Diplomazia Culturale

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14 December 2021

Belgrade, “Dieci corti in giro per il mondo”

On the International Short Film Day, celebrated on 21 December, the day of the winter solstice, the Italian Cultural Institute of Belgrade presents the initiative “Dieci corti in giro per il mondo (Ten short films around the world)”, scheduled from 13 to 22 December. The National Short Film Centre curates the initiative. The selection offers […]

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13 December 2021

Event in Panama for Italian Design Day 2021

The recently renovated historic ‘La Manzana’ building in the Casco Antiguo district of Panama City was the evocative setting for an event to celebrate Italian Design Day 2021, organised by the Italian Embassy in Panama with the Italian Trade Office in Bogotà (which also has responsibility for Panama), and the collaboration of AREA, the most […]

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13 December 2021

Photo exhibition on Nomadism presented in Algiers

A preview of the photo exhibition on Nomadism, which will be held in Algiers, in the first half of 2022, was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute to celebrate the Contemporary Art Day. The exhibition, entitled “Eyes on tomorrow. Young Italian Photographers in the World” was presented at a conference (both in person and on […]

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13 December 2021

Contemporary Art Day in Turkey, with Tosatti and Peluffo

The 17th Day of Contemporary Art was celebrated in Istanbul on 6 December, with a webinar entitled “Six Years in Istanbul” featuring the new Director of the Quadriennale di Roma art exhibition and sole artist at the Italian Pavilion of the Venice Biennale 2022, Gian Maria Tosatti. Furthermore, at the invitation of the Italian Embassy […]

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13 December 2021

Albania and Kosovo: a tribute to Morricone and Piazzolla

The Italian Cultural Institute of Tirana concludes its programming for 2021 with a tribute to two great musicians who were widely distant in their culture, origins, and life experiences, but were both absolute icons of the international music scene: the Italian composer Ennio Morricone (1928-2020) and the Italian-born Argentinian Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992). The event – […]

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10 December 2021

Tehran, Ambassador Perrone inaugurates archaeological discovery

The Italian Ambassador to Tehran, Giuseppe Perrone, carried out an official mission, from 8 to 10 December, in the Fars Province, the most important cultural and archaeological centre of Iran, the cradle of the Achaemenid and Sassanid civilisations. The primary purpose of the visit was the inauguration of the museification works of the Tol-e Ajori […]

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10 December 2021

Brussels: an exhibition for the Giornata del Contemporaneo

A presentation event of the 17th Giornata del Contemporaneo [Day of Contemporary Art], promoted by AMACI (the Association of Contemporary Art Museums in Italy), took place on 6 December at the Italian Embassy in Brussels. For the occasion, a number of works of contemporary art were exhibited at the residence of Ambassador Francesco Genuardi: in […]

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10 December 2021

Week of Italian Cuisine in Turkey, between science and art

A rich and varied program, ranging between art and science, was organized by the Italian diplomatic and consular representatives in Turkey on the occasion of the Week of Italian Cuisine (the Italian Embassy in Ankara, the General Consulate of Italy in Istanbul and the Italian Consulate at Izmir). It was a voyage that valorized every […]

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9 December 2021

Bogotá: a lecture by Eugenio Viola

On the occasion of the 17th Giornata del Contemporaneo, the Italian Cultural Institute of Bogotá  in collaboration with MAMbo (Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotà)  has organised a lecture on “Gian Maria Tosatti and the Italian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale” with Eugenio Viola, Head Curator of MAMbo and Curator of the Italian Pavilion […]

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9 December 2021

Athens, book on the Greek revolution presented at the Embassy

In this bicentennial year of the Greek revolution, the Italian Embassy in Athens wanted to celebrate the significant anniversary – in memory of the great movement of ideals and freedom on which Greek independence is based and which was so important for the history of the rest of the European continent as well – with […]

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Events

9 December 2021

Environmental education for Italian schools abroad

Starting this year, with the collaboration of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the educational projects of RICREA (the Italian national non-profit consortium for Recycling and Recovery of Steel Packaging) are open to the students of the Italian schools abroad. “We are pleased to have involved the Italian schools abroad, institutions that are […]

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9 December 2021

Pretoria, long-distance dialogue on video art

The Italian Cultural Institute in Pretoria and the Luigi Di Sarro Centre organised a webinar, a long-distance dialogue between Italy and South Africa with the protagonists of the Video Art Awards (VAA), which encourages and promotes the production of works using the moving image. It was the third edition of the Award, conceived and promoted […]

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