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20 June 2014
London – Italians in tour for Pontignano Conference

Ten young people, 5 of them Italian, are in London for the Pontignano Fellowship Scheme, an exchange programme organised in the run-up to the Pontignano Conference. The theme of this year’s Conference, which will take place in Pontignano, near Siena, from 3 to 5 October 2014, is “Better together or better apart?” Italian and British […]

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19 June 2014
“Italy and space” – Parmitano and Cristoforetti meet the UN in Vienna

Italian astronauts Samantha Cristoforetti and Luca Parmitano were guests of honour at “Italy and Space”, the event organised in Vienna by Italy’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations. The event was organised with the support of the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the collaboration of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), the Italian […]

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18 June 2014
Madrid – Laura Giardino con ‘Aperture’ (in translation)

Si arricchisce il fitto programma di mostre organizzato dall’Istituto italiano di cultura di Madrid per promuovere l’arte contemporanea: Laura Giardino ha portato nella capitale spagnola la sua “Aperture/Aperturas”. Lungo il percorso espositivo, ospitato nei saloni dell’Istituto, hanno trovato spazio la serie pittorica “Vertigine”, la serie ‘installativa’ di disegni “Mirror-Mirror” e la serie pittorica “Tiles”. L’artista […]

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18 June 2014
Italia-Norvegia – Successo a Tromsoe per la “Giornata italiana” (in translation)

Si e’ tenuta nei giorni scorsi a Tromsoe, capitale “artica” della Norvegia, la “Giornata italiana”, un’iniziativa ideata e organizzata dall’ambasciata d’Italia a Oslo – con il sostegno dell’Istituto italiano di cultura – e dedicata alla collaborazione tra i due paesi nella regione artica. I lavori si sono articolati in quattro sessioni: istituzionale-politica, scientifica, economica e […]

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18 June 2014
Seoul – 22 artists for 130 years of diplomatic relations

“We Have Never Been Modern”, the exhibition of Italian contemporary art organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Seoul, has been extended until 23 August 2014. The show, which opened on 8 May and features 22 Italian artists, was organised as part of the celebrations marking the 130th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and […]

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17 June 2014
Buenos Aires – McCurry exhibition “Sensational Umbria” opens

A photo exhibit entitled “Sensational Umbria” by American photographer Steve McCurry opened on 21 June in Buenos Aires. The show is part of the second edition of “Verano Italiano”, a joint cultural promotional initiative by the Italian Embassy, Consulate General and Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires, ENIT and ICE as well as Argentina’s culture […]

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17 June 2014
Italia-Uruguay – A Montevideo la mostra “Uomo” di Linda Kohen (in translation)

E’ stata inaugurata nei giorni scorsi a Montevideo, presso i locali dell’Istituto italiano di Cultura, la mostra personale di Linda Kohen “Uomo”, una rassegna di immagini dedicata alla figura umana, “isolata e ridotta progressivamente, nel percorso descritto dalle opere esposte, all’essenzialità”. L’inaugurazione si e’ tenuta alla presenza dell’ambasciatore d’Italia, Vincenzo Palladino, e di illustri esponenti […]

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16 June 2014
Tokyo – Italian jazz duo celebrate Duke Ellington

“Italia Jazz” takes Tokyo by storm: the Italian Cultural Institute joined forces with New Age Productions in organising a concert entitled “Two for Duke”, with Max Ionata on sax and Dado Maroni on piano and bass, to give the packed Japanese auditorium a taste of the great American jazz musician and composer Duke Ellington. The […]

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16 June 2014
ITALCINE – Contemporary Italian cinema in Colombia

The first fase of Italcine came to an end, a cycle of Italian contemporary films organised by the diplomatic network in that country (embassy, cultural institute) and the Istituto Luce Cinecittà, the first leg of which was Bogotà, after which it will be making stops Medellin, Cali and Barranquilla. Read more, in Italian

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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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