The 11th edition of the exhibition “Venice Cinema no Brasil” will run from 16 to 30 November in Sao Paulo, Curitiba, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia, presenting a selection of the Italian films that competed in the 72nd Venice Film Festival. The event will also pay homage to director Alberto Lattuada with a screening of […]
Read moreA conference entitled “Science and innovation for the study and conservation of cultural treasures” will take place in Buenos Aires on 1 and 2 December at the Universidad Nacional de San Martin. The initiative, organised by the Embassy of Italy in Argentina in collaboration with the local university and the Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos […]
Read moreAndy Garcia and Martha De Laurentiis were on hand to welcome “Non essere cattivo” to Hollywood along with an entire team of Italian directors and actors who had come to Los Angeles for Cinema Italian Style 2015 with the task of cutting the ribbon to the red carpet for this extraordinary event, along with Oscar-winner […]
Read moreFour young Nordic composers directed by Italian musician Marco Fusi are poised to enchant Norway with a concert evoking the sounds of other times. “New music for an ancient instrument” features the almost-extinct “viola d’amore”, and has been organised by Ny Musikk e Nasjonalmuseet in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Oslo. It is […]
Read moreCreativity, taste and Made in Italy at the “service” of German history and tradition at the “Venezia” ice cream parlour of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, city famous for its thousand-year-old rose bush. The event saw the participation of Consul General Flavio Rodilosso and COMITES of Hannover President Giuseppe Scigliano. Read more, in Italian.
Read morePier Paolo Pasolini’s 1969 film “Medea” will be screened at the Italian Cultural Institute (Rehov Meir Rutberg 12) in Haifa on Tuesday 17 November at 18:30, in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the writer’s death. Institute Director Maurizio Dessalvi will be introducing the film. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreAs part of the 15th Italian Language in the World Week, whose theme was “The Italian of Music, the Music of Italian”, Vinicio Capossela presented his latest book, “Il paese dei Coppoloni”, finalist for the 2015 Strega Award. The presentation was made at the Italian Cultural Institute of Berlin, and followed the writer-musician-actor-songwriter’s Berlin performance […]
Read moreOlivetti will be taking part in an exhibition in New York entitled “Make in Italy – The Exhibition” and running from 13 to 25 November at the Italian Cultural Institute. The company, which produced P101, the first personal computer conceived by Pier Giorgio Perotto, will also be presenting the new 3D-S2 printer. Designed for digital […]
Read moreItalian innovation will be showcased in Helsinki, where 20 of our start-ups and accelerators will be taking part in “Slush”, a two-day event featuring big global names from the ICT and digital worlds. This is the first time Italy has taken part, with a pavilion supported by the Italian Embassy in Finland and by a […]
Read moreItaly was re-elected today, 11 November 2015, for its fifth consecutive mandate as member of the Executive Council of UNESCO. The election took place during the 38th meeting of UNESCO’s General Conference in Paris. The election saw Italy and Greece winning the highest number of votes – 165 from 186 voters – from the western […]
Read moreThis year sees the fourth edition of the “Arte chiama arte” prize, conceived by Andrea Franceschetti and launched in 2012 by the Italian Cultural Institute in Shanghai. Participants have included the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, the East China Normal University and Contesta Rockhair. Each year, the competition asks a group of Chinese artists […]
Read moreExcellence in Italian design will be unveiled by architect Piero Castiglioni at a lecture in Rabat, in Morocco, entitled “Luce-Architettura, la luce in-visibile”. Castiglioni will illustrate projects where lighting plays an important part, such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Palazzo Grassi in Venice, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the Quirinal Palace in Rome, the […]
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