This week the Egyptian Museum of Turin celebrates 5 years since its reopening with renovated rooms and paths. While waiting to return to visit its prestigious halls, every Thursday and Saturday the Director Christian Greco will virtually guide you inside the Museum to tell you the history of the collections, the most significant artifacts and […]

It’s the announcement of the Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship. The international cultural event dedicated to fine craftsmanship, which was planned to take place September 10 to October 11 2020 at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini and was welcoming Japan as a guest of honour, will now return to Venice at a later date in […]

Founded in Florence in 1931, the International Handicraft Exhibition is the first exhibition-market of handicrafts in Italy and is still today the most important event dedicated to the excellence of craftsmanship in the world. In order to transform this moment of crisis into an opportunity for growth, to continue to sustain artisans and companies, and […]

Design, creativity and attention to the environment: a “call to the arts” for young talents who, even in time of #iorestoacasa, will be able to put themselves to the test to create the new Publiacqua branded recycled glass bottle. The deadline for participating in the My Bottle contest, with which the central Tuscany water service […]

In 2020 the Capitoline Museums, with various exhibitions and initiatives, celebrate 150 years of Rome’s capital. The first exhibition, visible as of January 2021, Collecting masterpieces) presents a selection of sculptural works (about 90) from the Torlonia collection, in the new exhibition venue of Villa Caffarelli, recently reopened to the public. The marbles, acquired in […]

The international competition for glass artists and designers under 35, now in its second edition, is named after the Milanese collector Aldo Bellini. The aim is to enhance innovative glass works both in the field of art and contemporary design. The international jury awarded the first prize to the American artist Morgan Gilbreath for the […]

From 29 February to 21 June, at the exhibition halls of Villa Sucota (CO), you can visit the exhibition “Deep Velvet”, which tells the story of the fabric. A moment to dive into the depths of the fabric, entering a fascinating and poetic narration of a material that tells an ancient story. A story that […]

At the Castello Sforzesco in Milan, in the Sala della Balla is set up the exhibition “Milano Vetro”, which can be visited until April 19. The works present are the 35 finalists of the “Milano Vetro” competition, organized by Castello Sforzesco in collaboration with the collector Sandro Pezzoli, who has always promoted initiatives related to […]

On the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary and in honour of its designer Alessandro Mendini, the Groninger Museum (Belgium) presents the exhibition “Mendini World”. The exhibition, which was conceived and designed by the architect shortly before his recent death, shows not only his works but also those of the artists who inspired him and towards […]

The Carlo Scarpa. Glass and drawings 1925-1931 exhibition presents, until the end of March 2020, about 70 works and 50 glass drawings conceived by the Venetian architect for the Vetreria Maestri Vetrai Muranesi (M.V.M.) Cappellin & C. between 1925 and 1931. The glass, most of which is kept in private collections, highlights the figure of […]

The Etruscans. Journey Through the Lands of the Rasna exhibition set up in the rooms of the Civic Archaeological Museum of Bologna until May 24, 2020, retraces the different phases of that civilization between the ninth and first century BC, following an articulated path from southern Italy, Umbria, Tuscany to the Po Valley. Differences emerge, […]

From 16 to 20 March 2020 Spazio NOTE will host the new tailoring course aimed, on the one hand, at recovering the original dress of the Historical Procession of the Florentine Republic (already depicted by Titian in the famous painting La Bella exhibited at the Palatina Gallery of Palazzo Pitti in Florence) and, on the […]

For the first time the MIC-Museo Internazionale delle ceramiche in Faenza hosts the works donated by the scholar and collector Giorgio Levi. An exhibition of 35 pieces decorated with airbrush from the 1930s. The first examples of the airbrush technique applied to ceramics date back to the modernist climate of the Weimar Republic and the […]

BLOGS & CRAFTS was founded in 2014 on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the “Artigianato e Palazzo” exhibition, to enrich it with a contemporary look at young people and the importance of finding a dialogue between tradition and multimedia and this year sees the precious support of Fondazione Ferragamo. A jury will select […]

With this project the Centre for Conservation and Restoration “La Venaria Reale”, in collaboration with Fondazione Sviluppo e Crescita CRT, wants to preserve and make available a heritage of images of great historical, artistic and cultural interest. This heritage is part of the Archive of Pinin Brambilla Barcilon, one of the most important and well-known […]

To valorize and promote the world of high Italian craftsmanship. This is the aim of the project La Grande Bellezza – The Dream Factory, Starhotels‘ new initiative of contemporary patronage, strongly supported by the Group’s President, Elisabetta Fabri: “I have had the privilege of living in Florence, the cradle of beauty, of the art of know-how. I have breathed in […]

10 enthusiastic students can become Cultural Heritage Restoration Technicians in the extraordinary context of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. The three-year course has already begun the first hours of lessons, but there are still a few places available which can be assigned within, and no later than, the end of February […]

A new course, entitled Lavorare il cuoio. Tecniche base di disegno, taglio e modellistica(Leather Working. Basic design, cutting and modeling techniques) will be held from 24 to 29 February 2020 at Spazio NOTA. Taught by Stefano Parrini Degl’Innocenti, the course, with lessons in three languages (Italian, English and Spanish), is addressed to people without specific […]

At the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, in collaboration with the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, a spectacular exhibition is currently being presented in the rooms of the Appartamento Reale, combining the charm of 18th-century theatre with the delicate refinement of Capodimonte porcelain. The music of composers of the time, adapted to the […]

On 17 January, the exhibitionArtigianato e Design(Craftsmanship and Design) will be inaugurated at the showroom of L’Idea di Maria Luisa Amatoriin Piazza dei Signori in Vicenza, where it will remain on view until 2 February. A true step into beauty, amidst the historic shops of the city center, in an ideal circular route around a […]