To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Giacomo Balla’s birth, the artist’s house in Rome is open to the public in Via Oslavia, 39B, in the Della Vittoria district, where the artist lived from 1929 to 1958. The house, which remained closed for over 30 years, represents a synthesis of Futurist art, expressed with total creative […]

From the Fortino in Forte dei Marmi to the Leo-Lev exhibition center in Vinci, until July 25, 2021, the exhibition RE-NAISSANCE presents an all-Tuscan journey that evokes the Renaissance, understood in its deepest values and able to initiate a dialogue with contemporary art. An aura of sacredness invites reflection, through the presence of artifacts of […]

The Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship is pleased to inform that the event “Homo Faber: Crafting a more human future”, planned in Venice to promote and celebrate the finest international artistic craftsmanship, has been confirmed and rescheduled: the new dates 10 April – 1 May 2022. The decision to reschedule the event was made […]

The XXVII edition of the exhibition will be held from September 16 to 19, at the Giardino Corsini in Florence, with a new selection of master craftsmen and with the aim of presenting and enhancing the figure of the craftsman, his work and his role in the cultural and productive context. Artigianato e Palazzo was […]

The Pier Alessandro Garda Civic Museum of Ivrea presents, until June 13, 2021, an excursus on the art of glass: from archaeological evidence, in continuity with the museum’s collection, to the present day. The exhibition entrusts the objects, of various periods, shapes and types, with the task of illustrating the variants of an ancient art […]

Until August 1, 2021, you can visit the exhibition The Glass Ark. Animals in the Pierre Rosenberg Collection, a Parisian art historian who, over the years, appreciated the captivating pleasantness of those subjects, giving rise to a large collection of works of the Venetian twentieth century. The collector’s sensitivity has captured the subtle and ironic […]

From May 13 to September 27, 2021, the Poldi Pezzoli Museum presents The Shape of Time, an exhibition dedicated to man’s relationship with time, from antiquity to the threshold of the modern age, which relates iconography to the technological advancement in its measurement, through the observation angles of science, literature and art. The exhibition, curated […]

Triennale Milano and Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte continue their annual collaboration, aimed at presenting in the Quadreria space the cycle of exhibitions Mestieri d’Arte & Design. Crafts Culture, four exhibitions that offer an unprecedented point of view on contemporary applied arts. Vitrea, curated by Jean Blanchaert, proposes a journey through precious designer glass, created […]

A new initiative, produced by Civita Tre Venezie and financed by Venetian Heritage and the Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with Gagosian and Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte and sponsored by Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship, sanctions the virtuous network between public and private in the preservation and enhancement of the historical and artistic […]

May 10 is the deadline for enrollment in the course Draping Basic techniques, experimentation and creative application supported by the Fondazione CR Firenze which promotes and supports the activities of Spazio NOTA and Associazione OMA. The course to be held from May 17 to 28 is 40 hours. Held by the teacher Sara Paci Piccolo […]

The Fondazione Museo del Tessuto di Prato dedicates the exhibition Turandot e l’Oriente fantastico di Puccini, Chini e Caramba, to the suggestion of Orientalism in the first decades of the 20th century. The sets, theatrical dresses, ornaments and stage jewelry are those used in Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot, from the collection of soprano Iva Pacetti, designed […]

It takes place online from April 24 to May 2, the 85th edition of the International Handicrafts Exhibition. The event that will be back in attendance in 2022 takes place on Emporio MIDA (emporiomida.mostrartigianato.it), the online showcase launched by Firenze Fiera in June 2020 with the aim of supporting the excellence of Italian and international […]

The XXVII edition of ARTIGIANATO E PALAZZO expands to Europe the BLOGS & CRAFTS contest aimed at young artisans and influencers. “BLOGS & CRAFTS Europe”, this is the name of the special edition 2021 realized in collaboration with the prestigious World Crafts Council Europe, will allow 10 international artisans under 35 to participate for free […]

From March 25, 2021, at the moment in virtual mode to April 18, 2022, the new exhibition Silk takes place at the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum in Florence. The project was created to tell the story of the printed silk signed Salvatore Ferragamo. Fulvia Ferragamo Visconti since the ’70s, has been the soul of silk accessories. […]

The aim of the course, for which enrolments expire on April 6th, is to realize some evolutions of the classic basic sleeve models in order to obtain raglan, bat, kimono by means of the advanced modelling techniques combined with moulage. Once the prototypes have been produced, the student will be able to proceed with the […]

After the long closure caused by the pandemic, the exhibition Mirabilia, curated by the Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte, is finally back with the reopening of the Triennale. Free entrance, it will be open until April 4, for the moment from Tuesday to Friday, from 11am to 9:30pm. Entrances will be limited and all safety […]

The exhibition curated by Sylvain Bellenger, General Director of the Capodimonte Museum and Royal Woods, winner of the MAM- Maestro d’Arte e Mestiere special prize in the Heritage category, as a Supporter of Excellence in the Métiers d’Art, opened in September and will remain open until early April. The Royal Apartment of the Reggia di […]

Venice and the American Glass Studio, this is the title of the exhibition in progress at “Le Stanze del Vetro”, on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, until January 10, 2021. 133 glass works by 60 artists, American and Venetian, are presented, comparing modernity and tradition, experimentation, carried out with the most consolidated Murano techniques, […]

The exhibition, visible until January 20, 2021, presents the collection of antique toys recently acquired by the Capitoline Superintendence. Twenty-two rooms of Palazzo Braschi house about 700 antique toys, made between 1860 and 1930, which reproduce different subjects: the city and the countryside with palaces, mills and farms, courtyard and street games, the circus and […]

Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte and Triennale Milano start a collaboration on the theme of applied arts, presenting as the first event in the space of the Quadreria di Triennale the cycle of exhibitions Mestieri d’Arte e Design. Crafts Culture. Five exhibitions that propose a new point of view on contemporary art crafts. This partnership […]