Diplomazia Culturale

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5 January 2017

United State – Guido Cagnacci’s Death of Cleopatra on show at the Italian Cultural Institute

Guido Cagnacci’s “Death of Cleopatra”, from the Pinacoteca di Brera, will be on show at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York until 19 January. The work by Cagnacci, a painter from the Baroque period (1601-1663), is characterised by the use of the chiaroscuro technique and by the sensuality released by most of his subjects. […]

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4 January 2017

Tunis – La Bottega Teatrale stages “Harlequin’s Hunger”

As part of the Nabeul International Festival for Kids’ Theatre, the Italian Cultural Institute in Tunis presents the performance “La fame di Arlecchino” (“Harlequin’s Hunger”) by theatre company La Bottega Teatrale. The performances will be held in the city of Nabeul’s Maison de Culture at 10 a.m. on Sunday, 8 January; at 3 p.m. on […]

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4 January 2017

Austria – “Terra Amica”: the art, fashion and music of contemporary Italy

The art, fashion, and music of contemporary Italy directly in Vienna. The “Terra Amica” interdisciplinary project inspired by Gioachino Rossini and organised by Jacopo Celona and Melanie Zefferino, will kick off on Thursday, 12 January. The project intends to offer food for thought on the Italian culture, as expressed in the language of music and […]

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3 January 2017

Slovenia – Italian Cultural Institute hosts On the Wings of the Bora

The Italian Cultural Institute in Slovenia organised the exhibition entitled ‘Sulle ali della bora: viaggio al cospetto del drago’ (“On the Wings of the Bora: a Journey before the Dragon”) in conjunction with the University of Trieste. The exhibition displays images of corners of Trieste and other coastal cities which were under the rule of […]

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3 January 2017

Albania- On show the masterpieces of the Italian Novecento

More than one hundred masterpieces revealing the artistic culture of the first half of the 20th Century make up the exhibition “Capolavori dell’Arte italiana del Novecento” (“Masterpieces of the Italian Art of the Novecento”). The exhibition will open at the National Gallery of Art in Tirana on 16 January with works from the Modern Art […]

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3 January 2017

“BuscándoME”: an introspective journey across the images of Nerina Toci

The New Year will kick off in the sign of Italian art at the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Santiago of Chile. The “BuscándoME” exhibition, a soul-searching photographic journey by young Italian artist Nerina Toci and curated by art historian Katy Ferrante, will open at 8:30 p.m. on 3 January. The exhibition was brought to […]

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2 January 2017

Portugal – Lisbon hosts course on Italian design

Design speaks Italian in Lisbon at the course entitled “L’italiano e la creativita’: il design e i suoi protagonisti” (“Italian and Creativity: Design and its protagonists”). The course, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon, will last until 13 February. The ten-day course will trace the history of some of the protagonists – architects, […]

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2 January 2017

Uruguay – Post.Com stages postmodernity

“Post.com”, an experimental exhibition project on postmodernity and postmodern community models hosted at the Espacio Arte Contemporaneo in Montevideo, will be open until 5 March. The project is inspired to the theory of JF Lyotard on postmodernity whereby, after the end of great narrations, it would be better to focus on more modest “local” experiences […]

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2 January 2017

Lebanon – Italy takes part in new edition of Photomed Beirut

‎The Photomed Beirut photographic show makes a comeback with the participation of the Italian Cultural Institute. The fourth edition of the famous show that started at Sanary-sur-Mer will feature the works of two Italian photographers, Sergio Strizzi and Paolo Ventura, and of a French photographer, Alain Fleischer. The show will open on 18 January at […]

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30 December 2016

Belgrade – Italian Cultural Institute to host a contemporary dance performance

The National Dance Foundation, directed by Aja Jung, with the contribution of the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Belgrade and in cooperation with the Italian choreographer Paolo Mangiola and the Croatian choreographer Stasa Zurovac, will present a contemporary dance performance featuring the Foundation’s young dancers. The show will be hosted at Mikser House in Belgrade […]

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30 December 2016

Ethiopia – Saint Francis of Assisi and the Franciscans in engravings of the 16th and 17th centuries

The Italian Cultural Institute in Addis Ababa is displayng a series of 16th-17th century engravings from the Franciscan Museum of Rome. The exhibition will open with a lecture by the Director of the Museum, Father Yohannes Teklemariam Bache, on the “Cultural Heritage of the Franciscan Museum of the Historic Institute of the Capuchins (Rome)”. The […]

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30 December 2016

Toronto – “Il tempo necessario”: mostra fotografica di Ljubodrag Andric

In occasione della mostra fotografica “Il Tempo Necessario” presso la Galleria dell’Istituto italiano di Cultura di Toronto, il prossimo 11 gennaio l’artista Lyubodrag Andric parlerà dei suoi lavori nel corso di una conversazione con Marta Braun, Graduate Program Director della Ryerson University. Una interessante occasione per scoprire di persona l’artista italo-canadese, le cui foto sono […]

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