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11 November 2015
Arte chiama arte prize 2015 featuring Pinocchio

This 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 […]

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11 November 2015
Rabat – Castiglioni unveils Italian excellence in design

Excellence 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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10 November 2015
Tokyo – Dante in Japan: a linguistic and cultural divide?

Dante Alighieri, and the way his work was “imported” to Japan during the Meiji era, will be the topic of a lecture by Professor Iwakura Tomotada at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo on Wednesday 11 November 2015. The lecture will discuss linguistic and ideological aspects of the “heroic” poet’s work, and its translation and […]

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10 November 2015
Ankara – Film – a week dedicated to the “Seventh Art”

Italian Contemporary Film Week, which runs until 15 November 2015 in Ankara, is an important channel for the cultural dialogue between Italy and Turkey. Films shown during the “Week” will include ““Tutti i santi giorni” by Paolo Virzì, “Buongiorno papà” by Edoardo Leo, and “L’ultima ruota del carro” by Giovanni Veronesi. The event is promoted […]

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10 November 2015
Madrid – From Ungaretti to Apollinaire: the Great War in the words of the poets

“La Guerra d’Europa 1914-1918 raccontata dai poeti” (published by Nottetempo) features the voice of Ungaretti, whose “San Martino del Carso”, written in 1916, recounted the drama of the front and trenches of the Great War. The bookalso includes works by 52 other poets, including Apollinaire, Joyce, Pessoa and Mandel’štam, from 16 different countries. It was […]

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10 November 2015
Los Angeles – A showcase for contemporary Italian film

Contemporary Italian cinema comes to Los Angeles for Afi Fest 2015, presented by Audi and Cinema Italian Style 2015, promoted by Luce Cinecittà with American Cinematheque with the patronage of the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles and the support of the Ministry of Cultural Assets and Activities. The event has been organised in […]

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6 November 2015
Research – Farnesina at the Festival of the Sciences

As part of its continuing commitment to the internationalisation of research and innovation, the foreign ministry contributed to the organisation of three conference within the framework of the Festival of the Sciences, an important national showcase for the promotion and dissemination of scientific culture held in Genoa from 22 October to November 1st and dedicated […]

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6 November 2015
Moscow – Soccer and solidarity, diplomatic national team takes the field

Since its first effort in 2011 to raise funds for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the Italian national diplomatic soccer team has continued its mission, playing dozens of matches in Italy and abroad in the name of solidarity. The latest was held last Friday in Moscow on behalf of children with […]

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6 November 2015
Brazil – Masters of Italian graphics on display in Rio

The National Museum of Fine arts (Ibram) in Rio de Janeiro will host an exhibition on Italian masters of the graphic arts from 11 November through 15 January 2016. The event has been organised by the Central Graphics Institute in Rome and the museum, in collaboration with our embassy and Italian Cultural Institute in Rio. […]

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5 November 2015
Stockholm – Cinema: Italy at “Rex, Festival of Animated Cinema”

From Friday 6 to Sunday 8 November Stockholm’s Klarabiografen will host “Rex – Festival of Animated Cinema”, where animated shorts and feature-length films by Italian directors great and small will be screened. The festival has been organised by Eunic Stockholm in collaboration with the “C.M. Lerici” Italian Cultural Institute of Stockholm. Read more, in Italia

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5 November 2015
Los Angeles – “The Voice of a Legend”, musical journey in search of Caruso

Neapolitan Tenor Pasquale Esposito will perform “The Voice of a Legend”, homage to Enrico Caruso, at Los Angeles’ Broad Stage on 11 November at 19:30. The event has been organised with the collaboration of the Italian Cultural Institute of that city and will be repeated in Palm Springs on Sunday 20 September. Read more, In […]

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