Events
10/04/2022 - 01/05/2022
Venice is a city built on craftsmanship, and its charm also lies in the workshops and small businesses of savoir faire hidden in the city's alleys. With this edition of the Homo Faber Event, visitors can experience the lagoon city in a different way with Homo Faber in the City, an immersion into all of Venice in addition to the main exhibition on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore. Using Wellmade's website and app, you can take a self-guided custom tour based on your personal interests; experience daily life in a workshop, watch artisans demonstrate their skills, try out the crafts of yesteryear, visit an exhibition, and purchase custom-made gifts right before your eyes. Many artisans present on Wellmade, the platform of the beautiful and well-made of Fondazione Cologni, open the doors of their ateliers for the most curious visitors who wish to dive into a world made of dreams, passion and craftsmanship. Discover all the Homo Faber artisans in town: www.homofaber.com/it/incitta
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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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 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 […]
