18/04/2023 - 23/04/2023
On the occasion of Milan Design Week, fine craftsmanship and creativity return to enhance the monumental spaces of Palazzo Litta, home of the Regional Secretariat for Lombardy of the Ministry of Culture. Thanks to a partnership with the Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d'Arte, Palazzo Litta is now one of the most important places where the culture of well-made meets the design approach, thanks to seminars, lectures, events and demonstrations open to the public. Here, Fondazione Cologni is reproposing the "Arts & Crafts & Design at Palazzo Litta" format: from April 18 to 23, it will be possible to admire on the piano nobile the works of "Doppia Firma," now in its seventh edition; presented by Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship, on a project of Fondazione Cologni developed with Living Corriere della Sera, "Doppia Firma" thanks to 24 successful creative partnerships investigates the theme of "Ludic," an invitation to always appreciate and seek the extraordinary freedom of being able to choose and create in order to rediscover the happiness of making. Among these extraordinary creative pairs, two binomials are part of the "Artijanus / Artijanas" project, developed under the curatorship of Triennale Milano. Four other exhibitions dedicated to the dialogue between savoir-faire and design thinking will enrich the prestigious spaces of Palazzo Litta: artist and master Gianluca Pacchioni puts his talent in relation to the spaces of the Richini courtyard, to propose Time, a site-specific sculpture on the theme of Time that enhances the chromaticisms of a magnificent stone; designer Sara Ricciardi signs La Grande Bellezza by Starhotels, in Sala Esedra: handcrafted manufactures and poetic design to crown the patronage project of high Italian craftsmanship promoted by Starhotels, with the collaboration of Fondazione Cologni, OMA-Osservatorio dei Mestieri d'Arte and Gruppo Editoriale; Bonacina 1889 presents, in the rooms adjacent to the gallery on the second floor, the new Francis Sultana x Bonacina collection, furnishing complements in woven natural fibers, created in collaboration with London designer and decorator Francis Sultana; Creative Academy, the international design school of the Richemont group, under the curatorship of Eligo Studio proposes Zodiac, a tribute to "constellations," thanks to the works born from the collaboration between the 20 students and Lodi-based master ceramist Tonino Negri, also on the second floor, thanks to the support of Van Cleef & Arpels. Palazzo Litta, Corso Magenta 24 Open to the public from Tuesday, April 18 to Sunday, April 23, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. www.doppiafirma.com
An exhibition celebrating the prestigious milestone reached by the Murano glassworks Nason Moretti, which was started in 1923, is underway at the Murano Glass Museum. Since its inception, the furnace turned special attention to glass for the table, characterized by intense colors. Glassware, which became icons of 20th-century glass art, is presented, such as the […]
18/05/2023 - 06/01/2024
EVENTSThe Ginori Museum, which as of 2019 is part of the “Fondazione Museo Archivio Richard Ginori della Manifattura di Doccia,” is still closed to the public, but can be seen online, (museoginori.org), because it “already has so many stories to tell,” not only as a place that preserves a vast artistic and archival heritage, but […]
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The rose window, the upper part of the large four-light window in the Chapel of Santa Croce, in the Bolognese basilica was made between 1464 and 1466. The preparatory cartoons were made by the painter Michele di Matteo and the stained-glass window executed by the master glassmaker and German Dominican friar Jacob Griesigner, later to […]
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“La Grande Bellezza – The Dream Factory”, progetto di mecenatismo contemporaneo per l’alto artigianato artistico, promosso da Starhotels in collaborazione con Fondazione Cologni, OMA-Osservatorio dei Mestieri d’Arte e Gruppo Editoriale, dopo il grande successo di pubblico ottenuto al Fuorisalone milanese 2023 sarà in mostra al Giardino Corsini (15/17 settembre, Firenze) con un allestimento inedito: il […]