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Artisans of the Twenty-First Century: workshops and industrial crafts

Soon to be released is the monographic issue of the Antropologia magazine, whose editor-in-chief is Ugo Fabietti, including a book devoted to craftwork: Artisans. Ethnographic Contributions. Curated by Marinella Carosso and Simone Ghezzi (Milano-Bicocca University), the book explores the theme of Lombard artistic crafts. The book will be introduced to the public on Monday, February 15, 6 pm, at Palazzo Sormani’s Sala del Grechetto in Milan. The curators will be accompanied by Alberto Cavalli, general manager of Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d'Arte, and Ugo La Pietra, artist and applied arts expert. For more information, click here.

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The catalog Vetro, artisti e designer milanesi 1976-2023 is out

More than a book a “still image” of 50 years of Milanese culture. It is the catalog Vetro, artisti e designer milanesi 1976-2023 (My Monkey editions), which followed the exhibition (Sept. 27-Oct. 25, 2023) held in Milan’s L’Originale space. It presents works by artists of different backgrounds, some of which have become icons of 20th-century […]

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Ara Starck and Neapolitan artisans in the cloister of Santa Caterina a Formiello

The exhibition creates a magical conjunction between the works of Ara Strack, a well-known French artist, and Neapolitan glass and wood artisans, in the evocative 16th-century cloister and evidence of industrial archaeology of Santa Caterina a Formiello, in the center of Naples. The installation of the large stained-glass window, at the center of the cloister, […]

21/10/2023 - 20/01/2024

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The first 50th anniversary of the “Pozzo dei Lavatoi”: a protagonist in the history of Montelupo Fiorentino ceramics

In 1973 the Archaeological Group of Montelupo accidentally spotted near an area where there were public wash houses, an ancient well, more than 30 meters deep. Between the late 14th century and the end of the 16th century it was used as a dumping ground by the medieval and Renaissance furnaces active in the town’s […]

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Pensiero video. Disegno e arti elettroniche (Video thinking. Drawing and electronic arts)

The Fondazione Centro Studi sull’Arte Licia e Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti in Lucca presents an exhibition that traces a path through the expressive potential of electronic arts, featuring drawings, videos and video installations by national and international artists. The exhibition begins with Ludovico Ragghianti’s anticipations and reflections on the importance of drawing as a medium of […]

21/10/2023 - 07/01/2024