To be held from 14 to 16 September, in the former Real Collegio of Lucca, the third edition of LuccArtigiana, the promotional fair of Lucca’s quality handicrafts. The initiative, conceived and implemented by the Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lucca together with Confartigianato, CNA Lucca, the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca and the Municipality of Lucca, enjoys the patronage of the OMA of Florence, as well as having the support of the Associazione dei Lucchesi nel Mondo, which in 2018 is celebrating 50 years of activity. The event will include in-depth discussions on the themes of crafts, e-commerce and the future of artisan workshops, with guests and speakers who are experts in the sector.
On May 27, 1923, the Salsomaggiore spa complex, designed by Ugo Giusti and decorated by Galileo Chini, whose 150th birth anniversary falls on this day, was inaugurated. It is a grandiose work that reconciles memories of art nouveau, with suggestions of the Viennese secession, with motifs already in Deco taste and oriental enchantments. The exhibition […]
27/05/2023 - 17/09/2023
EVENTSIn the evocative space of the former Church of Santo Stefano al Ponte, now the Cathedral of the Image, theater of Arte Immersiva, the volume Gioielli a Firenze-Jewels in Florence was presented. Fratelli Peruzzi Archive 1880-1970, edited by Bianca Cappello, published by Livorno-based Sillabe Publishing House. Patient cataloging has returned drawings, plans, notes, photos, and […]
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The Venetian Glass Archive, established in 2012, which is based on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, was recently moved to the recently restored 16th-century Sala Messina, located in the Cypress Cloister next to the exhibition aera “Le Stanze del vetro,” which has been the scene of important exhibitions for years. The Glass Study Center […]
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From May 13 to July 9, 2023, MIDeC International Museum of Ceramic Design, in collaboration with Triennale Milano, presents “The SCI, Italian Ceramic Society at the 1st Biennial Exhibition of International Decorative Arts in Monza, May 1923.” A celebration of an anniversary: at the prestigious venue in Laveno Mombello, in the province of Varese, the […]
13/05/2023 - 09/07/2023