Diplomazia Culturale

Cultural Diplomacy

11 September 2024

“Mastroianni 100” in Santiago, Chile.

The Italian Cultural Institute of Santiago and the Cineteca Nacional de Chile are pleased to announce the “Mastroianni 100” retrospective of Marcello Mastroianni’s finest films. Organised on the occasion of the centenary celebration of Mastroianni’s birth, the retrospective will feature eight films by the Italian actor in their original restored versions with Spanish subtitles. The […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

10 September 2024

Davide Hjort Di Fabio in Copenaghen with ‘VivaVoce’

In his first solo exhibition ‘Vivavoce’, Davide Hjort Di Fabio explores the structure of memory and the way memories are formed, preserved and transformed over time. Inspired by the words of Bell Hooks in the book Belonging: A Culture of Place, ‘We are born and have our being in a place of memory’, Di Fabio […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

10 September 2024

“ANAHIT” at the Internationale Tanzmesse Düsseldorf

As part of the 2024 Internationale Tanzmesse NRW in Düsseldorf, the Italian Cultural Institute of Cologne, in collaboration with the MiC – General Direction for the Performing Arts and the NID New Italian Dance Platform, supported the presentation of Giorgia Ohanesian Nardin‘s Open Studio “ANAHIT” at the Tanzhaus NRW | Studio 3. Anahit is the […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

10 September 2024

“Good News | Buone Nuove” on display Toronto

On 5 September, the architecture exhibition “Buone Nuove | Good News: Women in Architecture – from MAXXI to MET’ opened in Toronto, at the Paul H. Cocker Gallery of the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). Curated by Pippo Ciorra, Elena Motisi, and Elena Tinacci of the MAXXI Museum, this travelling exhibition, acquired by MAECI in 2023, […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

9 September 2024

“Orlando Furioso Reloaded” in Prague

A unique concert to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the arrival of Italian opera in Bohemia, thanks to Count F. A. Špork, was organised by Theatrum Kuks in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Prague. In 1724, in Kuks, Italian musicians performed Orlando Furioso, an opera by Antonio Bioni. Only the overture of the […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

5 September 2024

Maestro Chiantore on tour in Bolivia

On the occasion of Maestro Luca Chiantore’s tour in Bolivia, the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Italian Embassy in La Paz, in collaboration with the Plurinational Conservatory of Music and the German Cultural Centre, organised a concert by the renowned Italian pianist in the “Tiwanaku” Honor Hall of the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

5 September 2024

SFIM Newsletter – Special Edition “Calvino Invisibilia”

The special edition of the Newsletter of the Italian Education System in the World, dedicated to the creative writing contest “Calvino Invisibilia,” is now online. The contest was aimed at students of Italian schools abroad, Italian sections in foreign and international schools, and Italian language courses at foreign universities. Organised by Office V of the […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

4 September 2024

In Buenos Aires: “Letizia Battaglia. Chronicle, Life, Love”

On 29 August, the photography exhibition “Letizia Battaglia. Chronicle, Life, Love” was inaugurated at the Centro Cultural Recoleta in Buenos Aires. The event was attended by the Italian Ambassador, Fabrizio Lucentini, the Director of the Centro Cultural Recoleta, Maximiliano Tomas, and the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires, Livia Raponi. The ceremony […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

3 September 2024

Igiaba Scego on tour in Brazil

Beloved by Brazilian readers as well, the Italian-Somali writer Igiaba Scego returned to Brazil on 6 August for a series of events to present the Portuguese translation of her latest novel, “Cassandra a Mogadiscio”. Shortlisted for the 2023 Strega Prize, the novel is simultaneously a letter, a historical testimony, and a family genealogy. Through a […]

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Diplomatic Network

3 September 2024

Ukraine, Ambassador Formosa at the opening of the school year

In spite of Russian aggression, the education cycle is starting again in Ukraine. The Ambassador of Italy to Ukraine, Carlo Formosa, officially opened the school year at the ‘Dante Alighieri’ School in Kiev, an institute that – with its over one thousand students – spans the primary, middle and high school cycle and boasts a […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

3 September 2024

Italian Renaissance Dance in Seoul

As part of the celebrations for the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and South Korea, the Italian Cultural Institute of Seoul brought the magic of Italian Renaissance dance to the stage. The nine artists of the company “La Rossignol” enchanted the Korean audience, transporting them to a magical and glorious past. The first […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

30 August 2024

In Bahía Blanca: “Italy in the history of tango”

Italians have played a fundamental role in the birth, growth, and establishment of tango culture, its poetry, and its music. First and second-generation immigrants managed to transpose the nostalgia for their distant homeland into the most iconic form of Argentine artistic expression. What better way to highlight the Italian cultural influence in Argentina and celebrate […]

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