Six fashionable gowns of the Urbino court in the 15th century are presented in a room of the Appartamento degli Ospiti in the Ducal Palace, in the exhibition Quando vedranno i rich vistimenti. Two sumptuous gowns are inspired by those worn by Federico and Battista Sfoza in the diptych painted by Piero della Francesca preserved […]

Registration is now open for the 25th Ceramics Festival – Portoni Aperti 2022 scheduled for September 9, 10 and 11 in Nove (Vicenza) with the presence of Ceramists from all over Europe, numerous events and activities that will enliven the town squares. The registration deadline is Friday, July 15, 2022. For all entrants to the […]

As a tradition, the Bugatti – Segantini is confirmed as the cultural event that opens the summer in Nova Milanese. The event was organized by the Free Academy of Painting “Vittorio Viviani,” with the patronage and contribution of the City of Nova Milanese and the support of the Rossi Foundation. This year it reaches its […]

With an impressive 2094 votes obtained on the contest website during the online voting phase, Doriana Usai, a ceramist from Assemini (Cagliari), is the winner of the 5th Edition of the “Artigiano del Cuore” contest, promoted by the Cologni Foundation and the Well-made.it platform. She will thus be able to receive the prize up for […]

The 37th edition of Effetto Venezia (Aug. 3-7) is set in Livorno’s La Venezia neighborhood. The striking architectural complex of the Magazzini del Palazzo del Monte di Pietà houses the 6th edition of “Artigianato a Effetto,” which hosts 14 artisans, mainly from the Livorno area, active in various fields such as props, wigs, leather masks, […]

In Lecce, a group of 18 women who are neophytes and interested in learning the traditional artistic technique of “bow” on a loom, in the weaving workshop located in the Ex Conservatorio Sant’Anna in Piazzetta delle Giravolte, has started a course coordinated by three young expert designers and weavers to rediscover and deepen the ancient […]

After seven years of great diagnostic and technical effort, the Opificio delle Pietre Dure of Florence has completed the restoration of a large tapestry (m 4×5) from the collection of Jean-Baptiste and Louis Carrand (inv. 2196 C.), now on view in the Armory Room of the Bargello Museum. The work is part of an even […]

Nine excellent projects that with creativity and courage look beyond the crisis: this is the most important result achieved by the “Master Craftsman Award,” in its second edition. Promoted by the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Biella in collaboration with the Associazione Fatti ad Arte and with the support of Gal Montagne Biellesi, the Award […]

The Alessandro and Alma Fiorentino Foundation sponsored a national study day on Friday, July 15, 2022, at the Museobottega della Tarsialignea in Sorrento, focusing on the art of marquetry in Italy in the 2000s. During this important event, issues that have long affected the wood inlay sector, from the artistic training of future inlayers to […]

The year 2022 sees the Carlo Zauli Museum engaged in an intense program of events, exhibitions, workshops and activities to celebrate an important anniversary: the twentieth anniversary of the museum, which was founded in Faenza a few months after the death of the renowned ceramist. The Carlo Zauli Museum is now internationally considered a nerve […]

The Scuderie di Palazzo Moroni is hosting the exhibition 30per10, arte ceramica contemporanea (30for10, contemporary ceramic art). Through a three-dimensional language artists from various backgrounds interpret the concept of space proper to the fourteenth-century frescoes, located in eight city buildings of “Padova urbs picta,” which, since 2021, are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. […]

The Artemisia and Fleuraisons baroques exhibitions, as part of the Nice Biennial of Arts, have as their theme flowers that evoke botanical elements, mythological and pictorial themes. Artemisia presents a selection of works by artist Eve Pietruschi, whose ceramic sculptures and installations are inspired by the plant that grows wild and on the edge of […]

The Ancient Vases exhibition presents a collection of about 80 pre-Roman ceramics made between the 7th and 4th centuries B.C. that are not usually on public display. Beyond the excitement of admiring objects made, more than 2,500 years ago, it is surprising to observe the craftsmanship and execution technique of those artifacts. For singular beauty […]

“Kindness and Sustainability” is the project Artigianato e Palazzo asked Irene Ivoi, a designer specializing in nudge design, circular strategy, waste prevention, green public procuerement orientation, and sustainability, to carry out. envisioning a guided invitation that orients people to act according to the principles of a circular economy. The project involved the creation of a […]

Photos, stories, and trivia about the trainees of the project “Una Scuola, un Lavoro. Percorsi di Eccellenza” (One School, One Job. Paths of Excellence) 2021/22 are now online at unascuolaunlavoro.it. From Piedmont to Sicily, from Friuli Venezia Giulia to Sardinia, all along the peninsula young artisans are honing their talents in workshops that carry on […]

Until the end of July Le Stanze del Vetro, on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, are hosting the exhibition FontanaArte. House of Glass through the work of four artistic directors, Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa, Max Ingrand and Gae Aulenti, who, over more than 60 years, have left an indelible mark on glass […]

Oscar Ghiglia (1876-1945), a painter from Livorno but a Florentine by training, has been the subject of a gradual critical reappraisal in recent years. The exhibition Oscar Ghiglia: The Years of the Novecento Italiano at Medici Riccardi Palace in Florence, through more than fifty works from private and public collections, highlights the pictorial refinement traceable […]

The exhibition Dear Joe Colombo, you taught us about the future under way in Milan at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna Gam, illustrates the creative journey of the designer (1930-1971) through objects, which even today, so many years later, are surprising for their modernity, inventiveness but also for their respect for the skill of artisans able […]

The fifth edition of the “Artigiano del Cuore” contest, promoted by Fondazione Cologni and the Wellmade platform, is about to start. This year, the contest is aimed at artisans and workshops that carry on a tradition linked to their local area, understood as the place where the business is based, or the place of origin […]

Stefano Bertoli’s family with Fondazione Cologni and Fondazione Pro Canale have issued an announcement for young luthiers under 35 for the allocation of two co-working spaces at the Stefano Bertoli Violinmaking Workshop. The workshop was opened in 2017 by Stefano Bertoli with the aim of undertaking the activity and sharing the space with other young […]