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Diplomatic Network
21 February 2018
‘Italian Light’. Italian design exhibition in Zagreb

A selection of 60 lamps produced by the most famous Italian designers between the 1950s and the 1990s are on show in the ‘Italian Light’ exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb. A ‘reasoned’ itinerary guides the many visitors through full-fledged sculptures of light, the fruit of Italian creativity. Promoted and supported by the […]

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Diplomatic Network
15 February 2018
Italy showcased in the South Africa contemporary art fair – the Cape Town Art Fair closes with the Italian Consulate as the event’s institutional partner

The Investec Cape Town Art Fair – ICTAF, the contemporary art fair that, after only a few years, is now positioned as the most important in the African continent (6500 sqm of exhibition space, 95 international exhibitors, 22,000 visitors and expected sales for 6 million euros for the 2018 edition), kicked off on 15 February through […]

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Events
15 February 2018
Italy-India: a 70-year relationship told in the book ‘qualcosa e’ accaduto’

Seventy years of diplomatic relations between Italy and India. Diplomatic relations between Italy and India were celebrated today at a meeting at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. Some of the greatest experts in the area attended, with the Italian Ambassador to India, Lorenzo Angeloni, and the Indian Ambassador to Italy, Reenat Sandhu. Closing […]

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Diplomatic Network
15 February 2018
Raffaela Mariniello in Madrid with “La deriva del paesaggio”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid presents the first personal exhibition by the artist Raffaela Mariniello in Spain as part of the ARCO International Contemporary Art Fair. “La deriva del paesaggio” is a retrospective exhibition by the Neapolitan artist and photographerand includes a rich sampling of her varied photographic and light box work.This dynamic, diachronic excursion […]

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Diplomatic Network
15 February 2018
MM Contemporary Dance Company at the Vancouver Chutzpah! Festival

The “Bolero” by Maurice Ravel, with choreography by Michele Merola and Igor Stravinsky and “The Rite of Spring”, choreography by Enrico Morelli. The MM Contemporary Dance Company is directed by choreographer by Michele Merola and was established in 1999 as a production centre for events and performances and to promote festivals and workshops with the aim of fostering exchanges and alliances between Italian and international […]

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Diplomatic Network
15 February 2018
Italian writers win over Czech readers

A supplement to the Literarni Noviny literary magazine dedicated to contemporary Italian literature was presented at Prague’s Literarni Kavarna literary café. The supplement, edited in cooperation with the local Italian Cultural Institute, makes an overview of 16 writers whose works have been recently published in the Czech language, complemented with articles, interviews and in-depth reports. […]

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In detail
12 February 2018
Italy, Cultures, and the Mediterranean in Saudi Arabia

The piano recital by Maestro Christian Leotta, featuring pieces by Beethoven and Schubert, was received with great enthusiasm and opened the cultural programme “Italy, Cultures and the Mediterranean” (ICM2018) in Saudi Arabia. The 2018 Programme of cultural events was developed by the Italian Embassy in Riyadh and the General Consulate in Gedda. Maestro Leotta then […]

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Diplomatic Network
12 February 2018
“Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean in Lebanon”

The integrated programme “Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean 2018” was presented to the press and to the major partners of the Italian Cultural Institute, on 30 January, before the Lebanese Minister of Culture, Ghattas Khoury. The event was attended by the country’s most prominent   media and television networks producing in Arabic, French and English. The programme’s […]

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In detail
12 February 2018
“Italy, Cultures, and the Mediterranean in Iran”

From 12 to 22 January 2018 Tehran hosted the first round of cultural events organized by the Italian Embassy in Iran and featured in the programme ” Italy, Cultures and the Mediterranean 2018″. The programme was developed in conjunction with the country’s most important cultural event, the Fajr International Film, Theatre and Music Festival . […]

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Diplomatic Network
12 February 2018
“La Notte della Taranta” Popular Orchestra

The “La Notte della Taranta” Popular Orchestra, specialised in the popular music of the Salento area, will perform at the Olympic Games of Pyeongchang (South Korea) with a band of seven artists next 23 February. The performance will take place at the PyeongChang Olympic Festival Park, set up by the organizers of the Olympic games, […]

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Diplomatic Network
9 February 2018
The “Pompeii–The Infinite Life “ in 5 musei cinesi​

Exhibits in terracotta, bronze and gold, statues, in addition to frescoes and furnishings from the area of the Vesuvius dating back to the Roman era, will be on display in five prestigious museums in China. The exhibits will be on show at the Archaeology Museum of Chengdu until 3 May, at the Qinshihuang Mausoleum Museum […]

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Diplomatic Network
7 February 2018
“Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean” in Tunisia

The music of Eugenio Bennato and the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio, Goldoni in Milan’s Piccolo Teatro, the contemporary dance of Daniele Ninarello and Zappalà’s Company, ‘Ancient African Art’ at the Uffizi Gallery, the “Ulysses syndrome” by Massimo Torrigiani, “Classic Reloaded” of the MAXXI company at the Bardo Museum in Tunis, and even Great Italian Cinema: these are some of […]

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