Dubai will host the twelfth edition of the art fair Art Dubai starting on 21 until 24 March 2018. The event is only one of many culturally relevant ones taking place in the Emirati city. Events and fairs such as Dubai Art Season, [...]
Italy is entering the period of one of its most loved festivities, both by locals and foreigners alike. Carnival in Italy is the perfect time to visit the country and experience the unique atmosphere encompassing the cities celebrating it. Even if, according to [...]
The new Italian Budget Law shall reinstate a 180 million EUR for the restoration of historical private buildings. The set of cultural amendments shall include contributions supporting restoration and preservation of private buildings of historical and artistic value. State's contribution will not be [...]
Since 2009, the number of Chinese students taking part in the Marco Polo and Turandot programs has doubled from 1,099 to 2,178. This is what emerged at the Conference at Farnesina palace on Dec 15th. Organized by Uni-Italia with the support of the [...]
The Neapolitan art of pizza twirling has been declared UNESCO heritage. During the meeting at Jeju Island, in South Corea, last Thursday, UNESCO cultural body has unanimously declared the job of 'pizzaiuolo', or pizza-maker, part of the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible [...]
Following the success of the debut at Za Koenji Public Theatre in Tokyo on Sept 2nd, the play Pinocchio by the Apulian director Teresa Ludovico (scenography by Luca Ruzza) gets a national tour and replicas planned for ten years. This adaptation from the [...]
Italian cuisine is not just pizza and pasta. The award-winning recipe developer and writer Valentina Solfrini explores the secrets of the Italian way to happiness through food with her new book Naturally Vegetarian: Recipes and Stories from My Italian Family Farm. Valentina grew [...]
Starting from October 16 to 22 the 17° Italian language week will be celebrated all over the world. This year’s theme is: “L’Italiano al cinema, l’italiano nel cinema” (Italian language in cinema) to underline the role of cinema in promoting Italian as a [...]
The Regions and the Council of Cultural Heritage have expressed their favourable opinion with respect to the Strategic Plan "Great Projects of Cultural Heritage". These are 17 actions envisaging for 2019 the commitment of 65 million euro for restoration, valorisation of museum and [...]
Tonight the Auditorium of the Italian Institute of Culture of Beijing will host the conference Il sogno del volo di Leonardo, an open meeting about the Tuscan Genius Leonardo Da Vinci: Inspired by the anatomy of birds, Da Vinci never gave up the [...]
