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17 November 2015
Argentina – Focus on science for conservation of cultural heritage

A 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 […]

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16 November 2015
Los Angeles – Cinema, “Non essere cattivo” draws a team of stars

Andy 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 […]

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16 November 2015
Oslo – New music for an ancient instrument: Italo-Nordic projects stops in Norway

Four 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 […]

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16 November 2015
Hildesheim – Italian gastronomy pays homage to German history and tradition

Creativity, 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.

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13 November 2015
Berlin – Vinicio Capossela presents “Il paese dei Coppoloni”

As 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 […]

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12 November 2015
New York – Olivetti, 50 years of Italian innovation on display in the Big Apple

Olivetti 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 […]

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12 November 2015
Helsinki – Italian start-ups at Slush, a global showcase for innovation

Italian 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 […]

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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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