Now in its third edition, the “Double signature. A dialogue between design and artisanal excellence” project promoted by the Cologni Foundation for the Métiers d’Art in cooperation with Living – Corriere della Sera, and realized thanks to the collaboration of Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship, will combine design innovation with the tradition of great […]

In its third edition, Open to Art, the International Ceramic Art and Design Award Competition, promoted and organized by Officine Saffi of Milan, aims to enhance and promote the use of ceramics in contemporary art and design. Registration will close on 21 September 2018. Ceramic must be the principal material for the realization of the […]

The solo exhibition of ceramic artisan-artist Nicolò Morales is currently underway at the Diocesan Museum of Caltagirone. Because of his color-blindness, the Maestro “does not see colors, but feels them inside”; this situation has led this artist to achieve unprecedented and evocative results in which the wide chromatic range of his works is harmoniously combined […]

An activity for children and teenagers between 6 and 12 years at Spazio Nota. On the first day of Easter holidays, a morning dedicated to crafts for children and teens between 6 and 12 years with creative activities from the world of photography, experimenting with light-sensitive photo papers and making montages with the collage technique. […]

Un libro ricco che racconta l’esposizione tenutasi a Trieste, Castello di Miramare (23 giugno 2017 – gennaio 2018). A cura di Lucie Vlckovà, Radim Vondràcek, Il Liberty e la rivoluzione europea delle arti. Dal Museo delle Arti Decorative di Praga. Venezia, edizioni Marsilio 2017, il catalogo omonimo alla rassegna con bellissime immagini rende quindi omaggio […]

Returning on April 6, 7, and 8, are the European Artistic Crafts Days (GEMA), an event organized simultaneously in various European countries involving the general public in Artistic Crafts. For this edition, Artex – Center for Artistic and Traditional Handicrafts of Tuscany and the OmA Association, are focussing on training, passing on artistic crafts and […]

The city of Milan is one of the cores of Italian publishing. And so an exhibition of artist books seems almost obligatory. This time the occasion is a curious one, dedicated to the joy of savoir faire: the more than 200 volumes on exhibit, in fact, were all entirely crafted by the expert hands of […]

Small but highly valuable objects, capable of dictating the rules of the market or fashion: glass beads, artifacts of rare beauty that glitter and reveal the mastery in their craftsmanship. Glass beads produced in Venice for the Italian or European market, pearls of Africa, destined for the foreign markets of Africa, Asia and India, made […]

The exhibit, curated by Alba Cappellieri, highlights a wide selection of chains, considered to be the most widespread and versatile element in the history of jewelry. This event presents 80 chains that from the late 18th-century to today, have inspired all areas of jewelry-making, representing the strength and identity of Italian manufacturing, Venetian and Tuscan […]

The Strada del Vino Nobile of Montepulciano and the Flavors of the Valdichiana Senese to promote its basket of excellences, as part of the ArtEArti Handicraft Exhibition-Market, has decided to confer the recognition “A patron of the road”, to the artisans who best they will be able to represent the proposed theme, through an original, […]

The Friends of Doccia presented the new issue of ‘I quaderni’ the annual magazine published by Polistampa. Published in the tenth anniversary of the series is dedicated to the museum Adrien Dubouché of Limoges. Over 40 unpublished works that are found in the museum’s stores, are told and cataloged. Among these there are also many […]

Registrations for the new ‘Fashion and Cinema’ course organized in the NOTE space in Florence are open until March 9th. Scheduled from March 19 to May 22 2018 the course involves the construction of a stage costume inspired by the cinema of the ‘900 from the pattern to the prototype. Info: Space Note Via dei […]

The new edition of BLOGS & CRAFTS / young artisans and the web, an initiative born in 2014 on the twentieth anniversary of Artigianato e Palazzo (Crafts and Palace) and designed for the new generations of artisans, with an eye to the future, is underway. Here is an opportunity to reflect on the importance of […]

The Museo del Tessuto (Fabric Museum) in Prato is launching the 2018 exhibition season with a major exhibit dedicated to costumes from Sofia Coppola’s film Marie Antoinette. From February 11th to May 27th, 2018, the costumes – considered by the critics as the result of the best cinematographic reinterpretation ever made of 18th century clothing […]

On the initiative of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio of Florence, in collaboration with the Associazione Osservatorio dei Mestieri d’Arte, Spazio NOTA –  www.spazionota.it – has come to life in the Oltrarno district. Located on Via dei Serragli 104 in the main branch of the Pio X Institute, the space now welcomes students of all […]

On the occasion of the 13th edition of the international exhibition of contemporary jewelery, the artists Margit Hart and Piergiuliano Reveane, winners of the second edition of the Premio Internazionale Mario Pinton (2015) are being presented. Margit Hart creates elegant brooches where organic forms, inspired by nature, interact with geometric shapes that frame the space […]

The traditional appointment of the city of Altare with the glass art of Murano reaches its ninth edition: until February 4th, in the rooms of Villa Rosa, home of the MAV, it will be possible to visit an exhibition that presents works created by glassmakers from Murano. The exhibition aims to offer the public a […]

Materia Montelupo is a season of creative design residences, conceived and organized by Matteo Zauli, founder and director of the Carlo Zauli Museum in Faenza. At the end of the two-month experience (October and November) an exhibition was organized at the Palazzo Podestarile in Montelupo (Florence). Until the 15th of February, in the various rooms […]

At the Museum of Fashion and Costume in Palazzo Pitti in Florence, starting from December 19, 2017, you can admire a new exhibition/staging, curated by Caterina Chiarelli, Simonella Condemi and Tommaso Lagattolla with the direct involvement of the Modern Art Gallery of Palazzo Pitti, the source of the paintings and sculptures displayed in this exhibition. The […]

On the occasion of the evening The Great Beauty by Starhotels Collection in the areas adjacent to the former Bank of Rome- Ex Banco di Roma – recently acquired by Starhotels in Florence, excellence meets creativity and quality craftsmanship, design, food and wine. Starhotels has supported the charitable initiative for the venti>quaranta project-contest promoted by […]