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13 June 2014
Los Angeles – “A Traveling Archive”, homage to Magistretti designs

Ludovico Magistretti, better known as Vico, has design objects on display in the permanent collection of New York’s MOMA, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Museum die Neue Sammlung of Munichand many other museums throughout North America and Europe. The designer passed away in 2006, but his creativity continues to speak out in […]

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13 June 2014
Prague – Michela Murgia presents ‘her’ Sardinia

Italian writer Michela Murgia was in the Czech Republic as part of a whirlwind literary tour to launch her highly acclaimed, prize-winning novel “Accabadora”, recently translated by Marina Feltova for the Paseka publishing house. The launch was hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute of Prague Read more, in Italian

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13 June 2014
Ethiopia – Artemis Danza brings ‘Traviata’ to Addis Ababa

The Artemis Danza dance company recently staged a performance of La Traviata in the capital city of Addis Ababa before an enthusiastic audience that included high ranking authorities and 900 other guests, and was well covered by the media. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Italian embassy in Addis Ababa, the […]

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13 June 2014
Bahia Blanca – Italian cuisine week

Italian Cuisine Week got under way in Bahia Blanca, opened by Italian Consul General Marco Nobili and COMITES President Juan Carlos Paglialunga. The main focus of the event is to highlight the initiatives of the 2015 Milan Universal EXPO based on the theme “Nourish the Planet. Energy for Life”, while offering a showcase for the […]

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12 June 2014
Madrid – Italy goes to the Book Fair

Italian art and history were the focus of Italy’s participation in the 73rd edition of the Madrid Book Fair, where the volume “Arte e Palazzo” was presented, which recounts, in a sort of virtual collective, seven exhibits organised by the Italian Cultural Institute over the course of the last two years. Read more, in Italian.

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12 June 2014
#Farnesina – Müller looks at cinema

From the Venice’s Leone d’Oro (“Sacro Fra”) to the Oscar for best foreign film (“La grandebellezza”), and up to the recent CannesGrand Prix (“Le meraviglie”), Italian cinema has enjoyed a packed season of international acknowledgements. An industry that produces content for exportation and that in recent years has become a showcase for Made in Italy […]

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12 June 2014
Farnesina: Italian Cultural Institutes get a facelift. MFA selects new logo

The design submitted by artist Tommaso Armenise selected for the new logo of the Italian Cultural Institutes (IIC) puts a modern face on an institutional profile. It was chosen from among no less than 2,133 graphic proposals submitted by the more than 1,000 scholars, young artists and design experts who stepped up to the challenge […]

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11 June 2014
Canada – Un mese di eventi in Ontario per Italian Heritage Month (in translation)

Giugno all’insegna del tricolore in Ontario, che ospita per tutto il mese numerosi eventi nell’ambito dell’Italian Heritage Month. Ad aprire la rassegna e’ stata la festa popolare ospitata nei locali e nei giardini del castello ‘casa Loma’ di Toronto, a cui hanno partecipato circa 2mila persone. Tra gli ospiti, il ministro federale della Cittadinanza e […]

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11 June 2014
Israele – Tour itinerante per il cinema italiano (in translation)

Tour itinerante in Israele per il cinema italiano: il meglio della cinematografia tricolore e’ andato in scena a Tel Aviv, Gerusalemme, Haifa, Herzliya, Holon e Sderot. Grandissimo il successo di pubblico, con piu’ di 50 proiezioni e oltre 5.200 spettatori, per l’iniziativa ‘Cinema Italia’ organizzata dall’Associazione Culturale Adamas Italia-Israele in collaborazione con l’Istituto italiano di […]

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11 June 2014
Peru’ – I tesori di Cajamarca in mostra a Lima (in translation)

Dal 18 giugno al 20 settembre, a Lima si potra’ ammirare la mostra: “Tesori di Cajamarca. L’impronta di Antonio Raimondi” L’iniziativa, organizzata dal museo Raimondi con la collaborazione del l’Istituto italiano di cultura, riunisce un corpus di collezioni naturalistiche, acquerelli, fotografie, documenti e strumenti che sintetizzano l’incredibile lavoro scientifico del naturalista italiano in Peru’ durante […]

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11 June 2014
MFA-MIUR – Schools to hold Cooperation Week in new academic year

Director General for Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs GiampaoloCantini, and Director General for Students, Integration, Participation and Communication of the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) Giovanna Boda, signed a joint declaration today at the Farnesinathat provides for establishment of an annual Cooperation Week in schools, beginning with the next academic […]

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