The new perspectives that are emerging in the management of Cypriot culture, both of our age-old heritage and of contemporary creation, were the focus of a meeting held this morning by the Deputy Minister of Culture, Mr. Michael Hatzigiannis at the Deputy Ministry of Culture with three Italian journalists, who are visiting Cyprus at the invitation of the Press and Information Office.
They are Maria Grazia Vernuccio, cultural editor of Corriere Della Sera, Maria Antonietta Matarrese, editor-in-chief of the weekly magazine Panorama, specialising in contemporary art and design, and Alberto Villa, journalist for the website Artribune and contributor to the online art magazines Juliet and ArtsLife. The journalists are visiting Cyprus on the occasion of the touring intercultural exhibition "Limitrofi - only space remembers" by sculptor Stefania Pennacchio and artist Vassilis Vassiliadis, as well as the conference "Kairos - a meeting of Greeks of the East and Greeks of the West".
The exhibition, which was inaugurated yesterday in the presence of the Deputy Minister of Culture, deals with the role of the Greek element in shaping the cultures of the Mediterranean basin and in particular the common elements between the cultures of Sicily, Calabria and Cyprus. Deputy Minister noted that the establishment of the Deputy Ministry of Culture, which is only ten months old, is practical proof that Cypriot culture is coming out of the margins and is finally acquiring its rightful place and role as a political act that can be used, in the context of cultural diplomacy, to address contemporary challenges and, above all, for the efforts to end the ongoing Turkish occupation and the reunification of the island.
Hatzigiannis also briefly mentioned the priorities of the Deputy Ministry of Culture, such as the establishment of tax incentives for the private sector for investment in culture, the development of European and international partnerships, the support and further promotion of participation in international events such as the Venice Biennale, the strengthening and expansion of the network of cultural representation of Cyprus in cities abroad and close to the Diaspora.
(EL/AF/SX)
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