Diplomazia Culturale

Cultural Diplomacy

3 July 2025

Call for applications published for the third edition of the “Vienna Prize”

The call for applications for the third edition of the Vienna Prize is now available online. This award is open to Italian artists born after 31 December 1990, with a good command of the English language and preferably also of German, working specifically in the field of performance art and having at least one solo […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

3 July 2025

Lima, Italy Guest of Honour at the Book Fair

For the first time in the history of the Lima International Book Fair, Italy will be the Guest of Honour. This unique opportunity celebrates 150 years of relations between Italy and Peru through a rich programme entitled “Latin connections”, which from 18 July to 6 August 2025 will showcase the vibrancy and contemporaneity of Italian […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

2 July 2025

Prague: a June of music and dance

June in Prague kicked off with a celebration of Italian music and dance, featured in the rich summer programme of the Italian Cultural Institute. As part of the international contemporary dance festival Tanec Praha, held at the Ponec Theatre, choreographer and director Simone Sandroni presented a new production: “Let there be the light”. Following this, […]

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Diplomatic Network

1 July 2025

Bolivia, the Embassy promotes Italian painting in the colonial era

On the occasion of the visit to Bolivia of Dr. Elena Amerio, a researcher and art historian who is one of the major specialists in the study of religious painting in the colonial era, Amb. Fabio Messineo visited the National Museum of Art in La Paz, where a number of works by the Jesuit painter […]

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In detail

1 July 2025

Participation of Minister Tajani in the Presentation of the Competition for musical bands and folk groups with the mayors of the project “Turismo delle Radici”

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, participated in the Presentation of the Competition for musical bands and folk groups with the mayors of the project “Turismo delle Radici” (Roots Tourism).

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Cultural Diplomacy

1 July 2025

The June issue of the SFIM newsletter is online

Every month the SFIM newsletter delves into the latest news on Italian education abroad, ranging from the most relevant and interesting initiatives, to educational projects and cultural activities of the Italian Education System in the World.  The SFIM includes Italian schools and sections abroad, Italian language and culture courses and lectorships at foreign universities.  Among the news in this issue: the award ceremony of the “progettoDiventerò” at the Teatro alla […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

1 July 2025

Tirana, Enzo Cucchi’s first exhibition in Albania

The exhibition I soli di tutte le terre, inaugurated on 5 June, 2025 at the Center for Openness and Dialogue (COD) in Tirana, marks the first institutional exhibition in Albania of the famous Italian artist Enzo Cucchi, a key figure of the Transavanguardia. Promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute and curated by Spazio Taverna, the […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

1 July 2025

New York, Naples on display with the Caputo Award

The Caputo Award exhibition, hosted at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York from 17 to 30 June 2025, marked the first international stage of a project created to enhance the young talents of the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples. The works on display reflect the deep connection between art and food tradition, on […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

1 July 2025

The call for applications for the sixth “Berlin Prize” is online

The call for applications for the sixth Berlin Prize is available online, offering two young Italian architects the opportunity to spend a period of six months in Berlin (January-June 2026) for a training and professional experience at a selected architectural firm and to explore issues related to reuse and urban regeneration. The Berlin Prize 2025 […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

30 June 2025

In memory of Professor Giuseppe Orefici

A scholar of pre-Hispanic Peru, Prof. Giuseppe Orefici passed away on June 27, 2025. His scientific and human profile is recalled by Dr. Maria Ilaria Pannaccione Apa, Director of the HUACAS Archaeological Mission (Peru). Prof. Orefici was Director of two Archaeological Missions supported by the Foreign Ministry, in Tiahuanaco (Bolivia) and Cahuachi (Peru). The central […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

30 June 2025

Buenos Aires, “Pittura italiana oggi” in collaboration with Triennale Milano

The Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires and Triennale Milano present – from June 26 to September 21, 2025, at the Palacio Libertad. Centro Cultural Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, the exhibition “Pittura italiana oggi. Una nuova scena“ (Italian Painting Today. A New Scene”) an initiative promoted by the Unit for the Coordination of Italian Cultural Institutes […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

24 June 2025

Edinburgh, the translation of Chiara Valerio’s latest novel was presented

The Scottish launch of The Little I Knew, the English translation of Chiara Valerio‘s novel Chi dice e chi tace (Sellerio, 2024), a finalist for the 2024 Strega Prize, was held on 19 June 2025 at Pilrig St Paul’s in Edinburgh. The book, translated from Italian by Ailsa Wood, was published by Foundry Editions on 10 June 2025.  The meeting […]

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