Exhibition

The Glass Rooms

Le stanze del vetro is an initiative by Giorgio Cini Foundation and Pentagram Stiftung, which promotes the study and practice of the twentieth-century and contemporary art of glass-making. This long-term cultural project involves the opening of a new and permanent exhibition space  on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore for the purpose of housing monographic and collective exhibitions showcasing the works by international artists who use glass as their main medium. Showing from September 11, 2016 to January 8, 2017 is the exhibition Paolo Venini and his Furnace. On display, 300 works which explore Paolo Venini’s creative talent and that of the artists who worked with him over the years, including Gio Ponti, Piero Fornasetti, Massimo Vignelli and Tobia Scarpa. For further information: www.lestanzedelvetro.org

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The catalog Vetro, artisti e designer milanesi 1976-2023 is out

More than a book a “still image” of 50 years of Milanese culture. It is the catalog Vetro, artisti e designer milanesi 1976-2023 (My Monkey editions), which followed the exhibition (Sept. 27-Oct. 25, 2023) held in Milan’s L’Originale space. It presents works by artists of different backgrounds, some of which have become icons of 20th-century […]

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Ara Starck and Neapolitan artisans in the cloister of Santa Caterina a Formiello

The exhibition creates a magical conjunction between the works of Ara Strack, a well-known French artist, and Neapolitan glass and wood artisans, in the evocative 16th-century cloister and evidence of industrial archaeology of Santa Caterina a Formiello, in the center of Naples. The installation of the large stained-glass window, at the center of the cloister, […]

21/10/2023 - 20/01/2024

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The first 50th anniversary of the “Pozzo dei Lavatoi”: a protagonist in the history of Montelupo Fiorentino ceramics

In 1973 the Archaeological Group of Montelupo accidentally spotted near an area where there were public wash houses, an ancient well, more than 30 meters deep. Between the late 14th century and the end of the 16th century it was used as a dumping ground by the medieval and Renaissance furnaces active in the town’s […]

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Pensiero video. Disegno e arti elettroniche (Video thinking. Drawing and electronic arts)

The Fondazione Centro Studi sull’Arte Licia e Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti in Lucca presents an exhibition that traces a path through the expressive potential of electronic arts, featuring drawings, videos and video installations by national and international artists. The exhibition begins with Ludovico Ragghianti’s anticipations and reflections on the importance of drawing as a medium of […]

21/10/2023 - 07/01/2024