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9 March 2017
Dublin – Italians in Ireland, photographs on display ​

A story of Italians in Ireland, narrated in a photography exhibition open at the RDS Library in Dublin. The series of images, created from a collection belonging to deceased Cavaliere Barbato Borza and other sources, traces the history of Italians in Ireland from the end of the 1800s to date. The event is organised by […]

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8 March 2017
United States – Literature, Peter Cameron speaks about his ties with Italy

As it is customary for this series of events, the Italian Cultural Institute(IIC) in New York presented author and novelist, Peter Cameron who talked about his ties with Italy in conversation with Stefano Albertini, Professor of Italian, Director of Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (New York University). The event was hosted at the IIC premises on 7 […]

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8 March 2017
Germany – “The New Light of Emigration” becomes a permanent exhibition.

Inclusion, training and the culture of reception are at the core of the artistic project of a monumental 28 sqm work by Morena Antonucci, titled “The New Light of Emigration.” The painting exhibition opened in April 2016 at the Citizens Hall in the Municipality of Wolfsburg, in Germany. The project was hosted and promoted by the […]

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6 March 2017
Serbia – ‘Concerti in Galleria’ cycle of concerts back in Belgrade

The cycle of ‘Concerts in the Gallery’ has made its comeback in Belgrade and will continue until June.  The Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade, in cooperation with the city’s Cultural Centre (KCB), will host a musical event on a Monday, once a month. The cycle will begin with a piano concert with Kristina Balzic, Petar […]

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6 March 2017
Tunisia – Non-stop Theatre Festival of Kef

As part of the the “24 heures de theatre non-stop du Kef”, on 26 March 2017 the Italian Cultural Institute in Tunis, in partnership with the Centre des Arts Dramatiques et Scéniques of Kef, will present ‘Fiesta’, a show by the Teatro Due Mondi theatre company. Preceding the show, on 25 March, from 10 a.m. […]

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6 March 2017
Argentina – Dante’s Purgatory at the IIC in Buenos Aires

The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Buenos Aires, on Thursday 9 March, will host a ‘Lectura Dantis’ in Italian by Claudia Fernandez, professor of Italian Language at the University of Buenos Aires and of Italian Medieval Literature at the Instituto Superior del Profesorado Joaquín V. González. The reading will be dedicated to the Purgatory as […]

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Press Releases
4 March 2017
Celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Luigi Pirandello

“On 28 June 1867 ‘in a grove of Saracen olive trees bordering a blue clay plateau overlooking the African sea’ – the countryside around Agrigento – Luigi Pirandello began his ‘involuntary sojourn on Earth’.” The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, quoted the words of the great Sicilian writer and 1934 Nobel […]

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3 March 2017
China – Italian Design Day in Beijing

Promoting Italian design as an integral part of the “Italian Way of Life”. Telling the story and uniqueness of Italian Design to enhance China’s taste for Italian creations, a synthesis between tradition and innovation, research and a special attention for quality. These are the goals of the first Italian Design Day in Beijing, organised by the […]

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3 March 2017
Paris, Vico Magistretti narrated by Boeri and Urquiola

To celebrate the first edition of Italian Design Day, the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris will screen for three days running ‘Dimmi di Vico’ – in which Stefano Boeri and Patricia Urquiola tell the story of the studio-museum that belonged Vico Magistretti. The screening consists of two videos by Patrizia Molteni, exceptionally made available by […]

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Interviews
3 March 2017
Alfano: “Teamwork for the Italy of tomorrow” (Il Sole 24 Ore)

The idea of design, of designing the future comes to us from afar, from the workshops of the Renaissance, in which craftsmanship, the search of innovation and the ties with the local territory merged into every product. That is how big talents were born, the Masters of the time as well as the inventions that […]

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