EventsA special project has been under way since early June at Florence’s Opera del Duomo Museum. It is a workshop on the art of carving and inlaying for young people in need. The initiative, carried out by the Museum’s educational department, is financed by Lions Club Firenze Bargello, under the direction and supervision of master carver Omero Soffici, with the help of Gabriele Maselli. The participants will be taught the techniques of these ancient arts to recreate a detail of the decoration (a capital) of the famous Sacrestia delle Messe, a masterpiece of intarsia by Giuliano and Benedetto da Maiano. Info: operaduomo.firenze.it
On the occasion of the 2024 edition of Salone del Mobile, Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte is pleased to present the eighth edition of “Doppia Firma. A dialogue between design and artisanal excellence” a project developed with Living, the interiors, design and lifestyle magazine of Corriere della Sera, under the patronage of the Michelangelo Foundation […]
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Milan hosted the first Made in Italy Festival: the new Eccellenza Artigiana initiative that connects students with the opportunities offered by the Italian economy of “high quality savoir-faire”. Fondazione Cologni has been an institutional partner of the event and presented to the young audience the project of training internships “Una Scuola, un Lavoro. Percorsi di […]
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Nominations for the Starhotels Award, now in its third edition, closed on Friday, March 22, 2024. The chosen theme, “Souvenir of the Grand Tour”, has aroused great interest in the artisan world: many nominations were received from all over Italy, with very different types and often highly original interpretations. After screening by the prestigious Jury […]
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Composer Gustav Mahler said that tradition “is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.” An image that seems to fit Naples perfectly: not only because of its relationship with a tradition so famous that it has become iconic, but also because of the vital substratum that pulses beneath the heart of this […]
