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A tribute to one of the oldest and most prestigious Italian companies in the field of publishing, famous for bringing together the figure of the publisher and the printer according to the concept of the Renaissance workshop. On the occasion of Pistoia, Italian Capital of Culture 2017, the San Giorgio Library is hosting the exhibition entitled “Alberto Tallone Editore: una storia di cultura e di arte tipografica”(“Alberto Tallone Printing House: a story of culture and typographic art”). Curated by Elisa and Eleonora Tallone, the exhibition presents an array of Tallone editions, some of which are one-of-a-kind, handsomely bound volumes, as well as typography tools from the Atelier Tallone and the Campori Mettel Collection.
On May 27, 1923, the Salsomaggiore spa complex, designed by Ugo Giusti and decorated by Galileo Chini, whose 150th birth anniversary falls on this day, was inaugurated. It is a grandiose work that reconciles memories of art nouveau, with suggestions of the Viennese secession, with motifs already in Deco taste and oriental enchantments. The exhibition […]
27/05/2023 - 17/09/2023
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In the evocative space of the former Church of Santo Stefano al Ponte, now the Cathedral of the Image, theater of Arte Immersiva, the volume Gioielli a Firenze-Jewels in Florence was presented. Fratelli Peruzzi Archive 1880-1970, edited by Bianca Cappello, published by Livorno-based Sillabe Publishing House. Patient cataloging has returned drawings, plans, notes, photos, and […]
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The Venetian Glass Archive, established in 2012, which is based on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, was recently moved to the recently restored 16th-century Sala Messina, located in the Cypress Cloister next to the exhibition aera “Le Stanze del vetro,” which has been the scene of important exhibitions for years. The Glass Study Center […]
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From May 13 to July 9, 2023, MIDeC International Museum of Ceramic Design, in collaboration with Triennale Milano, presents “The SCI, Italian Ceramic Society at the 1st Biennial Exhibition of International Decorative Arts in Monza, May 1923.” A celebration of an anniversary: at the prestigious venue in Laveno Mombello, in the province of Varese, the […]
13/05/2023 - 09/07/2023
