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Diplomatic Network
9 July 2020
IIC North America: the music of Raphael, from Urbino to Rome

  On April 6, 1520, Raffaello Sanzio, one of the great geniuses of the Renaissance, died in Rome. On the 500th anniversary of his death, the network of Italian Cultural Institutes in the United States and Canada commemorates the great artist through a series of online initiatives. Although music does not play such an important […]

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Events
9 July 2020
SHE of Valerio Zanini wins the “Vivo d’Arte 2020” award

Valerio Zanini, a young Italian musician living in Graz, with his project SHE, wins the second edition of the “Vivo D’Arte” Award, launched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in collaboration with the Romaeuropa Foundation and the participation of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism.   The Prize aims to […]

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Events
7 July 2020
Farnesina Art Digital Experience, the artists’ story online

After the event promoted by MAECI Farnesina Art Digital Experience last December 14th – when fourteen of the most important Italian Digital Art studios redesigned the facade of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a video mapping show, transforming it into a 10,000 square meters and 15 million pixels canvas – the artists involved in […]

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Diplomatic Network
7 July 2020
IIC Copenhagen: Rodari, a virtual exhibition

Leggere attraverso l’immagine. A tribute to Gianni Rodari is the new project of the Italian Cultural Institute of Copenhagen, realized together with the A Library. Baldini di Santarcangelo di Romagna, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the famous Italian writer and pedagogist. It is a virtual exhibition of illustrations inspired by one of […]

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Diplomatic Network
7 July 2020
IIC Sofia: “Fellini’s Sets” exhibition

The Italian Cultural Institute of Sofia presents the photographic exhibition I Set di Fellini (Fellini’s sets), dedicated to the great Italian director. The event is part of the summer program of the IIC. The exhibition is realized thanks to the Cineteca of Bologna on the centenary of the director’s birth.     The photos that […]

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Diplomatic Network
7 July 2020
IIC Belgrade: the theatre review Italia IN scena ON line

The Italian Cultural Institute of Belgrade kicks off this evening with Italia IN scena ON line, a series of performances by Italian authors in Serbian by director Gianluca Barbadori. The four scheduled shows will be streamed every Tuesday in July at 9 p.m. and available for the following 48 hours on the online channels of […]

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Diplomatic Network
6 July 2020
Novi Sad, the exhibition “Roma Aeterna” inaugurated

The Italian Cultural Institute of Belgrade organized the exhibition Roma Aeterna at the Museum of Novi Sad. Masterpieces of Roman sculpture by the Dino and Ernesta Santarelli Foundation. The initiative was inaugurated last June 30 by Ambassador Carlo Lo Cascio. The press conference was attended by the Serbian Minister of Culture Vladan Vukosavljevic, the Mayor […]

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Diplomatic Network
1 July 2020
Embassy of Nur-Sultan: the “Third Paradise” of Pistoletto

The COVID-19 epidemic does not stop the appreciation of Italian contemporary art in Kazakhstan. A large installation depicting Michelangelo Pistoletto’s “Third Paradise” will be inaugurated in the charming Nurzhol Boulevard in front of the residence of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Nur-Sultan on 5 July 2020, on the occasion of the 21st […]

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Diplomatic Network
1 July 2020
Brasilia: “Open Doors at the Embassy”, a virtual tour

The Italian Embassy in Brasilia transforms the traditional cycle of guided tours of its premises into an itinerary made of history, curious information and images on the web. Since 2017, a regular highly anticipated event for the inhabitants of Brasilia is hosted in June: on the occasion of the month celebrating the birth of the […]

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Diplomatic Network
30 June 2020
IIC Chicago: the seminar “Arte Povera: Ecologies”.

The Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago presents the conference on Zoom Arte Povera: Ecologies, with art historian Giovanni Aloi. In recent years, the contemporary art world has developed a growing attention to environmental issues and climate change. The Arte Povera movement, however, began to take an interest in trees, water and indiscriminate urbanization as early […]

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Diplomatic Network
30 June 2020
Paris, Ambassador Castaldo at the Pompeii exhibition opening

The Italian Ambassador to France, Teresa Castaldo, together with the Minister of Culture Franck Riester inaugurated yesterday the Pompeii exhibition at the Grand Palais Museum in Paris. Also present were former Minister of Culture Jack Lang, the Director-General of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Massimo Osanna, the President of the Réunion des muséesnationaux et du […]

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Diplomatic Network
26 June 2020
Lisbon, Francesco Carofiglio at the Literature Night

The 2020 edition of the European Literature Night, which cannot be held with the public due to the restrictions imposed by the COVID emergency, is presented for the first time in a different format that will be broadcast on the FM frequencies of a Portuguese radio station, SMOOTH FM, on the evenings of June 27th […]

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