A compendium of the artistic and artisanal research of the ceramist Clara Garesio, with an evocative cabinet de curiositèatmosphere. From terracottas painted with enamels to porcelain decorated with third-fire colors, from works of painting and drawing realized on Amalfi paper to new works, up to site-specific installations designed specifically for the spaces of the Museum. […]

The third edition of the “Glass Week” will take place from 7 to 15 September. It brings together the major Venetian institutions linked to glass (City Council of Venice, Fondazione Musei Civici-Le Stanze del Vetro; Fondazone Giorgio Cini, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Consorzio Promovetro Murano). Prizes will be awarded to original projects […]

For the celebrations in honour of Cosimo I there is an exhibition, running until 29 September, dedicated to the Lanzi, the Medici’s German Guard corps; established by Cosimo I, it remained a constant presence until the eighteenth century. The exhibition, with the contribution of “The Medici Archive Project,” presents a selection of paintings, drawings, armour, […]

A new exhibit designed by archaeologist Enzo Lippolis invites visitors to enjoy new spaces and a well-structured exhibition itinerary. It is one of the largest collections to document the history of the area of Campania and Southern Italy, ranging from the 8th century BC to the Roman conquest. The various finds, approximately 700, which in […]

The exhibition “Mosaico&Mosaici” was inaugurated on July 26th at the Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli in Spilimbergo (PN) featuring a significant selection of the works realized during the school year by students of the Institute. Founded in 1922, the Mosaic School focuses on didactic commitment, the association between tradition and renewal, and between productive and cultural […]

Twenty-five years after the historic conference held at the Triennale di Milano in February 1995, the Fondazione Cologni, thanks to the curatorship of Ugo La Pietra and Alberto Cavalli, promotes a new important event: a day of study intended to examine the disciplinary area concerned with the applied arts related to Italian artistic craftsmanship, that […]

This summer, Officine Saffi, the famous Milanese gallery dedicated to contemporary artistic ceramics, lands in Puglia, in the province of Ostuni, amidst the trulliand the pristine landscapes of the Salento region. Until 18 August, in fact, at the Tenuta Diciassetteconi, it will be possible to visit a collective show of ceramic artworks realized by protagonists […]

The CNA of Siena has presented a selection of handcrafted products, together with the flavors of Sienese food and wine, in Matera, the European Capital of Culture for 2019. Particularly outstanding were the sectors of goldsmithery, metal, crystal, paper sculptures and ceramics. The event, under the patronage of OMA, was a great success; in October, […]

From 20 July to 25 August, the eagerly awaited 2019 edition of “Tessingiu”, the exhibition of artistic craftsmanship that attracts crowds of visitors every year to the town of Barigadu, in the Municipality of Samugheo (Province of Oristano), will bring together over 60 artisans with their creations. Textile items for the home, ranging from tablecloths […]

Back again this summer, as part of the Effetto Venezia event to be held from 31 July to 4 August, “Artigianato ad effetto,” the exhibition dedicated to the mestieri d’arteand local crafts. Artist-artisans, almost all from Livorno or its provincial territory, will exhibit and sell their works thanks to the project organized by Fondazione Livorno […]

“Ceramics in Love – Two” is the theme of the 59th Ceramics Exhibition to be held in Castellamonte (Province of Turin) from 20 July to 4 August. The exhibition is linked to the competition open to all Italian and foreign ceramic artists, concluded in May, and which had “Two” sections: an Art section and a […]

Until 22 September, the exhibition “Bron”, devoted to the Dutch artist Ruudt Peters, is being hosted at the OFF space of the Museo del Gioiello jewelry museum of Vicenza, inside the Basilica Palladiana. Peters is one of the most appreciated designers of contemporary jewelry, and the exhibition offers an overview of the artist’s work from […]

Registration for the 10th International Ceramics Biennial of El Vendrell, Spain, is open until July 12th. The aim of the event is to spread the practice of ceramics in Spain and worldwide: all ceramists over the age of 18 can participate in the competition individually or in groups. A maximum of three original works may […]

At Palazzo Strozzi, the exhibition Verrocchio, Master of Leonardo(open until 14 July 2019) presents the Winged Boy with Dolphin (1470-1475). The small bronze statue, preserved in the Florentine Civic Museums, has been carefully restored, with the support of the American “Friends of Florence” Foundation, to remove traces of limescale due to the sculpture’s having been […]

Until October 6, the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza is currently dedicating a major solo exhibition to the Spanish artist Miquel Barceló, one of the leading figures on the international contemporary scene. The exhibition in Faenza, curated by Irene Biolchini and Cécile Pocheau Lesteven, is the first real anthological exhibition in Italy devoted to […]

A selection of glass birds, real and fantastic at the same time, created by the artist from Friuli Toni Zuccheri, are presented in an aviary, a suggestive setting curated by Lissoni Associati of Milan. The sculptures, composed of different materials – bronze, wood, stone, but also dried leaves – evoke the nature and the passion […]

The Associazione Italiana Città della Ceramica – AICC (Italian City of Ceramics Association), in relation to its activities for the protection and promotion of traditional Italian artistic ceramics has developed, since its founding, numerous projects in support of one of the artistic techniques boasting a millenary tradition and that has become a symbol of the […]

Having reached its 27th edition, Cèramica, the International Ceramics Festival in Montelupo Fiorentino, will present an event celebrating the material that has characterized and still distinguishes the history and culture of this town in the province of Florence. Three days of events and initiatives promoted by the Municipality of Montelupo and Fondazione Museo Montelupo, ranging […]

Until 30 June, at the house of Carlo Goldoni in Venice, it visitors can admire the precious collection of eighteenth-century Venetian puppets from the Civic Museum of Industrial Art and Galleria Davia Bargellini of Bologna. For the occasion, 15 marionettes of fine artisanal workmanship, including a female figure that turns into a monster and one […]

On the occasion of Alessio Tasca’s ninetieth birthday, the Museo Civico della Ceramica “Giuseppe De Fabris” in Nove (Province of Vicenza) has organized an exhibition dedicated to the early production of this ceramic artist: the “piatti graffiti” realized between 1948 and 1951 for Tasca Artigiani Ceramisti, a conspicuous production of plates of various sizes painted […]