From 15 to 18 September Fiera Milano hosts the eighth edition of HOMI – The Lifestyle Trade Fair. The fair illustrates how trends affect our daily life over time and showcases the latest ones in houseware and beauty and personal care products. A special section, “La Magnifica Forma”, is devoted to Italian craftworks, which bear […]

The charming city of Bolsena in the Lazio region will be hosting for the fifth year the 2017 Bolsena Biennale, from 21 to 24 September . Conceived and promoted by the Associazione Bolsena Ricama, the festival displays works by Italian and foreign lace schools which are part of a network specialized in the art of […]

The “La Funicolare” association, in collaboration with and the sponsorship of the municipality of Mondovì (province of Cuneo) is organizing the 49th edition of the Mostra dell’Artigianato Artistico from 11 to 15 August 2017 in Mondovì, in the Piazza quarter. One hundred exhibitors from all over Italy representing the cream of artistic craftsmanship will display […]

The thirty-seventh edition of Artigianato Vivo will be held from 5 to 17 August in Cison di Valmarino (Treviso). This event was created to celebrate the rites of manual skills in the arts, crafts, folklore, theatre and exhibitions. Small workshops of ceramists and the artisans of glass, metal, wood, leather and rawhide will demonstrate their […]

L’Institut des Métiers d’Excellence (IME) of the LVMH group will be expanding in Italy and has chosen Polimoda, the leader in Italy for training in fashion and luxury goods, as its primary partner for the preparation of fine leatherworkers in Italy. The program, which will begin in September, also includes IME lessons and master classes […]

Until 10 September, the Ca ‘d’Oro in Venice is hosting the exhibition Serenissime Trame. Carpets from the Zaleski collection and Renaissance paintings, produced by the Polo Museale del Veneto and the Fondazione Tassara of Brescia. Carpets, painting and collecting are the three themes presented by the exhibition, which revolve around Venice, bridge to the Orient […]

Being held from 24 to 31 July 2017, in Siracusa, is MADE LABS, the summer school of the Made Program, a new project of the “Rosario Gagliardi” Academy of Fine Arts. This first edition, curated by Studio Formafantasma and Moncada Rangel Architects, includes 8 days of workshops and lectures, with 24 special guests including designers, […]

On 28 July, the Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli (Mosaic School of Friuli), in Spilimbergo, will host the inauguration of the 2017 edition of Mosaico&Mosaici, the eagerly-awaited exhibition of all the works realized during the 2016/2017 training year by the school’s students. This exhibition is the final act of an educational experience that has offered various […]

The old quarter of Livorno known as La Venezia will once again host the yearly event Effetto Venezia, from 26 to 30 July 2017, where the spotlight is on handicrafts. Theater, art and cultural events will also include those organized by OmA and Fondazione Livorno. ‘Artigianato a Effetto’, organized by Fondazione Livorno and OmA, comprises […]

Etruscan weaving workshops at the Bluetrusco Festival, the first devoted to Etruscan culture. From 13 to 30 July, at Murlo, in the Siena province. Murlo is a well-kept secret where traces of an Etruscan settlement have been found. An American university is currently carrying out archaeological digs on the site.  It is a very important discovery […]

Paintings by Giovanni Maranghi and lusterware by Paolo Staccioli are being displayed until 3 September in the charming gardens of Sant’Agostino, in the heart of the ancient Sassi district of Matera. This is the first event of Le Città di Pietra – Matera Estate 2017, organized by the social cooperative Easy Work.

Villa Bottini of Lucca will welcome the elite of Made in Italy excellence, 13 – 15 October 2017, in its lovely spaces and splendid garden with creations of fashion, accessories, costume jewelry, furnishings and fabrics. Exhibiters who wish to participate are invited to submit their candidacy via the web site. Info: www.fashioninflair.com

The 64th Exposition Competition of the Traditional Crafts of the Valle d’Aosta will be held 22 – 30 July 2017 in Aosta. The exposition competition was originally conceived, in 1954, as a contest for sculptors only. After a few editions held in Saint-Vincent and Courmayeur, the exposition competition moved to Aosta and, from the twentieth edition, […]

Dames and Knights. Jewels of Honour, the new temporary exhibition at the Jewellery Museum in Vicenza, directed by Alba Cappellieri, Professor of Jewellery Design at the Politecnico of Milan and the leading scholar in Italy for the sector, will be on view until 17 September 2017. The exhibition celebrates and renews the acquaintance with the […]

The exhibition Lo splendore della Grande Venezia will be held in the former Church of San Francesco in  Udine until July 9 (and from July 15  to August 20 at Palazzo Bonaguro in Bassano del Grappa). Over 50 works on show to celebrate the bond between Venice and its hinterland and the artisans who create […]

The Cèramica event turns 25 this year and will be held, as usual, in Montelupo Fiorentino from June 16 to 18, as a celebration of the splendor of the past, but also looking into the future. For three days, in an atmosphere of festive excitement, Montelupo hosts exhibitions, installations, conferences and performances by master ceramists. […]

A special project has been under way since early June at Florence’s Opera del Duomo Museum. It is a workshop on the art of carving and inlaying for young people in need. The initiative, carried out by the Museum’s educational department, is financed by Lions Club Firenze Bargello, under the direction and supervision of master […]

The Triennale Design Museum has renewed the selection of works on view, from the Permanent Collection of Italian Design, in the Belvedere of the Villa Reale of Monza. Everyday Beauty. A new selection of icons from the Permanent Collection of Italian Design, is a chronological exhibition from the period after the Second World War to […]

Buongiorno Ceramica is the long weekend dedicated to Italian ceramics: three days to discover Italian production of artistic and artisan ceramics, from their antique traditions to their contemporary sensitivity. On 2, 3 and 4 June 2017, ceramics workshops, museums, studios and ateliers will hold extraordinary openings in 37 Italian cities to propose guided visits, expositions, […]

Owing to the generous contribution of the Cariplo Foundation, the Sforzesco Castle’s Decorative Arts Museum reopens to the public with a renewed setting and selection of the works of art on display. The Decorative Arts Museum showcases over 1,300 “ante litteram” design objects in ivory, metal, glass, ceramic and fabric, from the early Middle Ages […]