The exhibition – curated by Cristina Maritano, the curator of Palazzo Madama, with the collaboration of Lorenzo Mariano Gallo and  Annalaura Pistarino from Turin’s Natural Sciences Museum – is the fourth part of the exhibition series Earth!, which connects   Palazzo Madama with the museums of Castellamonte, Savona, Mondovì, Albissola Marina and Albisola Superiore that deal with the history of […]

Guado Urbino, a non-profit cultural association aimed at promoting and developing craftsmanship and creativity, has opened a store in the heart of Urbino’s historic center. The “guado” is an ancient blue pigment used in Europe up to the 17th century , which has recently enjoyed a comeback and is currently used to dye fabrics and […]

It is the latest project promoted by Explora, the Destination Marketing Organization of Regione Lombardia, together with Milan’s Chamber of Commerce  and Unioncamere Lombardia, aimed at awarding the videos that convey the idea of high Milanese craftsmanship in an emotional and compelling way. The video-makers taking part in the contest will have to describe the […]

The 54th  international trade show devoted to furnishing will be held in Turin from February 25 to March 5, 2017. From furnishing objects to fabrics, from furniture to outdoor equipment, the show offers an overview of the latest furnishing trends and styles. Info: www.expocasa.it

The prize-giving ceremony Les Talents du Luxe et de la Création was held on Tuesday, January 31 at the Cercle de l’Union Interalliée of Paris. In its 15th year, the event is a tribute of the Centre du Luxe et de la Création to the personalities who have made a name for themselves in the […]

From May 18 to 21, the seventeenth-century Corsini Garden in Florence will host the 23rd Artigianato e Palazzo event, whose theme this year is “Orange Blossoms”. With a selection of about 80 artisans, the event promotes artistic crafts through live demonstrations and selling of handmade items. The Blogs&Crafts competition has been held at the same time […]

From January 21 to February 11, 2017, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Kanazawa in Japan, on the occasion of the third international triennial exhibition of Kogei “craftwork”, hosts the international crafts competition. The competition is open to all countries and aims to create new stimuli in the artistic crafts field. From metal-working to pottery […]

One hundred pictures from the 1930s to the 1970s illustrating the history of fashion in Florence through the lens of photographers of the Foto Locchi “workshop”. It is the exhibition Fashion in Florence through the lens of Archivio Foto Locchi, which opened on January 9 at Palazzo Pitti’s Andito degli Angiolini, on the occasion of […]

Matteo Cibic, Paolo Polloniato, Cristina Celestino, Coralla Maiuri, Nicola Falcone and Ludwig Hartmann Giorgia Zanellato. And also Daniele Bortotto, Vito Nesta, Maurizio Galante and Milena Muzquiz. These are the names of the artists-designers taking part in Brilliant Ceramics, the exhibition curated by Valentina Ottobri and showing, since January 9, at the new Oasi  space of the […]

Architect, artist, designer, theorist and writer, Alessandro Mendini (Milan 1931) is one of the dominant personalities – in full activity – in the history of the aesthetic project of the twentieth and twenty-first century. The book is the most complete work ever published on Mendini and collects the best of his work, offering a cross-reading […]

From December 10th 2016 to January 29th 2017, the city of Cremona dedicates a relevant exhibition to Janello Torriani, inventor and genius from the Renaissance, in the exposition rooms of the “Antonio Stradivari” Violin Museum. Promoters of this project are the city of Cremona, Fundación Juanelo Turriano, Fondazione Arvedi Buschini and Unomedia. Nowadays Janello Torriani […]

The much-awaited Bottega Ghianda finally opens in Brera, Milan: a magic place, dedicated to the love for wood and to the most excellent artisanal savoir-faire. After the great master cabinet-maker Pierluigi Ghianda, its founder, passed away, the Bottega was acquired by entrepreneur Romeo Sozzi, who nominated Michele De Lucchi as art director: the new shop, […]

The Accademia Galleries are enriched with seven new rooms can be set in the wing of the convent of the Canonici Lateranensi designed by Andrea Palladio, which add to the five open to visitors in May last year. It is a further important step towards the realization of the ambitious project of the Grandi Gallerie […]

After the success of the “first” at the Galleria Gruppo Credito Valtellinese in Milan, the great Italian exhibition of Eadweard Muybridge (1830 – 1904), the photographer who “invented” the movement, influencing with its Degas images and artists of his time and anticipating the birth of cinema, come to the Galleria Credito Siciliano in Acireale, from […]

Since December 16, 2016 Fondazione Livorno hosts an exhibition of Renato Spagnoli which will remain open to the public and to schools, until 12 March 2017. Co-founder in 1964 of the Gruppo Atoma, with Bartoli, Graziani and Lacquaniti, with whom he exhibited in numerous galleries art and national reviews and reported in Bolaffi’s catalog, the […]

After its successful launch at Milan’s 2016 International Furniture Fair, the Doppia Firma exhibition landed in Korea. The exhibition was held at the Craft Trend Fair from December 8 to 11, 2016, organized by the Korea Craft & Design Foundation and sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea. […]

The exhibition Twentieth-Century Italian Jewelry, curated by jewelry historian Melissa Gabardi and on show until March 20, 2017 at the Poldi Pezzoli Museum in Milan, explores the history of Italian jewelry and its main figures. With over 150 works arranged in chronological order, some of which never shown to the public before, the exhibition pays […]

The “Grand Tour” of the Alabaster Leaning Tower (the world’s biggest alabaster work) continues. An “ambassador” of Pisa and Tuscany across the world, the Leaning Tower has been showcased in Moscow in 2011, in San Francisco in 2015 and now it has landed in Japan, where it will be on display for four months at […]

Art in progress Gallery of  Milan (Via San Vittore 13) hosts an exhibition that explores the fifty-year-long career of Gian Paolo Barbieri, one of the world’s most important and recognized fashion photographers. The exhibition, curated by Nikolaos Velissiotis, showcases 40 among the photographer’s best-known pictures, old gelatin-silver prints and Polaroid photos, in addition to some […]

Milan  welcomes the global village of the arts and crafts of the world. The Rho-Pero trade fair center hosts the 21st L’Artigiano in Fiera show. For nine days, thousands of artisans from all over the world will showcase their creations there. On show, the most traditional artisan skills, along with the propensity to innovation of […]