The prize-giving ceremony of the 14th Sommet du Luxe et de la Création, organized by the Centre du Luxe et de la Création of Paris, with Fondazione Cologni as one of the jury members, was held on Monday, February 1, 2016. This year, four Italian “talents” were awarded: Maurizio Riva of the historic Riva 1920 company (in the Talent de l'Élegance category); Nicoletta Caraceni of the famous Ferdinando Caraceni tailor’s shop (Centre du Luxe / Fondazione Cologni pour l'Entreprise des Métiers d'Art award); Alberto Nespoli of Segno Italiano, as Empreinte de l'Année, and Alessandro Bastagli President of Lineapiù, as Talent du Management. For more information, click here.
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 […]