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19 October 2016
Week of the Italian Language in the World – Events scheduled on 19 October

“Passions and Dreams of Italian Fashion” – Belgrade The exhibition “Passions and Dreams of Italian Fashion”, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade, offers visitors a journey across the history of Italian Fashion starting from the 1950s, when a new creative process was set in motion leading to the development of a unique style. Twenty-two […]

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19 October 2016
China – Chengdu kicks off​ Umbria Jazz

Chengdu, China’s south-eastern metropolis with the country’s highest growth rate and a population of 16 million people, will be playing host to the Umbria Jazz Festival until October 23. The festival, organized in partnership with the Fondazione Umbria Jazz, the Italian Embassy in Beijing, the Italian Consulate General in Chongqing, the Umbria Region and the […]

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18 October 2016
Italian, living language

“A language is the carrier of identity values, the expression of the culture of a people,” said the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, when closing the Joint Action for the Italian Language, an event hosted in the Salone dei  Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. The central theme of the event, organised by the […]

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18 October 2016
United States – Chicago, Dressing the Past: Outfits, Dreams and Memories of a 20th Century Italian Writer

The Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago focused on the original connection between fashion and literature in presenting the book Album di vestiti (“Dress Album”), written by Paola Masino at the end of the ‘50s and remained unpublished until 2015. The editor, Marinella Mascia Galateria, from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, will illustrate the memories […]

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18 October 2016
Conference on “Italian and Creativity: brands and lifestyles, fashion and design”

The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Zurich will present at the Geneva University a lecture by Prof. Lorenzo Coveri, from the University of Genoa, and Ms Federica Fiori, fashion expert and journalist. They will especially focus on the book  entitled “L’Italiano e la creatività: marchi e costumi, moda e design“  (“Italian and Creativity: brands and […]

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17 October 2016
Azerbaijan – The Italian Festival to promote Made in Italy products

The Italian Embassy in Baku, in partnership with the local office of ICE Agency, the Italy- Azerbaijan Association and local partners, will present the Italian Festival of Fashion and Design as one of the events to celebrate the Week of Italian Language in the World. A fashion and jewellery show, an art exhibition, a display […]

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17 October 2016
Peru – CREATIVITALIA design show at the Italian Cultural Institute

By its very nature, design is the meeting point between Italy’s world of art and industry, which found in creativity the very peak of their expression, as is proven by the recent exhibition held at the 21st Triennale di Milano, the global icon of design. The Italian Cultural Institute in Lima, in celebrating the 16th […]

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17 October 2016
Barcelona: Salvatore Ferragamo, between art and fashion

The Italian language week in Barcelona will begin with a tribute paid by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) to the style of Salvatore Ferragamo, a great craftsman and fashion designer and the favourite of some of the world’s most celebrated movie stars. Stefania Ricci, Director of the Ferragamo Foundation Museum, which promotes Made in Italy […]

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17 October 2016
Germany – “After year Zero. Italy’s new Design”. A chat with Chiara Alessi a the IIC

In a completely new setting, Chiara Alessi, journalist and essayist, will illustrate the two key events that marked the current success of Italian design, consolidating it within a long historic tradition: emerging businesses, schools, communication spaces and their connection with the contemporary communication space par excellence, namely the Internet. She will also explore the new […]

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