Initiative

Cèramica 2017 Rinascimenti. Stories of lands, territories and talents

The Cèramica event turns 25 this year and will be held, as usual, in Montelupo Fiorentino from June 16 to 18, as a celebration of the splendor of the past, but also looking into the future. For three days, in an atmosphere of festive excitement, Montelupo hosts exhibitions, installations, conferences and performances by master ceramists. Held along the  town’s streets is the trade show titled Le Forme della terra  this year, hosting 35 ceramists from all over Italy and performances by master terracotta-makers. Furthermore, 100 artists from every corner of Italy, with different styles and backgrounds, will show their works in solo or collective exhibitions held in shops, chapels, former movie theatres and art studios across the town.

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EVENTS

100 years of glass: Nason Moretti of Murano

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

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Museo Ginori in Doccia is online

The 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 restoration of the stained glass window with the Risen Christ in the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna

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 by Starhotels at Artigianato e Palazzo

“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 […]