{"id":2210,"date":"2025-02-23T23:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T17:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambyangon.esteri.it\/?p=2210"},"modified":"2025-02-25T13:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T07:06:09","slug":"culture-heritage-and-art-fair-by-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambyangon.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2025\/02\/culture-heritage-and-art-fair-by-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture, Heritage, and Art Fair by Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday 23<sup>rd<\/sup> February 2025 the Embassy of Italy in Yangon hosted the first \u201c<strong>Culture, Heritage and Art Fair<\/strong>\u201d, a major showcase for the cultural promotion of Italy in Myanmar and a platform for exchange with local artists and cultural industries.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of a full day, the event allowed different facets of Italy&#8217;s artistic and cultural heritage to be presented to the Burmese public. The exhibitions \u201cUnder the Italian Sun,\u201d \u201cAn Artist&#8217;s Eye, Italy through the travel sketchbooks of Stefano Faravelli\u201d and the exhibition \u201cPiazze Invisibili\u201d were opened simultaneously: a triptych aimed at proposing an alternative look and a \u201cslow\u201d way of traveling through the artistic beauties of our country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the context of the prolonged crisis that Myanmar is going through, we wanted to create an event that would be a window on Italian culture and a platform for exchange with artists and cultural operators on the ground, aware of the importance of concretely supporting local civil society with appropriate spaces of expression,\u201d said Head of Mission Nicol\u00f2 Tassoni Estense. \u201cWith this Fair, the Italian Embassy confirms itself more and more \u2013 among the Embassies here \u2013 as the main reference point and partner for the Burmese world of culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the event was enlivened by numerous activities aimed at a diverse audience: the Bologna Children Illustration Bookfair was presented, prizes were awarded in a drawing contest for children sponsored by the Embassy and inspired by Italo Calvino, and concerts of Italian classical music and jazz music featuring Italian songs and traditional Burmese instruments were hosted. Finally, the Fair provided space for initiatives and meetings dedicated to the restoration of artistic heritage and urban and intangible heritage enhancement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Sunday 23rd February 2025 the Embassy of Italy in Yangon hosted the first \u201cCulture, Heritage and Art Fair\u201d, a major showcase for the cultural promotion of Italy in Myanmar and a platform for exchange with local artists and cultural industries. Over the course of a full day, the event allowed different facets of Italy&#8217;s [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-2210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomazia-culturale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambyangon.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambyangon.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambyangon.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambyangon.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambyangon.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2210"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ambyangon.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2240,"href":"https:\/\/ambyangon.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210\/revisions\/2240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambyangon.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambyangon.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambyangon.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}