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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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20 September 2017
Colombia – 8th Latin American Congress of Semiotics

The 8th Latin American Congress of Semiotics will be hosted in the campus of the Universidad Nacional della Colombia, in Bogotà, from 27 to 30 September 2017. The Congress, entitled “Congreso Latinoamericano de Semiótica: Materialidades, discursividades y culturas. Los retos de la semiótica Latinoamericana”, is organised by the Latin American Federation of Semiotics (FELS) in […]

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18 September 2017
Vinicio Capossela on tour in Bosnia-Herzegovina

The Italian singer-songwriter Vinicio Capossela will start touring Bosnia-Herzegovina at the beginning of the 6th edition of the Days of the Italian Culture in Bosnia-Herzegovina. He is due to open in Sarajevo on 16 September, and will continue on to Banja Luka on 18 September and Mostar on 20 September. Capossela will perform at the […]

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18 September 2017
BRAZIL – Italy attends the Film and Food Festival in Brazil

The Cine Pireneus in Pirenopolis, in the Brazilian State of Goias, is hosting the Slow Filme – International Film and Food Festival, until Sunday, 17 September. The programme includes film screenings, laboratories, workshops and food and wine tasting events. Now at its 8th edition, the festival this year is curated by film director and critic […]

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18 September 2017
United Kingdom – Festival of Italian Literature, an observatory on contemporaneity

A two-day event (on Saturday, 21 and Sunday 22 October), with more than 30 guests, in which famous masters and emerging young talents will meet in London. Italian, British and international authors will meet to discuss literature and other contemporary issues such as migration, politics, London, Italy, gender differences and contemporary culture. Once again, London […]

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15 September 2017
‘Raccontamenti’ by Chiara Montenero

At the Bardo Museum in Tunis, literature, source of inspiration, becomes an exhibition  The titanic and fascinating endeavour of Chiara Montenero, eclectic poet and writer, is to transpose the essence and the atmosphere of the literary work of famous authors onto the limited space of a canvas. Ms Montenero came to the realm of visual […]

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