the Italian Embassy in Athens and by the Italian Cultural Institute in Athens and is part of the Embassy’s cultural […]

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