To be held on 16 June, in the complex of San Micheletto in Lucca, seat of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca, the award ceremony of the Premio al talento artigiano e alla produzione di qualità 2018 (2018 Prize for artisanal talent and quality production) dedicated to Giampietro Maracchi. Fifty Italian artisans will receive […]

From 8 June to 6 July, for the first time in Paris, the papier-mâché sculptures by Carlotta Parisi and the drawings on paper by her father, Annibale, will be displayed in a tribute to characters from books by her favorite authors, above all, Erri De Luca. Carlotta and Annibale Parisi will exhibit their works at […]

Buongiorno ceramica is the universal celebration of Italian ceramics, this year in its fourth edition. Two days to explore the workshops in Umbria, fascinating places that are usually closed to the public, this is an occasion to observe the production techniques, to see the kilns where the different forms come alive and to accept the […]

During the Art deserves more space celebration, Museo Poldi Pezzoli proposes a series of initiatives dedicated to porcelain, with events for adults and for children. “After the success of the festival dedicated to clocks,” declares Annalisa Zanni, the museum director, “we wanted to continue our commitment to in-depth analysis with this focus on the history […]

During the Milan Design Week, and until end May 2018, Giacomo Alessi, in collaboration with 5VIE Arte+Design, presents three of his ceramic collections inspired by the land of his birth, Sicily: the Kalembour dinner service, the Acroliths, still-lifes and the iconic anthropomorphic vases that are typical of the production in Caltagirone. These are collector’s items […]

A new edition of the international craft exhibition returns to the Fortezza da Basso in Florence. The exhibition was also the first certified craft fair in Italy, and each year hosts the greatest master craftsmen in a magnificent location – the sixteenth-century Fortezza da Basso – where tradition and new trends combine, with each edition, […]

The evolution and numerous meanings that perfume had from Greek and Roman antiquity to the twentieth century is recounted through more than two hundred objects on display, including jewelry, glass, porcelain, posters and scientific treatises. The exhibition, curated by Cristina Maritano, conservator at Palazzo Madama, and on show in the Sala Atelier, displays objects from […]

The exhibition “Conviti e Banchetti” at the Stibbert Museum (which opened at the end of March 2018) illustrates the art of decorating the table, from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century, with vivid reconstructions of the table setting services of the past. On display is a selection of objects, a less known part of the […]

For the Milan Design Week, the Castrovilli artisan jewelry workshop will be opening its courtyard for three days under the banner of art. Designers Andrea Castrovilli and Beatrice Baraldi will present the jewels and their work. With them will be Alice Corbetta, art designer, with eight of her ‘Fetzen’: jute canvases covered with oxidized metal […]

Now in its third edition, the “Double signature. A dialogue between design and artisanal excellence” project promoted by the Cologni Foundation for the Métiers d’Art in cooperation with Living – Corriere della Sera, and realized thanks to the collaboration of Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship, will combine design innovation with the tradition of great […]

In its third edition, Open to Art, the International Ceramic Art and Design Award Competition, promoted and organized by Officine Saffi of Milan, aims to enhance and promote the use of ceramics in contemporary art and design. Registration will close on 21 September 2018. Ceramic must be the principal material for the realization of the […]

The solo exhibition of ceramic artisan-artist Nicolò Morales is currently underway at the Diocesan Museum of Caltagirone. Because of his color-blindness, the Maestro “does not see colors, but feels them inside”; this situation has led this artist to achieve unprecedented and evocative results in which the wide chromatic range of his works is harmoniously combined […]

An activity for children and teenagers between 6 and 12 years at Spazio Nota. On the first day of Easter holidays, a morning dedicated to crafts for children and teens between 6 and 12 years with creative activities from the world of photography, experimenting with light-sensitive photo papers and making montages with the collage technique. […]

Un libro ricco che racconta l’esposizione tenutasi a Trieste, Castello di Miramare (23 giugno 2017 – gennaio 2018). A cura di Lucie Vlckovà, Radim Vondràcek, Il Liberty e la rivoluzione europea delle arti. Dal Museo delle Arti Decorative di Praga. Venezia, edizioni Marsilio 2017, il catalogo omonimo alla rassegna con bellissime immagini rende quindi omaggio […]

Returning on April 6, 7, and 8, are the European Artistic Crafts Days (GEMA), an event organized simultaneously in various European countries involving the general public in Artistic Crafts. For this edition, Artex – Center for Artistic and Traditional Handicrafts of Tuscany and the OmA Association, are focussing on training, passing on artistic crafts and […]

The city of Milan is one of the cores of Italian publishing. And so an exhibition of artist books seems almost obligatory. This time the occasion is a curious one, dedicated to the joy of savoir faire: the more than 200 volumes on exhibit, in fact, were all entirely crafted by the expert hands of […]

Small but highly valuable objects, capable of dictating the rules of the market or fashion: glass beads, artifacts of rare beauty that glitter and reveal the mastery in their craftsmanship. Glass beads produced in Venice for the Italian or European market, pearls of Africa, destined for the foreign markets of Africa, Asia and India, made […]

The exhibit, curated by Alba Cappellieri, highlights a wide selection of chains, considered to be the most widespread and versatile element in the history of jewelry. This event presents 80 chains that from the late 18th-century to today, have inspired all areas of jewelry-making, representing the strength and identity of Italian manufacturing, Venetian and Tuscan […]

The Strada del Vino Nobile of Montepulciano and the Flavors of the Valdichiana Senese to promote its basket of excellences, as part of the ArtEArti Handicraft Exhibition-Market, has decided to confer the recognition “A patron of the road”, to the artisans who best they will be able to represent the proposed theme, through an original, […]

The Friends of Doccia presented the new issue of ‘I quaderni’ the annual magazine published by Polistampa. Published in the tenth anniversary of the series is dedicated to the museum Adrien Dubouché of Limoges. Over 40 unpublished works that are found in the museum’s stores, are told and cataloged. Among these there are also many […]