Villa Bottini of Lucca will welcome the elite of Made in Italy excellence, 13 – 15 October 2017, in its lovely spaces and splendid garden with creations of fashion, accessories, costume jewelry, furnishings and fabrics. Exhibiters who wish to participate are invited to submit their candidacy via the web site. Info: www.fashioninflair.com

The 64th Exposition Competition of the Traditional Crafts of the Valle d’Aosta will be held 22 – 30 July 2017 in Aosta. The exposition competition was originally conceived, in 1954, as a contest for sculptors only. After a few editions held in Saint-Vincent and Courmayeur, the exposition competition moved to Aosta and, from the twentieth edition, […]

Dames and Knights. Jewels of Honour, the new temporary exhibition at the Jewellery Museum in Vicenza, directed by Alba Cappellieri, Professor of Jewellery Design at the Politecnico of Milan and the leading scholar in Italy for the sector, will be on view until 17 September 2017. The exhibition celebrates and renews the acquaintance with the […]

The exhibition Lo splendore della Grande Venezia will be held in the former Church of San Francesco in  Udine until July 9 (and from July 15  to August 20 at Palazzo Bonaguro in Bassano del Grappa). Over 50 works on show to celebrate the bond between Venice and its hinterland and the artisans who create […]

The Cèramica event turns 25 this year and will be held, as usual, in Montelupo Fiorentino from June 16 to 18, as a celebration of the splendor of the past, but also looking into the future. For three days, in an atmosphere of festive excitement, Montelupo hosts exhibitions, installations, conferences and performances by master ceramists. […]

A special project has been under way since early June at Florence’s Opera del Duomo Museum. It is a workshop on the art of carving and inlaying for young people in need. The initiative, carried out by the Museum’s educational department, is financed by Lions Club Firenze Bargello, under the direction and supervision of master […]

The Triennale Design Museum has renewed the selection of works on view, from the Permanent Collection of Italian Design, in the Belvedere of the Villa Reale of Monza. Everyday Beauty. A new selection of icons from the Permanent Collection of Italian Design, is a chronological exhibition from the period after the Second World War to […]

Buongiorno Ceramica is the long weekend dedicated to Italian ceramics: three days to discover Italian production of artistic and artisan ceramics, from their antique traditions to their contemporary sensitivity. On 2, 3 and 4 June 2017, ceramics workshops, museums, studios and ateliers will hold extraordinary openings in 37 Italian cities to propose guided visits, expositions, […]

Owing to the generous contribution of the Cariplo Foundation, the Sforzesco Castle’s Decorative Arts Museum reopens to the public with a renewed setting and selection of the works of art on display. The Decorative Arts Museum showcases over 1,300 “ante litteram” design objects in ivory, metal, glass, ceramic and fabric, from the early Middle Ages […]

From May 11 to 17, 2017, the Pelota exhibition space in Milan will host the Hermès Behind The Scenes event organized by the famous Parisian fashion house. Eleven master artisans will be showing their handcrafted items for which  Hermès is worldwide renowned: from the creation of colors for the fashion brand’s signature silk scarves to painting […]

For the 2017 edition of the Salone del Mobile, the twenty students of Creative Academy, the international school of design of the Richemont Group based in Milan, under the guidance of Alberto Nespoli and Domenico Rocca of Eligo will realize a collection inspired by wood, the natural material par excellence, and by its methods of […]

On the occasion of the 2017 edition of the European Artistic Craft Days and of the Salone del Mobile, Cologni Foundation for arts and crafts, Living Corriere della Sera and the Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship are pleased to present the second edition of Double Signature , an unprecedented format Which met with critical […]

Held at the Venaria Palace, near Turin, from March 18 to October 1, 2017, the exhibition Caravaggio Experience is an  impressive  video installation offering viewers a multisensory experience of the masterpieces by Michelangelo Merisi, through a high-definition projection system, whose sensory effects include music and fragrances. On the occasion of Caravaggio Experience,  the  exhibition spaces […]

Showing at Rome’s MAXII Museum from April 13 to October 15 is the exhibition that explores the 50-year-long artistic career of Piero Gilardi and is divided into four sections, each of which showcases both works of art and archive material (drawings, texts, vintage photographs, small-sized works) offering a comprehensive approach to the artist’s philosophy and […]

From March 23 to June 4, Palazzo Medici Riccardi will host the first stop of the travelling exhibition MARKKU PIRI – GLASS & PAINTINGS which, after Florence, will be held in Rome at the Carlo Bilotti Museum, housed  in Villa Borghese’s Orangery, and then in Venice, at the Murano Glass Museum. Markku Piri, born in […]

From Thursday, January 26th at Palazzo Morando | Costume Moda Immagine, the exhibition “MANOLO BLAHNIK. The art of shoes”, promoted by the City of Milan | Culture, Museums Historical, organized by Arthemisia Group. The exhibition is a retrospective intended to illustrate the complex world of Manolo Blahnik, one of the most important names in contemporary […]

The book, edited by Deanna Farneti Cera is a collection of about 500 pieces of jewelry along with curiosity as sketches, drawings and photographs from 1800 to the eighties of the twentieth century. For each piece, the author describes the origin, history, material, and all the technical and aesthetic characteristics. The book is divided into […]

Officine Saffi Project, which aims to promote knowledge, dissemination, use, collecting and production of art and ceramic design, organizes the second edition of the Open to Art, the International Competition of Ceramic Art and of design. Tuesday, February 28, 2017 it held the award ceremony of the 30 finalists (20 for Ceramics Section of Art, […]

The exhibit aims to represent and make known the various expressions of wood carving through several major artists and a six-month-long journey across Italy from North to South, from Bolzano to Salerno. In May, the exhibition will be held in Southern Italy for the first time. On show, the four winners of the latest Simposio […]

The new album by Naomi Berrill, an Irish singer and cello player (and multi-instrumentalist) who lives in Florence, will be released in April 2017. Owing to the contribution of Region Toscana within the “100 band” project, Naomi Berrill has been able to produce a video that precedes the release of her album. Inspired by music’s […]