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5 September 2022

Donatello on display at the Gemaelde Galerie in Berlin

An exhibition of Donatello’s works entitled “Donatello, ideatore del Rinascimento” opened on Thursday, September 1, at the Gemaelde Galerie in Berlin.   The exhibition is the result of the collaboration between the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation and the Bargello Museums in Florence, which worked […]

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5 September 2022

Turkey: Izmir Consulate takes part in “Terra Madre Anatolia”

The Italian Consulate in Izmir is taking part in the “Terra Madre Anatolia” event, which, for the first time, is being held in Izmir, Turkey, from 2 to 11 September, as part of the Izmir International Fair, in collaboration with Slow Food and Izmir municipality. Just like the “Terra Madre” event that takes place in […]

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5 September 2022

Libya: Italian optional subject for Libyan students

The Italian Embassy in Tripoli has announced that “starting from the academic year 2022/23, the Italian language will be an optional subject for Libyan students in secondary schools”, pointing out that this is “the tangible implementation of a Memorandum signed in 2020”, resulting from “the joint efforts of the Italian and Libyan Ministries of Education”. […]

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2 September 2022

Documentary film on Italian architecture in Bangkok to be screened in Venice

The documentary “Io e la porta magica. Alla scoperta dell’architettura italiana a Bangkok” (The magic door and I. Discovering Italian architecture in Bangkok), dedicated to the works of the many Italian architects, engineers and artists who worked in Siam from 1868 to 1930, filmed and produced by the Italian Embassy, with the help of the […]

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2 September 2022

Tirana hosts new stage of “Italiae” photographic exhibition

The Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana, in collaboration with the National Historic Museum, is hosting, until 25 September, the new stage of the photographic exhibition “Italiae. Dagli Alinari ai maestri della fotografia contemporanea”. The exhibition exploits images to describe Italy’s beauty, its landscapes and its creativity. A plural Italy, which – over time – has […]

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1 September 2022

Brasilia, an exhibition on a century of the Embassy’s history

Italian Ambassador to Brazil, Francesco Azzarello, opened “The Italian Embassy in Brasilia. A photographic journey from Rio to the Brazilian Highlands” exhibition held in the Nervi Room at the Embassy. A book featuring the illustrations shown at the exhibition was released to mark the occasion. The Ambassador said “we wanted to use little-known photographs to […]

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1 September 2022

New premises of the Italian Middle School open in Istanbul

The new premises of the Italian Middle School have opened in Istanbul. The school is hosted at the Palazzo dei Dragomanni which, at the initiative of the Italian Embassy and thanks to the funds of the Italian Lyceum in Istanbul, was restored to its ancient splendour after long restoration work. The Palazzo has a high […]

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30 August 2022

“Medea in Cappadocia” exhibition celebrates Pasolini

The Italian Cultural Institute in Istanbul and the Tuscia University’s Studies and Restoration Mission in Cappadocia have organised the exhibition “Parlami, Terra! Medea in Cappadocia con Pasolini e Maria Callas”, to be staged from 10 September to 10 November 2022 at the Open Air Museum of Göreme and at Uçhisar Castle, in Cappadocia. The event […]

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29 August 2022

Manetti Bros. open the Italian Film Festival in Singapore

The Italian Film Festival is back in Singapore. The film event, presented by the Italian Embassy, is scheduled to take place from 14 to 25 September. The opening film of the festival, which celebrates its 20th edition this year, will be “Diabolik” by directors Marco and Antonio Manetti (Manetti Bros.). Ambassador Mario Vattani said: “Thanks […]

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29 August 2022

La Bohème by the Lviv Theatre at the Puccini Festival

A special staging of the opera “La Bohème”, produced by the Lviv Theatre with 140 Ukrainian artists and stage crew workers, was performed last 23 August at the Gran Teatro of Torre del Lago within the framework of the Puccini Festival. The performance confirmed that music is a medium of peace and solidarity that made […]

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26 August 2022

Formula 1, a laboratory for innovation and the promotion of Made-in-Italy products

In view of the Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix to be held in Spa next Sunday, 28 August, yesterday the Italian Embassy in Brussels hosted an event to promote Made-in-Italy products before a qualified audience of Italian, Belgian and international guests. The initiative falls within the scope of the Farnesina’s action aimed at a 360° […]

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23 August 2022

Shanghai – “Uffizi Self-portrait Masterpieces”

As part of the Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism 2022, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Consulate General of Italy in Shanghai have announced an important exhibition focusing on self-portraits by celebrated artists. The exhibition, “Uffizi Self-portrait Masterpieces”, was organised in collaboration with the Bund One Art Museum and the Gallerie degli Uffizi and […]

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