An interesting overview of the work of Ugo La Pietra curated by Italo Tommasoni, Giacinto Di Pietrantonio and Giancarlo Partenzi, which traces the multiple fields of investigation of the architect, designer, teacher, editor, researcher and tireless experimenter. The concept of the exhibition is that of a “continuum of form and time,” subdivided into thematic groups […]

From 18 August to the end of October, several masterpieces from the Duomo of Siena and the Museo dell’Opera will be exceptionally on view. These works are lesser-known, but attest to the refinement of ancient techniques such as marble inlay using local stone: the grey of Montagnola, the yellow Broccatello, the green of Crevole.

The International Ceramics Festival & Market-Fair held in Faenza from 31 August to 2 September is now in its tenth edition. Launched in 2008 as a derivation of the French edition held in Aubagne, near Marseille, since 1991, the Faenza event has become one of the leading festivals of European ceramics. This year it will […]

From 13 July to 30 September, at the Centro Polivalente San Carlo, the Tuscan company Giannoni & Santoni, which for years has combined know-how and new technologies, exhibits three works from the collection created with the world-renowned photographer from Pistoia. The collection, presented for the first time in Florence at the Galleria dell’Accademia delle Arti […]

The 48th edition of the Abruzzo artistic craft exhibition in Guardiagrele, a town in the province of Chieti, is underway. At the Palazzo dell’Artigianato visitors can immerse themselves in finely-crafted Italian goods, including tapestries, gold, wood, stone, ceramics, embroidery, weaving, glass and graphics. Don’t miss the exhibition “DesignLoci”, the result of a national competition organized […]

Until September 2, at the Vicenza Jewellery Museum, is the exhibition “Gio’ Pomodoro’s jewels: the line and the ornament”, an exhibition entirely dedicated to the production in gold of one of the leading artists on the twentieth century scene, moved by the modern concept of the “artist’s jewel” as an accomplished work of art. A […]

After the first fortunate edition (2017), the Ceramic&Colors Award in Faenza successfully returns once again. This year the theme was “Thick crystals, poems in glass”, in other words, a technique that can be used both at low and high temperatures. During the firing, the crystal melts and causes “flooding” on a surface with a border, […]

The vase as an archetype that tells the story of different civilizations, and its contemporaneous evolution alongside that of art history. In the exhibition, internationally renowned vases on loan from public and private collections are displayed next to locally produced vases dug up in historic excavations, as well as contemporary works, taking the workshops, artists and […]

The exhibit Caducità winds through the spaces of the MIDeC (International Museum of Ceramic Design) from July 15 to August 19, 2018. Curated by Irene Biolchini, it is an anthological journey through three different generations of Italian artists who work with ceramics and begin their work with the fragment in an attempt to create a […]

The exhibition market dedicated to local arts and crafts, “Artigianato ad Effetto”, returns from August 1 to 5 at Livorno Scali Finocchietti for the event Effetto Venezia. Artist-artisans, almost all from Livorno or the province, will exhibit and sell their works. Organized by the Fondazione Livorno and the Osservatorio Mestieri d’Arte (OmA).

Until 30 September, in the evocative setting of the former Convent of the Capuchins of Grottaglie (Province of Taranto), it is possible to visit the exhibition TERRA identità, luogo, materia (EARTH identity, place, material), realized for the 2018 Ceramics Exhibition. The 46 works from all over the world explore the art of ceramics, a material […]

Inaugurated on 22 June, ceramist Mirta Morigi’s solo show entitled Dalla Sorgente al Blu can be visited at the Rocca of Riolo Terme (Province of Ravenna) until 22 July. The evocative title immediately conveys the poetics that inspired this artisan in the realization of her works: from the river to the sea, the blue expanse […]

It is now possible to make reservations to see this great event on excellence in European craftsmanship.: Homo Faber. Crafting a more human future, an initiative realized by the Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship in collaboration with the Cologni Foundation for the Mestieri d’Arte, the Giorgio Cini Foundation, the Triennale di Milano Design Museum […]

Through clothing, objects and accessories, the exhibition unfolding in the spaces of the Basilica of San Francesco in Arezzo tells us about life in Italy during the last century. Inaugurated last March in Arezzo, it also boasts a section dedicated to the garments of women painted in the fifteenth century by Piero della Francesca, an […]

The historic Exhibition of Artistic and Traditional Handicrafts of Feltre (Belluno) will be held from 29 June to 1 July. Inside the most beautiful buildings in the historic center of this Venetian town, the event will give space and visibility to quality craftsmanship. This edition will feature a forging competition for wrought iron artists and […]

CARMI is the name of the new museum dedicated to Michelangelo Buonarroti located in the spaces of Villa Fabbricotti in Carrara, a nineteenth-century building within the Padula Park, redeveloped thanks to a project funded by the Tuscany Region. Coordinated by the MetaMorfosi cultural association with the collaboration of Casa Buonarroti, and curated by Emanuele Ferretti […]

The MIC- International Museum of Ceramics celebrates 80 years of the International Competition of Contemporary Ceramic Art – Faenza Prize. The competition, among the most important in the world, has been fundamental for leading the public and the art world from the concept of ceramics as an exclusively artisan material to that of its being […]

Promoted by the Cologni Foundation for the Métiers d’Art in collaboration with ALMA – The International School of Italian Cuisine, MAM-Master of Arts and Crafts is a recognition dedicated to the excellent Italian Masters of Arts, aimed at enhancing and bringing to the attention of the general public and the media the extraordinary work of […]

Until July 1, it is possible to visit the exhibition of artistic handicrafts Il velo di Tisbe, organized by Confartigianato-Imprese Udine, in the suggestive setting of Palazzo Valvason-Morpurgo in Udine. This year is the theme of the re-reading of the myth of Piramo and Tisbe, a fascinating challenge for the artisans present in the exhibition, all […]

The International Ceramic Festival will be back in Montelupo from 15 to 17 June 2018. Now known simply as Cèramica, it renews the invitation to discover a unique story, unfolding this year along the theme of La ceramica del quotidiano (The Ceramics of Everyday Life). Among the thematic appointments scheduled, there is also Wunderkammer: la […]