Diplomazia Culturale

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27 May 2013

NEW YORK – American tribute to Gio’ Ponti

The Italian Cultural Institute of New York organised and is hosting an exhibition on one of Italy’s great masters of architecture and design, Gio’ Ponti, entitled ”Vivere alla Ponti/Living Ponti Style, which features furniture designed by Ponti along with letters, photos, videos and other forms of documentation illustrating the modernity of his approach. The show […]

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24 May 2013

ITALY-POLAND – meeting on role of President of the Republic

Warsaw’s Leon Kozminski University has hosted an Italian-Polish meeting on “The President of the Republic in Italy and in Poland”. The event, which enjoyed the patronage of President Giorgio Napolitano and President Bronisław Maria Komorowski, was organised by the University’s Law School and the Italian-Polish Association of Constitutional Lawyers. Speaking at the opening session, Italian […]

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23 May 2013

RIAD – Italian wins prize for translation of Plato from arabic

One of the winners of the “’King Abdullah International Prize for Translation 2013” is an Italian. Cecilia Martini, from the University of Padua, won the award in the humanities sector with her translation from Arabic into Italian of the mediaeval text “L’armonia delle opinioni dei due sapienti: il divino Platone e Aristotele”, written in the […]

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22 May 2013

ITALY-ROMANIA – Work of art returned thanks to bilateral collaboration

The hunt for stolen works of art has seen another success story. A ceremony has been held in Târgu Jiu to mark the return of a silver monstrance taken in 2007 from the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Orta Nova, in the province of Foggia. The monstrance was discovered in Romania in May […]

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22 May 2013

LEBANON – A showcase for Italian products

Italy showcases its unique qualities in Lebanon, with the “Taste of Italy” event in Beirut. The initiative, designed to promote our country’s image abroad and encourage tourism, was organised by the Lebanese-American university (LAU) in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Beirut. Lebanese importers and distributors of Italian food and drink products, and Italian producers […]

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22 May 2013

ITALY-SERBIA – Anniversary of edict of Milan celebrated with Verdi’s Aida

Italy and Serbia are drawing ever-closer through culture. The celebrations for the anniversary of the Edict of Milan were marked by a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida, staged by the National Theatre of Belgrade in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute. The audience included the President of the Republic of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolic; Foreign Minister […]

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22 May 2013

HERAT – Cutuli Foundation School Long-Listed for the Aga Khan Award

An Italian school is one of the 20 candidates for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013. A school that is very special, in view not just of its location but also of its creators. The primary school in Herat was set up thanks to the Maria Grazia Cutuli Foundation, named after the journalist killed […]

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21 May 2013

WASHINGTON – Mostra fotografica Ansa “Tour around Italy” (in translation)

L’Ambasciata italiana a Washington ha ospitato la presentazione di una mostra fotografica digitale dell’agenzia ANSA dal titolo “Tour around Italy”: si tratta di un tour fotografico alla scoperta delle bellezze di ogni regione e dei tesori nascosti dell’Italia. Sei sezioni L’esposizione si divide in sei sezioni, ognuna delle quali è introdotta da un commento di […]

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21 May 2013

ZAMBIA – Fund-raising: from Lusaka to Florence by bike

Travelling from Lusaka to Florence on a bamboo tandem, through 13 African and two European countries, to raise funds to build a school in Zambia. That’s the challenge organised by Sport2build, an Italian non-profit, on which Matteo Sametti, one of the charity’s founders, will soon be embarking with a young citizen of Zambia. The initiative […]

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21 May 2013

SHANGHAI PRIZE – Young chinese artists show their work in Turin

“Young Chinese Artists in Italy: Italian Atmospheres”. That’s the title of the exhibition bringing the second stage of the first Shanghai Prize to a close. The award envisages six residencies. Three are for young Italian artists who will be hosted by the Fine Art College at Shanghai University, and three are for young Chinese artists […]

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21 May 2013

EDINBURGH – Emigration and identity: 3 days of study and debate at the Italian Cultural Institute

Three days of study and debate on the subject of immigration and identity. That was the focus of an initiative organised by the “Stills” photography gallery and the Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh as part of the “Second Sight” three-year project. The Stills Gallery is currently holding an exhibition featuring the work of Robert Capa, […]

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21 May 2013

ISLAMABAD – Giuseppe Verdi celebrated with Nabucco

Islamabad too is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, with the screening of the Arturo Toscanini orchestra’s performance of Nabucco conducted by Daniel Oren. The event, which took place in the new Italian Embassy building in the diplomatic enclave, confirms Pakistan’s interest in a stronger Italian cultural presence in the country. […]

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