Italian luxury furniture brand Poltrona Frau is set to open a new flagship store on Madison Avenue in New York City. The store, located in a historic early twentieth-century Art Deco building, spans three levels and covers 19,000 square feet, making it a significant presence in Manhattan's midtown design district. The flagship store is envisioned a...

The dawn of 2024 heralds a fresh pinnacle for Italian food and beverage exports, boasting a robust +14% surge in January compared to the corresponding period last year, despite prevailing international strains. This revelation stems from Coldiretti, an Italian farmers association, parsing Istat data. Notably, this trajectory stands in stark contras...

Immediately after the Second World War, Italian cinema experienced a surge in popularity in the United States, notably with neorealist classics like Open City (Rossellini, 1945), Obsession (Visconti, 1943), Paisan (Rossellini, 1946) and Bicycle Thieves (De Sica, 1948). After that, Italian cinema witnessed a steady increase in its distribution in Am...

April 16 2024, 18:00 (Local time) - Italian Cultural Institute Los Angeles - 1023 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA. Celebrate Italian Research Day and the essence of Made in Italy with a special event presented by the Consulate General of Italy, the Italian Cultural Institute, and ITA – Italian Trade Agency, Los Angeles in collaboration with ISSNAF, th...

In 2023, Italian PDO wines upheld their robust export trajectory, eclipsing the €5.1 billion threshold (+0.3% from 2022). Nonetheless, volumes saw a downturn, tallying 1.3 million hectoliters, marking a -3.8% dip. This steadiness secured Italy’s second spot in Europe among PDO wines exporters, trailing France and leading Spain. Given Spain and Fran...

Friday, April 12 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. ICCC Houston, 1101 Milford Street, Houston, Texas 77006. This event is free to attend. R.S.V.P. here by April 11, 2024. The Consulate General of Italy in Houston invites you to Made in Italy Day, this Friday, April 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Italian Cultural & Community Center! Join us for light refreshments and...

Italy is internationally renowned for many things: the delicious food, the beautiful cities and beaches, the vast history, the list goes on. “Made in Italy” has become synonymous with quality in the minds of consumers worldwide for decades, partly due to the reputation it has sustained through establishing itself as a destination for quality manufa...

Washington, D.C., kicked off the US Slow Wine Tour on March 18. As part of the Slow Food Movement, the Slow Wine Tour promotes wines listed in the guidebook published every year and includes a tasting event, seminars, and the opportunity to connect with producers featured in the 2024 guide from Italy and the United States. Giancarlo Gariglio, edito...

The record-breaking skyscraper, Taipei 101, was saved from the earthquake thanks to a maxi-sphere placed between the 87th and 92nd floors of the building, the work of a Selvazzano (Padua) firm, Fip Mec, and which was tested by Renato Vitaliani, a former professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering at the University of Padua, now r...

The history of mirrors dates back thousands of years, when our ancestors would use natural bodies of water, like lakes and ponds, as the first reflective surfaces, intrigued by their own images seen in these transient reflections. Curiosity led to experimentation with polished stones and metals, such as obsidian, copper, and bronze, to create rudim...