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26 May 2016
Moscow – Italy-Russia conference on legacy of Benedetto Croce

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Benedetto Croce, the Italian Institute of Culture in Moscow, together with the Faculty of Humanities of the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, is organising a Russian-Italian conference dedicated to one of the most significant thinkers of the 20th century. The conference is […]

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26 May 2016
Germany – Italy guest of honour at German Gardening Fair

Italy was a guest of honour at the International Landscape Architecture and Gardening Fair, held at Schloss Fasanerie, the historic estate of the Prince-Electors of Hesse in the German town of Eichenzell. The privilege confirms Italy’s excellence in the field of protecting and maintaining historic landscapes and in the food and wine sector. Italy’s participation […]

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25 May 2016
Hamburg – Consulates Night, focus on photos by Salvo d’Avila

A long night-time event full of art, flavours, aromas and musical notes is scheduled for 26 May, from 6 to 10 p.m. “The Long Night of Consulates” will include the participation of a large number of diplomatic missions in Hamburg and will offer a wide range of events and initiatives. Events will also be staged […]

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25 May 2016
Tunisia – Quirinale’s bust of Hannibal on display in Bardo Museum

The renowned marble bust of Hannibal, owned by Italy’s Quirinale Palace and considered to be the most credible portrait supposedly of the Carthaginian commander, will be on display at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis from Friday, May 24, till June 30, as part of the “Hannibal in Carthage” exhibition. To mark the occasion, the […]

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24 May 2016
Great success for Qin Feng’s exhibition at the Giorgio Cini Foundation on San Giorgio Island, under the patronage of the MAECI​

The inauguration of Qin Feng’s exhibition was a great success. The exhibition was promoted by the Venice International University with the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAECI). The event, which took place on Thursday, 19 May, at the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice, was staged for the first time in the two Cloisters […]

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24 May 2016
‘Diplomazia e Dintorni’ – The Farnesina Collection

The 62nd episode of “Diplomazia e dintorni” (“Diplomacy and the Like”) is devoted to the “Farnesina Collection”, the contemporary art collection hosted at the Foreign Ministry that includes the work of the Italian masters of contemporary art. The programme will be aired at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 24 May on Radio LUISS. Enrico Vattani, head […]

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24 May 2016
Belgrade – Highlights and Stories of Italian Design

2016, the year of Milan’s 21st Triennale, also marks the 90th anniversary of the Italian Embassy in Belgrade. To celebrate the occasion, the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Belgrade presents the exhibition Highlights and Stories of Italian Design, which will be hosted in its premises on Kneza Milosa 56, from 30 May to 14 June. The exhibition […]

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24 May 2016
Lima – Focus on ‘Sicily, Land of Myth’

A photo exhibition by Italian photographer Paolo Barone, entitled “Sicily, Land of Myth”, is underway until June 18 at the Mario Sironi Gallery in Lima. Organised by the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in the Peruvian capital, the show consists of a selection of 30 photographs taking viewers on a simple and essential visual journey […]

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23 May 2016
Islamabad – ICoN student Patrizia Anastasio works at the Embassy

Patrizia Anastasio is enrolled in the Master’s course in translation offered by ICoN – Italian Culture on the Net – while working for the Italian Embassy in Pakistan. ICoN is a consortium of 19 Italian universities that aims to promote and disseminate the Italian language and culture in the world through e-learning initiatives and technologies. […]

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23 May 2016
Boston – New partnerships between Friuli Venezia Giulia and the MIT

The Friuli Venezia Giulia Region’s academic and research institutes focused on new partnership opportunities with Boston’s prestigious MIT-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (founded by geologist William Barton Rogers in 1861) in the last stop of the economic and institutional mission carried out in the United States. The mission was led by the Region’s President, Debora Serracchiani. Accompanied […]

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20 May 2016
Canada – Montreal focuses on the protection of cultural heritage

Today in Montreal, focus will be placed on the protection of cultural, historic and archaeological heritage and on the trafficking of art. In parallel with the art exhibition entitled “Pompeii, a City of Rome” (“Pompei, una citta’ romana”) hosted at Montreal’s Museum of Fine Arts, the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) has organised, for 25 […]

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