To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Michelangelo Antonioni, one of Italian cinema’s most iconic figures, the Italian Cultural Institute in New York has organised screenings of some of his most famous films. The programme begins on 29 March 2012. Read full article, in Italian
Read morePaolo Giordano and Elisabetta Montaldo were the Italian authors appearing at the Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature 2012 (6-10 March) in Dubai, now at its fourth edition. Read full article, in Italian.
Read moreTo celebrate International Women’s Day, the Italian Embassy in Maputo promoted a concert by flautist Francesca Canali and the “Maputo Flute Orchestra”. The concert, which attracted an audience of 350, took place at the University of Maputo’s “Eduardo Mondlane” Cultural Centre. The concert followed four days of intensive lessons by the Italian flautist to train […]
Read moreItaly’s participation, as guest of honour, at the 42nd Foire du Livre in Brussels (1-5 March) has come to a successful conclusion. The Italian Pavilion – to which the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, sent a message of best wishes – was the heart of Italy’s participation in the Fair. The “Literary Café” hosted […]
Read moreAn exhibition entitled “New Art – Speed, Danger, Defiance – Italian Futurism 1909-1944” has opened in Helsinki, with support from the Italian Foreign Ministry. The show, the biggest Futurism retrospective ever staged in Scandinavia or Finland, is hosted by the Espoo Museum of Modern Arts (EMMA) as part of the Helsinki World Design Capital 2012 […]
Read moreTo celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first Italian diplomatic mission in Iran, the album “Iran during the Qajar Dynasty from the perspective of Montabone the Italian Photographer” was presented at the Italian School in Tehran. The event took place on 29 February 2012. Speakers at the event described the 1862 mission to Tehran, which […]
Read moreA month of cinema in Bulgaria: the 16th edition of the Sofia International Film Festival will take place from 9 March to 5 April 2012 in the cities of Sofia, Burgas, Plovdiv and Varna. The Italian Cultural Institute of Sofia will take this excellent opportunity to present the best in recent Italian cinema production. To […]
Read moreThe Unicredit Group collection comes to Poland with the exhibition “People and the City”, which opened on 2 March in Torun and features many of the collection’s major pieces, including “Piazza d’Italia”(1970) by Giorgio De Chirico and “Paesaggio” (1925) by Giorgio Morandi, and the photo “Birmingham” (2008) by Marco Zanta To read more select ITALIANO […]
Read moreThe long journey of Written in Italy – the first itinerant library of Italian literature translated abroad – comes to an end in Latin America where it began with the first edition in Argentina. Twelve stops in over four years, covering more than 100,000 kilometres, for an unprecedented experience that will wind up in Montevideo […]
Read moreThe Italian Cooperation’s monthly bulletin is now on-line on the DGCS website. Top stories include: “Hidden Treasures: 10 years of Italy in Afghanistan”, and Live from the Field: UTL of Beijing; documents and deliberations: 2010 parliamentary reports.
Read moreOn 28 February world famous violinist Uto Ughi inaugurated the 2012 calendar of musical events of the Italian Cultural Institute in Bratislava, in collaboration with the MFA and the Embassy of Italy in Bratislava. To read more select ITALIANO at the top of the page.
Read moreThe Embassy of Jerevan organised the presentation of a book dedicated to the Church of San Gregorio Armeno in Naples, a joint publishing venture with the Armenia Ministry of Culture. During the press conference, Armenian Deputy Minister of Culture Artur Poghosyan underscored the deep cultural affinities our two nations share, emphasizing Italy’s historic role for […]
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