Sarajevo, a call for tenders for the construction of the “Ars Aevi” Museum of Contemporary Art
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has published a call for tenders inviting potentially interested entities to submit pre-qualification expressions of interest for the construction of the “Ars Aevi” Museum of Contemporary Art in Sarajevo. The call can be found at the following link. The deadline for expressions of interest is 22 […]
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The second edition of Italian Screens arrives in Tirana
The Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana, in collaboration with Cinecittà for the Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual of the Italian Ministry of Culture, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Accademia del Cinema Italiano – David di Donatello Awards, together with the Embassy of Italy to Albania, is pleased to announce […]
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Tokyo, the Embassy opens the “House of Italian Design” to the public
In order to mark the National Made in Italy Day, on April 15 the Italian Embassy in Tokyo will open to the public the “House of Italian Design”’, the first permanent exhibition of Italian industrial design at an Italian Embassy abroad. The initiative, strongly supported by Ambassador Gianluigi Benedetti and curated by architects Matteo Belfiore […]
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France, Ambassador D’Alessandro’s mission to Metz
The mission to Metz of the Ambassador of Italy to France, Emanuela D’Alessandro, accompanied by the Consul General in Metz, Antonella Fontana, the First Social and Cultural Councillor, Andrea Macchioni, and the Economic Councillor, Andrea Domeniconi, has come to an end. Metz, capital of the Moselle Department, is home to one of the five Consulates […]
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Italian Film Week in Buenos Aires
The Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires presents the tenth edition of the Italian Film Week, organised by Cinecittà with the support of the Italian Embassy and ICE (the Italian Trade Agency). For the event, a selection of 12 prominent films of contemporary Italian cinema will be screened from Thursday 4 to Wednesday 10 April […]
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Pristina, the exhibition Carissimo Pinocchio: designer e grafici italiani ridisegnano il burattino più famoso del mondo
On the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the first edition of Carlo Collodi’s book The Adventures of Pinocchio – Story of a Marionette, the most translated Italian book in the world, the exhibition “Carissimo Pinocchio: designer e grafici italiani ridisegnano il burattino più famoso del mondo” (Dearest Pinocchio: Italian Designers and Graphic Designers Redesign […]
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China, Ballet Company of Teatro alla Scala concludes tour
Five years after its last performance in China, the Ballet Company of Teatro alla Scala in Milan has finally returned to China for a long-awaited tour. On three different evenings (15, 16 and 17 March) it performed in Hong Kong with Le Corsaire, a ballet in three acts based on the poem The Corsair by […]
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Photos by John R. Pepper on display in Riga
The exhibition “Italy, 40 Years: 1970-2010” by Italian photographer John Randolph Pepper is being held at the Art Academy of Latvia. The exhibition – an initiative by the Italian Embassy in Riga – invites visitors on a journey through Italy from the post-war period to the recent past, from 1970 to 2010. The story of […]
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Sarajevo, an event to reflect on the theme of disability
The event “La strada che non scegli” (The road you do not choose), dedicated to the theme of disability, was held at the Europa Hotel in Sarajevo. It was promoted by the Italian Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina in collaboration with the association “Bosnian Doctors for Disabled” (BDfD) and the local Dante Alighieri Society. The […]
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Ottawa, celebration of the Nutrition Research Day
As part of Canada Nutrition Month, the Italian Embassy in Ottawa – in collaboration with the School of Nutrition Sciences of the University of Ottawa – organised the event Food, Nutrition, and Health, focusing on the link between nutrition – with a specific focus on the Mediterranean diet – health and wellbeing. Around one hundred […]
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