Caravaggio’s masterpiece “Supper at Emmaus” left Milan’s Brera museum for the first time ever for Hong Kong, where it arrived to be part of the exhibition “Light and Shade – Caravaggio, Master of the Italian Baroque” at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center from 12 March to 13 April. The painting, valued at 59 million […]
Read moreThe Furio di Castri Quartet played at the opening concert the European Jazz Festival in Izmir to an enthusiastic audience of more than a thousand people, and later on in a jam session for a crowd of 400, while Italian jazz history professor at Istanbul’s Bilgi University and the festival’s musical consultant, Francesco Martinelli, held […]
Read moreThe Embassy of Italy in Berlin presented the 2015 season of Palermo’s Teatro Massimo as part of a broader range of promotional activities by that venue, an icon of Italian lyric excellence, within the context of the international tourism fair under way in the German capital through Sunday. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreAn exhibition entitled “Window on the Ghetto” has opened in Luxembourg. The exhibition focuses on Rome’s Jewish quarter and on the precious fabrics produced there over the centuries and captured by photographer Araldo De Luca. It was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Luxembourg in collaboration with the Italian Embassy, the Jewish Museum in […]
Read more“Congratulazioni a Paolo Sorrentino, che con l’Oscar vinto ieri dalla sua pellicola “La Grande Bellezza” dimostra nuovamente quanto grande sia la domanda d’Italia nel mondo”, ha dichiarato il Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri, Mario Giro. “L’Italia attrae per il suo stile di vita, il suo vastissimo patrimonio culturale, la bellezza della sua lingua, la sua arte […]
Read more“Congratulations to Paolo Sorrentino, who has once again shown, with the Oscar for his film ‘La Grande Bellezza’, just how much demand for Italy there is in the world”. The comment was made by the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mario Giro, on hearing of the Italian director’s success in Los Angeles. “Italy attracts people for […]
Read moreThe Italian-Iraqi archaeology mission in Abu Tbeirah in southern Iraq, coordinated by Professor Franco D’Agostino, from Università La Sapienza di Roma, is not just a scientific project. It’s also an adventure in a land very different from Italy, a land that’s seeking a way out from over 40 years of war. The latest dig focuses […]
Read moreThe Pantalla Pinamar Film Festival’s special guest this year will be Italy. Argentina’s principal celebration of film, now in its 10th edition, will take place in Pinamar, on the Atlantic coast, from 8 to 15 March 2014. Italy will share the “guest of honour” role with India, Switzerland and Hungary. To celebrate the Italian presence […]
Read moreItalia e Cina fianco a fianco nella promozione dell’arte: ha preso il via a Shanghai la fase di residenza artistica per i tre vincitori italiani del Premio Shanghai. Alessandro Dandini de Sylva, Chiara Principe ed Elisa Strinna saranno ospiti fino al 20 aprile presso la School of Design della East China Normal University, dove elaboreranno […]
Read moreWashington DC (February 27, 2014) – Italian culture in the U.S. has a new online platform: the website www.italyinus.org, the cultural portal of Italy’s diplomatic network in the United States. Simple to use and with all the information you need, the new site is your guide to the hundreds of cultural events organized or supported […]
Read moreUn viaggio attraverso le venti Regioni italiane, da cui trarre immagini, ricordi e stimoli: e’ lo spunto di partenza della mostra “Venti per una. Venti Regioni per un’Italia. Venti artisti per una mostra. Uno sguardo laterale” che ha conquistato Zagabria. Dopo le tappe di Mosca e San Pietroburgo, l’esposizione e’ approdata nella capitale croata, suscitando […]
Read moreI nuovi risultati degli studi italo-russi sull’origine della vita. E’ questo il tema di una conferenza stampa, che si e’ svolta all’ambasciata italiana a Mosca, dal titolo “Lo Spazio e’ sorgente di vita”. L’evento e’ stato caratterizzato, alla presenza di un qualificato pubblico di oltre cento persone, dall’annuncio di alcuni nuovi risultati scientifici di grande […]
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