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27 April 2017
Australia – Beyond classics. New Italian Cinema

The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Sydney returns to the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre with an exciting new film season entitled Beyond classics. New Italian Cinema. Following a careful selection of the latest and most brilliant contemporary Italian feature films, viewers will have a unique opportunity to see Italy on the big screen through the ironic, sensitive, […]

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27 April 2017
‘Giorgio de Chirico. Metaphysical Apparitions’

The first big exhibition by the master of metaphysical painting entitled ‘Giorgio de Chirico. Apparizioni metafisiche’ (‘Giorgio de Chirico. Metaphysical Apparitions’) made its debut in Russia. The exhibition is a historic event if we consider that in 1929 only four of the artist’s works had been displayed in Moscow and some of his drawings and […]

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24 April 2017
Spain – “Time and the Voice”: songs from Sicilian School of Poetics

“Il Tempo e la Voce” (“Time and the Voice”) is a project aimed at translating some texts from the Sicilian School of Poetics and transposing them into music. The project was launched by Enrico Coppola, a musician and art historian, and by Giuseppe Di Bella, singer and songwriter and Chief Editor of the poetry collection […]

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24 April 2017
Greece – Creativity, talent, animation: focus is on Italian short films

Italian short films take centre stage in Greece. On Monday, 24 April at 7 p.m. the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Athens will host the programme “Shorts in Animation” in its Auditorium, giving the audience the opportunity to see the work of young Italian artists. The programme will screen a selection of shorts produced by […]

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Press Releases
21 April 2017
Minister Alfano to attend the Ministerial Conference of the 10 Ancient Civilisations in Athens

On 24 April the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, upon the joint invitation of the Foreign Ministers of Greece, Nikos Kotzias, and of China, Wang Yi, will attend the first Ministerial Conference of the “Ancient Civilizations Forum” (GC10). In addition to Italy, the other countries represented at the Conference will be Iran, Iraq, […]

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21 April 2017
Portugal – Exhibitions – The study of clouds in the work of Matteo Fato

The solo exhibition of Matteo Fato, scheduled to open at 7 p.m. on 4 May at the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Lisbon, is entitled “Autoritratto (del) Blu di Prussia” (“Self-Portrait (of) Prussian Blue”). The exhibition, organised by the IIC and curated by Simone Ciglia, presents a series of pictorial works on the study of […]

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20 April 2017
Hungary – Italian writers at International Book Festival Budapest

The 24th International Book Festival Budapest will kick off on Thursday, 20 April. Italian writer Giorgio Ghiotti will attend on the opening day. On Friday 21 April, the Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest will host a chat with Tommasi Giagni in its Federico Fellini Hall. Mr Giagni will address the audience on the topic: “The […]

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19 April 2017
Egypt – Cairo hosts the first international edition of “Critical Tuesdays”

The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Cairo hosted the first international edition of “Critical Tuesdays”, the meetings launched by art historian Alberto Dambruoso that have been held in Italy since 2010. This first “overseas” version of the event was presented by sculptor Aron Demetz who told of his career and of his personal sculpting technique […]

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19 April 2017
Spain – The IIC in Madrid hosts talk with Alessandro Baricco

The Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid will hold a reading by Italian writer, playwright and journalist Alessandro Baricco as part of the event titled “La Noche de los Libros di Madrid”, organised by the Municipality of Madrid on 21 April. He will be accompanied by Spanish actress Assumpta Serna. The event will take place at […]

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19 April 2017
Brazil – Rio de Janeiro hosts concert by Venetian duo Gerbasi and Celeghin

The Italian Cultural Institute in Rio will host a Venetian concert by mezzosoprano Francesca Gerbasi and pianist and organist Silvio Celeghin at 12:30 p.m. on 20 April. The programme will include music by Antonio Buzzolla, Charles Gounod, Reynaldo Hahn, Guido Bianchini, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Alfredo Casella and Gioachino Rossini.

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18 April 2017
New York: Claudio Magris talks about ‘Blameless’ with two special guests

Claudio Magris, a most revered Italian writer, will engage in conversation with colleagues Jamaica Kincaid and Norman Mane on 19 April at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York. The occasion will be the presentation of his latest searing novel, ‘Blameless‘, published by Yale University Press. The novel ruthlessly confronts the human obsession with war […]

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