Dublin, Mr. Blob at Waterford Walls
Waterford Walls is Ireland’s largest international Street Art festival, celebrating the work of artists from around the world and combining their spectacular public art with music events, workshops and guided tours. Thanks to the ongoing collaboration—now in its fourth consecutive year—between the Italian Cultural Institute of Dublin and Waterford Walls, the Taranto-born artist Mr. Blob […]
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Los Angeles, “Mario Cresci. The Gold of Time”
The photographic exhibition “Mario Cresci. The Gold of Time” (curated by Francesca Fabiani, with exhibition design and graphics by Etaoin Shrdlu Studio), the result of a collaboration between the ICCD – Central Institute for Cataloguing and Documentation in Rome and the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, is open to the public at 1023 Hilgard […]
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La Paz, Italo-Bolivian Exhibition “Inner Territory”
At the “Simón Patiño” Cultural Centre in La Paz, Ambassador Fabio Messineo inaugurated the exhibition Inner Territory, a collaborative project by Italian director, writer and playwright Fabrizio Catalano and Bolivian artists Fátima Lazarte and Yefrin Acuña. The exhibition, open to the public until mid-September, features sculptures and objects either inspired by or used in the […]
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The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the 2025 Rimini Meeting
For the seventh consecutive year, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) will participate in the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples with a major pavilion entitled “No Crisis Is Far Away”. The exhibition space will showcase the commitment of MAECI and its partners in responding to crises and humanitarian emergencies, supporting local […]
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Sarajevo, Italy takes centre stage at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival
Italy reaffirms its prominent role at the 31st edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival, taking place from 15 to 22 August in Sarajevo. Among the most highly anticipated international guests is Paolo Sorrentino, who arrived in Sarajevo just days ahead of the opening of the Venice Film Festival, where his latest work is set to […]
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São Paulo, Gastone Novelli on display
The exhibition A arte deve viver ao sol – Gastone Novelli no Brasil is currently underway in São Paulo, the result of a collaboration between the Italian Cultural Institute and the Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo. Curated by Ana Magalhães and Marco Rinaldi, the exhibition features 29 works by Gastone […]
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London, Giuseppe Penone at the Serpentine Gallery
Currently on view at the Serpentine Gallery (Kensington Gardens) is the exhibition Thoughts in the Roots, featuring works by Giuseppe Penone spanning from 1969 to the present. Curated by Claude Adjil, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Alexa Chow, the exhibition is organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of London. Thoughts in the Roots brings […]
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A Secret Agent in the Service of Art
Rodolfo Siviero, born in Guardistallo (Pisa) in 1911, was one of the key figures in the protection and recovery of Italy’s artistic heritage looted during the Second World War. A graduate in philosophy, he developed an early interest in art and, during the war, became an intelligence agent for the Italian government, tasked with monitoring […]
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Hangzhou, Exhibition: “360°: Why We Paint?”
The exhibition “360°: Why We Paint?” is currently on view at By Art Matters in Hangzhou. Open to the public until 12 October 2025, the project has been co-organised by the Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci (Prato) and By Art Matters (Hangzhou), with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Shanghai and the […]
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Italy takes in 31 children from the Gaza Strip in the largest ever medical evacuation of minors
On 13 August, Italy welcomed 31 Palestinian children seriously injured or suffering from urgent medical conditions, together with 83 accompanying persons for a total of 114 people transferred from the Gaza Strip to Italian hospitals. The initiative, in the pipeline for several weeks, had been authorised by Minister Tajani during an operational meeting on the […]
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