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28 September 2017
​Mirko Basaldella’s “La Grande Madre” returns to the Farnesina

Mirko Basaldella’s sculpture entitled “La Grande Madre” returns to the “Farnesina Collection”, a collection of contemporary art works that is open to the public at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Basaldella’s work of art from 1957 draws inspiration from the profound bond between man and nature. It was on loan to the […]

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28 September 2017
United Kingdom – London to launch second part of Consagra’s exhibition

The Italian Cultural Institute in London launched ‘Ties – Legami II”, the second part in a series of exhibitions on Pietro Consagra, the famous Italian post-World War II sculptor. The ongoing exhibit includes works by French artist Marine Hugonnier in order to engage in a dialogue with Consagra’s historic pieces. The show explores how, through […]

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28 September 2017
Serbia – Graphics, design, communication: a homage to Osvaldo Cavandoli

Osvaldo Cavandoli (1920 – 2007) was an artist, cartoonist, animator and film director who became famous for giving life to the character La Linea, an Italian cartoon known all over the world. Today, Serbia is paying homage to him, thanks to the Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade, the Associazione KomunikArt and the MUSIL –  Brescia’s […]

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27 September 2017
Albania – Lucia Nadin is awarded a Honorary Degree, a lecture on emigration

Professor Lucia Nadin will hold a lecture on “ Non c’è progresso di studi senza l’utilizzo delle fonti” (There is no progress in research if sources are not usesd)  to mark the awardi of an Honorary Degree by the University of Tirana. Prof. Nadin’s lecture is designed to show the quantity and quality of the […]

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27 September 2017
Jordan – Seminar in Mount Nebo on Moses in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Two days of discussion and exchange between scholars of the three monotheistic religions: centred around Moses, the biblical patriarch who had a profound influence on Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Against the backdrop of the Custody of the Holy Land Franciscan monastery at the Moses Memorial on Mount Nebo, eleven speakers from six countries explored texts […]

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27 September 2017
Australia – Lorenzo Micheli recital in Sydney

One of Italy’s most famous contemporary guitarists, Lorenzo Micheli continues his Australian tour. After the recital at the Melbourne Guitar Festival, and before his Brisbane concert, the artist performs on Tuesday, 27 September, at a guitar recital at the Crows Nest Uniting Church in Sydney. Guitar Passion has organised the event in association with the […]

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25 September 2017
Portugal – ‘Oceanography and more: works by Marina Bindella’

Contemporary art exhibits are ongoing at the Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon, which will showcase Marina Bindella’s xylography in a show entitled ‘Oceanografia e altro: opere di Marina Bindella’, curated by Prof. Claudio Zambianchi, professor of History of Contemporary Art at La Sapienza University in Rome. The launch of the  exhibit, which will be attended […]

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25 September 2017
Hungary – Two events at the Italian Cultural Institute to celebrate the ingeniousness of Lorenza Mazzetti

The writer, film director and artist Lorenza Mazzetti, who was born in 1927, lives between Rome and Bolsena, where she still paints and writes. The Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest will devote two events to Ms Mazzetti: on 27 September the film  “Il cielo cade” [The Sky Falls], drawn from Mazzetti’s autobiographical novel and featuring […]

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25 September 2017
Argentina – Discussing photogrammetry applied to archeology and cultural heritage

“Modern photogrammetry for archeological documentation and the cultural property” is the theme of a seminar to take place in Buenos Aires on 24-27 October, at the Italian Cultural Institute. The initiative is organised by the Italian Embassy in the capital of Argentina and by the “A Raimondi ” archeological mission, Museo delle Culture (Milan). Professor Francesco […]

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22 September 2017
Young artists from the Bolshoi Theatre and the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala in concert at the Italian Embassy in Moscow

A concert featuring opera arias sung by young Italian and Russian talents will be held tonight at the Residence of the Italian Ambassador in Moscow. The twelve young singers involved in tonight’s event have participated in the scholarship programme promoted by the Italian Embassy with the support of philanthropist David Jakobashvili. More than seventy artists […]

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Press Releases
21 September 2017
UNGA. Alfano at the side-event on the protection of cultural heritage: “We have put culture at the top of the international peace and security agenda”

“Today we can download practically anything from the Internet, but not ethical values. Yet it is precisely these that must be our ‘moral browser’ because without them, we are disconnected and risk not being able to adequately respond to large-scale atrocities,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, on opening his […]

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