Investing in heritage and culture are essential for change and create outstanding opportunities, national statistics agency Istat announced in its 2015 annual report.
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Tag: Italian culture
More females reading than males, survey shows
Istat found that women are consistently stronger readers than men, survey shows.
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Tuscan Pre-Impressionists arrived to NYC
An exhibit celebrating 19th century Italian masters of the Macchiaioli movement opened Friday October 3, 2014, at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York.
Read moreGearing up for Florens 2012
The International Week for Cultural and Environmental Heritage, Florens 2012, is scheduled to take place in Florence from November 3 to 11. Cultural directors include Mauro Agnoletti, Andrea Carandini and Walter Santagata, with Davide Rampello as artistic director.
Italian cultural institute in NYC recalls Poggioli
The book “From Florence to New England Renato Poggioli’s Journey Across Cultures” was presented yesterday at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York. Renato Poggioli (Florence 1907-1963) was an Italian literary critic and specialist in Russian literature. He is known for his book Teoria dell’arte d’avanguardia of 1962, translated into English as The Theory of the Avant-garde.
Florens 2012, identity as an added value
During ‘Cultural and Environmental Heritage Week’, Florens 2012 (November 3 to 11) will be focusing on the theme: ‘From the Grand Tour to the Global Tour’, brainchild of the Board of Cultural Directors, which brings together renowned professors from the Universities of Florence, Turin and ‘La Sapienza’ in Rome, who are coordinating the event’s research activities.
Mayor Renzi will deal directly in culture
The culture councilor of the City of Florence, Giuliano da Empoli, has left his office to go to direct the think tank “Big Bang”, the political association that Mayor Matteo Renzi has created after the convention at the Leopolda with national policy objectives.