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11 December 2012
Italy-Israel: Foundation for arts and culture is created

An “innovative and flexible” instrument to implement “projects of excellence” in the sphere of culture and the arts. That is the new Italy-Israel Foundation, presented today at the Farnesina by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi and the Israeli Ambassador to Rome, Naor Gilon. Public and private sectors for “common goals” The Foundation was set up in […]

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11 December 2012
New York: homage to the many faces of Pasolini

New York has opened its doors to the thousand faces of the art of Pier Paolo Pasolini. The memory of the intellectual from Friuli will be commemorated in a full season of his films at the Museum of Modern Art, from 13 December to 5 January, and in a series of events in venues throughout […]

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11 December 2012
Moscow: the Renaissance in the marches, with works by Lorenzo Lotto

A selection of works by the Venetian painter Lorenzo Lotto has arrived in Moscow. The works will be on show to coincide with Exhibitaly – a four-month programme of events supported by the Italian government to promote the best of the “Made in Italy” brand in Russia. Read more, in Italian.

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11 December 2012
The Embassy opens its doors to “young art” from Italian museums

The “Embassy Goes Contemporary” exhibition opens on 12 December 2012 at the Italian Embassy in Berlin. From 17 December until 28 April 2013, the historic salons of the Embassy will host 28 artworks from the Museion Collection in Bolzano, by 22 young Italian artists. The exhibition includes videos, installations, paintings and photography and is part […]

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10 December 2012
Sofia: Italy’s first appearance at the Book Fair

Italy’s first appearance at Sofia’s International Book Fair, now in its 21st edition. In collaboration with our chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria, the Italian Cultural Institute in Sofia set up a stand showcasing books on art, science, fashion, design and food and wine, published by Italian and Bulgarian publishing houses. Children’s books were particularly well […]

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10 December 2012
Hong Kong: italian excellence and flair on show

Hong Kong is paying homage to the excellence and flair of the “Made in Italy” brand. Two events were organised by the Italian Consulate General – a wine tasting and a gala dinner – to celebrate the best of our wine production. “Julius Caesar – Military Genius and Mighty Machines”, an exhibition of the machines […]

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10 December 2012
NEW YORK – 30 years of the De Fornaris Foundation, collection on display

To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the De Fornaris Foundation has organised an exhibition showing some of the best pieces from its collection of modern and contemporary art. The event is being staged in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in New York and Turin’s Gallery of Modern Art (GAM). Giorgio Morandi and Felice Casorati The […]

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7 December 2012
Capetown – Italian Ambassador’s trophy

Young South African sailing enthusiasts squared off in the first edition of the Italian Ambassador’s Trophy, held in the lake of the Simon’s Town naval base, near Capetown, South Africa. The regatta consisted of 8 young crews from the Izivunguvungu sailing school, which offers free courses for youngsters from 8 to 18 from the poorest […]

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6 December 2012
Italy-Japan: workshop on economic partnership with the EU

The workshop “Italy and European-Japanese relations: prospects and problems for the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)” will be held on Friday 14 December at the Senate’s Palazzo Giustiniani in Rome. Participants will include Lamberto Dini (President of the Senate Foreign Relations Commission), Umberto Vattani (President of the Italy-Japan Foundation), Cesare Cursi (President of the Senate Industry, […]

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6 December 2012
Moscow: the Da Vinci Code on the Flight of Birds

The Pushkin Museum inaugurated an exhibition on Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Code on the Flight of Birds”, one of the most exemplary of documents attesting to Italian artistic and inventive virtuosity. As Italian Ambassador to the Russian Federation Antonio Zanardi Landi pointed out, the manuscript was the protagonist of an interesting story that binds Italy to […]

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4 December 2012
ITALY-GERMANY – University Days in Berlin

The fifth annual Italo-German University Days, a traditional event held in Berlin for the purposes of deepening cultural and scientific relations between Italy and Germany, consisted of a series of lectures, roundtable discussions and workshops. The initiative was promoted by the Italo-German University of Trento, in collaboration with the Italienzentrum della Libera University of Berlin, […]

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