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19 June 2017
France – Exchanging views on Palermo: a double exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute

The Italian Cultural Institute in Paris pays homage to the city of Palermo and its many faces with a double exhibition, inaugurated a few days ago and entitled: “Palermo arabo-normanna” [Arab-Norman Palermo] by Francesco Ferla and “Capanne” [Huts] by Angelo Cirrincione. In this fascinating city of contrasts, a magnet for photographers, working-class neighbourhoods merge with precious architecture dating back to the time of […]

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19 June 2017
Max Botticelli’s Portraits of Italian Fashion on show in Bratislava

Sunday, 18 June, was the closing date of “Portraits of Italian fashion, forms and emotions taking shape”, an exhibition displaying 80 images by Mx Botticelli, a photographer known for his work with fashion designers and maisons such as Giorgio Armani, Gianfranco Ferrè, Iceberg, Antonio Marras, Valentino, Kenzo, Albino, Monvieve, Renato Balestra, Gattinoni and Romeo Gigli. […]

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14 June 2017
Open for You

The Farnesina  and its Art Collection will be open to visitors on Friday, June 30. Volunteers from the Touring Club Italiano will guide visitors through the building. Make your reservation here, to get a priority entrance to the new space and installations in progress dedicated to artists who use photography as a means of expression.

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14 June 2017
Tunisia – Palais Ennejma Ezzahra hosts Barocco Italiano and Rêverie Napolitaine

An Italian soiree will take place at Sidi Bou Said, in the splendid Palace  Ennejma Ezzahra, on June 21 on the occasion of the “Festa della Musica”,   a concert by the Ensemble Partenope, with Salvatore Morra. The Italian Cultural Institute in Tunis and the Centre for Arab and Mediterranean Music will perform in the beautifully restored […]

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14 June 2017
Australia – The stories of 31 Italo-Australian artists collected in one volume entitled ‘Ritratti’ (Portraits)

The book, published by the Italian Consulate in Melbourne, narrates the creative career  of 31 Italo-Australian artists. The group of creative artists of Italian origin, based in Melbourne, was selected according to their brilliant profiles which, all together, offer an extremely varied picture. Some worked on storytelling, others focused on the visual impact, some used […]

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14 June 2017
“Due ma non Due” by Clara Salina on show

“Due ma non Due” (“Two but not Two”) is the title of the double installation to be displayed at the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Santiago in Chile from 27 June to 1 August. The installation, by Italian artist Clara Salina, tries to cast light on the cycle in which we are trapped and of […]

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14 June 2017
Italianism, the Design of the Word. The Word of Designers

On Thursday, 15 June 2017, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Farnesina hosted the 4th edition of the “Italianism” project entitled “Il design della parola. La parola ai designer” (“The Design of the Word. The Word of Designers”). “The initiative –  said Minister Alfano – is meant to capitalise on the relationship between our […]

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13 June 2017
PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Thursday, 15 June 2017, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Farnesina will host the 4th edition of the “Italianism” project entitled “The Design of the Word. The Word of Designers”

Alfano: “Let us capitalise on the relationship between our language, Italian creativity and the world of young and emerging designers “ On Thursday, 15 June 2017, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Farnesina will host the 4th edition of the “Italianism” project entitled “Il design della parola. La parola ai designer” (“The Design of the Word. The Word of Designers”). […]

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13 June 2017
Italy and Mexico intensify cultural cooperation

Italy is bolstering its cooperation with Mexico in the field of culture. Italian Ambassador to Mexico, Luigi Maccotta, recently had a long and cordial meeting with the Secretary of Culture, Maria Cristina García Cepeda. The Ambassador was accompanied by the director of the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Mexico City, Marco Marica, and by the […]

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13 June 2017
Italy at the Shanghai International Film Festival​

Anybody who knows the Shanghai International Film Festival (abbreviated as SIFF) knows that it is one of Asia’s major film festivals. This year the Festival, celebrating its twentieth edition, will run from 17 to 26 June in all the city’s major cinema theatres. Italy too will be reserved a space for its exlusive use. This […]

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