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9 April 2014
#Farnesina – Artists in times of crisis

The contemporary landscape becomes an intimate interior carefully and meticulously depicted by Andrea Chiesi in his oil-on-canvas paintings. The artist, along with the collective “ZimmerFrei”, is the winner of the 2013 Gotham Prize awarded by the Italian Cultural Institute of New York. 3rd edition of the ‘Gotham Prize’ Now in its 3rd edition, the competition […]

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8 April 2014
Houston – A meeting of Italian cinema and food

From Rome to Houston: “Movie ‘n’ Food – Sapore di Cinema” is an initiative aimed at celebrating Italian history and culinary specialities through the recipes of great Italian film actors and directors – Vittorio De Sica Luchino Visconti, Federico Fellini, Giuseppe Tornatore, Sofia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni – which will take place in the Texan […]

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7 April 2014
Slovakia – Bratislava offers moving tribute to Claudio Abbado

Bratislava celebrated Claudio Abbado with an event rich in music and testimonials. A deeply moved audience attended the “Tribute to Claudio Abbado” organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of the Slovakian capital in collaboration with that of Budapest, celebrating the recently deceased conductor. Read more, in Italian

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7 April 2014
Italy- Brazil – Training course for Brazilian professors

A total of 40 school teachers and administrators from the Palmas school system received the benefit of a training course thanks to collaboration between the Italian embassy in Brasilia and the Centro Internazionale Loris Malaguzzi-Istituto Reggio Children. Read more, in Italian

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4 April 2014
Innovative technology and services for Pompeii – Finmeccanica donates nearly 2 million euros

Finmeccanica, one of Italy’s leading industrial groups in the technology and innovative services sector, signed an agreement this morning, Friday 4 April 2014, with the Ministry for Culture and Tourism on a donation to monitor and protect the archaeological site at Pompeii. Dario Franceschini, the Minister for Culture, and Gianni de Gennaro, Chairman of Finmeccanica, […]

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4 April 2014
Cultura – Editoria e lettori a Settimana Lingua Italiana nel Mondo (in translation)

“Scrivere la nuova Europa: editoria italiana, autori e lettori nell’era digitale”: questo il tema che leghera’ i vari eventi che animeranno la XIV edizione della Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel mondo, indetta dal 20 al 25 ottobre 2014. Con questa scelta, si vuole valorizzare il ruolo del libro nelle sue molteplici connotazioni, dal cartaceo al […]

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3 April 2014
Hong Kong – Caravaggio exhibition attracts enthusiastic art-lovers

“Light and Shadows: Caravaggio – the Italian Baroque master”, organised by the Italian Consulate in collaboration with our Cultural Institute, the Farnesina and the Ministry for Cultural Assets, continues to attract enthusiastic art-lovers in Hong Kong. The exhibition opened on 11 March and runs until 13 April 2014. Read more, in Italian.

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3 April 2014
Buenos Aires – EXPO 2015 presentation

The Italian Ambassador to Argentina, Teresa Castaldo, recently opened an event in Buenos Aires to present EXPO 2015 to the Argentinian authorities and business community. The presentation coincided with the mission by Argentina by the Director General for EXPO events, Piero Galli, and Alessandro Mancini, who is in charge of tourism promotion for the EXPO. […]

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2 April 2014
Bulgaria – Sofia explores Renaissance Montefeltro

Sofia has hosted an event organised by the Italian Cultural Institute to present a study of the landscapes of Montefeltro as depicted in the work of Renaissance masters Piero della Francesca and Leonardo da Vinci. The study was produced by painter and landscape photographer Rosetta Borchia and Olivia Nesci, a lecturer in Geomorphology at the […]

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2 April 2014
Farnesina – Two Italian schools join UNESCO’s Associated Schools network

The Farnesina is delighted to hear that the Italian state schools in Addis Ababa and Istanbul have been included in the UNESCO schools network for academic year 2013/14. Founded in 1953, members of the UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) work in support of international understanding, peace, intercultural dialogue, sustainable development and quality education in […]

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2 April 2014
Dublino – “Pirandello. La famiglia e l’epoca”, dibattito all’IIC (in translation)

Chi dice Luigi Pirandello dice “Il fu Mattia Pascal”, “Uno, nessuno e centomila”, “Sei personaggi in cerca d’autore”, “Il berretto a sonagli”, “Così è se vi pare”. Queste, tuttavia, sono solo alcune delle tante opere dello scrittore siciliano che hanno lasciato un segno nella letteratura italiana. Pirandello è stato scrittore e poeta. Fu il teatro, […]

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